God has attempted to reveal Himself and His plans throughout the years. He used everything from prophets, visions, dreams, and through the written Word. Now He has ultimately revealed Himself through the Son.

Most Christians have come to conclusions about certain areas of Christian living. They arrived at these conclusions either by principles of Scripture or that is what has always been done. After reaching their conclusions, they look down on and despise others have have reached other conclusions. This has often been destructive for the unity of the church.

Paul wanted to defend to the congregation at Corinth from the "super" apostles that had shown up. He gives them three reasons why they should pay heed to him. He was their initial pastor, though he had not taken pay from them. His desire was for them to listen to his reasoning and reject the shallow and often false teachings of the new teachers at Corinth.

For many, the book of Hebrews is mysterious and distant. This is due to many of the OT references. The institutions and the people are not familiar to modern ears. However, this book serves the vital purpose of making people see that Jesus is better than anyone or anything. This book keeps people from giving up in their following of Christ.

John presented his gospel to ultimately show that Jesus was Messiah and God. He did this in many different ways. His purpose for believers was to encourage them as they were in a world that would persecute them. His purpose for unbelievers was to believe on Jesus and born again as sons and daughters of God.

Anger that is held onto can cause other problems. Resentment, hostility, grudges, bitterness, and fights are all off-shoots of anger. The believer has to come to several settled conclusions and take firm action to remove these vestiges of anger.

Chapter 21 is an epilogue to the events that came previously. Thomas' declaration was what John wanted his readers to believe. This chapter gives us a few extra things that might be on the mind of the reader. How was Peter restored to ministry? Was John never going to die? John gives us this epilogue to give some of those answers.

Anger is hard to define, but most people know it when they see it. It is a reaction against something or someone. However, no one can be blamed for your anger. You can only blame yourself.

The gospel of Christ was going to the new regions of Samaria. Phillip the evangelist saw many converted and baptized. One person was Simon the Sorcerer. He did what everyone else had done. However, it seems like later he may not have been saved. How does one figure out whether he was saved or not?

God serves as an example of a good father. When He is near, his children have no fears. He is forgiving and does not bring up past faults. He is a Father worthy of praise.