Jesus teaches His followers to trust God for their daily needs, replacing worry with faith. By seeking God’s kingdom and His righteousness, believers experience the peace and joy of His faithful provision.
Bible Themes and Doctrines
Here, you’ll find an archive of posts that address the broad exploration of foundational Christian beliefs drawn from both the Old and New Testaments.
Jesus teaches His followers to trust God for their daily needs, replacing worry with faith. By seeking God’s kingdom and His righteousness, believers experience the peace and joy of His faithful provision.
Jesus calls His followers to judge others with humility and grace, focusing on self-examination before addressing the faults of others. This teaching emphasizes the importance of discernment, restoration, and extending the same mercy we have received from God.
Jesus invites His followers to approach God with confidence and persistence, trusting in His goodness and faithfulness. By asking, seeking, and knocking, believers experience the joy of God’s provision and the deepening of their relationship with Him.
Jesus’ Golden Rule calls believers to treat others as they would want to be treated, encapsulating the heart of God’s law in a simple yet profound command. By living with kindness, fairness, and selfless love, Christians reflect the character of God and advance His kingdom.
Jesus warns that the path to eternal life is narrow and requires commitment, while the broad road, though popular, leads to destruction. True discipleship demands faith, perseverance, and a wholehearted pursuit of Christ.
Jesus warns His followers to be vigilant against false prophets who disguise themselves as godly but seek to deceive. By testing teachings against Scripture and examining the fruit of a person’s life, believers can discern truth from error and remain steadfast in the faith.
Jesus warns that not everyone who calls Him “Lord” will enter the kingdom, but only those who do the will of the Father. True discipleship is marked by a genuine relationship with Christ and a life transformed by obedience to God’s commands.
Jesus’ parable of the wise and foolish builders emphasizes that true discipleship is demonstrated through obedience, not just hearing His words. Those who build their lives on Christ, the solid rock, will stand firm through life’s storms and God’s final judgment.
Jesus’ authority was unlike any other—He spoke as God Himself, not as a mere interpreter of the Law. His words demand obedience, calling all who hear to build their lives upon His unshakable truth.
The Sermon on the Mount is a practical guide for living out kingdom values in a world that often contradicts them. Jesus calls believers to a life of faith, integrity, and obedience, shaping every aspect of their character and witness.
The Sermon on the Mount presents the kingdom of heaven as a radical, counter-cultural way of life centered on righteousness, trust in God, and eternal priorities. Jesus calls His followers to live as kingdom citizens, embodying His values in anticipation of His future reign.
The Sermon on the Mount reveals that Jesus fulfilled the Law of Moses, rendering it obsolete and establishing the Law of Christ as the believer’s new standard. Christians today live under grace, following Christ’s teachings, which produce righteousness through the Spirit rather than legalistic adherence to the Mosaic Law.
The Sermon on the Mount and the Sermon on the Plain contain similar teachings but serve distinct purposes, with Matthew emphasizing the righteousness required for the kingdom and Luke focusing on practical Christian ethics for a broader audience. While both sermons reveal kingdom principles, they reflect different theological emphases, aligning with each Gospel’s unique message.
The law of retaliation in the Bible was a judicial principle ensuring justice, not personal revenge, yet it has often been misinterpreted. Jesus called His followers to a higher standard—one of grace, love, and forgiveness—trusting God to bring ultimate justice in His time.
Paul’s instruction from the risen Christ transformed him from a persecutor into Christianity’s greatest missionary, receiving divine revelation that shaped the core doctrines of the faith. His unwavering commitment to grace, justification by faith, and the Church’s unity calls believers to stand boldly for Christ today.