In context, this is speaking to the church, to those who are of genuine faith in the Lord Jesus. And it is speaking of what our relationship with Jesus Christ should look like, on his end, and on our end. He did/does his part and we do ours. Jesus Christ provided for us salvation from sin and...
The apostle Paul, before he became Paul, was Saul who was a persecutor and a murderer of Christians. He was a Pharisee of Pharisees according to the strictest party of his religion. But now he was a believer in Christ, and an apostle of Christ in bringing the truth of the gospel to both Jew and...
“Enlarge the place of your tent,
and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out;
do not hold back; lengthen your cords
and strengthen your stakes.
For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left,
and your offspring will possess the nations
and will people the...