Paul covers seven basic points about your inheritance from God. 1) Inheritance was always by faith. I guess you could say that faith got your name written into the will. Rom 4:13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law,... Continue Reading →
Dispensation of the Fulness of Times
How do you exegete the expression, “dispensation of the fulness of times”? What does this mean word-for-word? You know what verse I’m talking about: Eph 1:10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth;... Continue Reading →
Taxman Cometh
This genius story can only be found in Matt. 17. And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? (Mat 17:24) This was not about paying taxes to the Roman government. In the Greek, tribute is di-drachma, or double drachma, which... Continue Reading →
What if?
I suspect we’d all agree that the way we measure time was designed by God, right? Everything about time is divisible by six. Six is the number of man. Man was created on the sixth day. But six is also the number for man being destitute of God. Seven is the number of spiritual perfection... Continue Reading →
Calvinists are Wrong about Matthew 18
My prayer for all Calvinists is that they come into the knowledge of the truth and understand the Word rightly divided (2 Tim. 2:15), that they recognize Paul as their apostle today, and quit perverting verses in the Gospels to be all about them when they aren’t. Make no mistake. Matthew 18 has nothing whatsoever... Continue Reading →
All Spiritual Blessings
[This is an excerpt from my Sunday message and new series on Ephesians. PTL! -Joel] Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: Notice that we have in this one verse, blessed, blessed, and blessings, all variations... Continue Reading →
Work Out Your Own Salvation
Php 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. The first word Paul says is Wherefore. This means “for this reason.” Therefore also means “for this reason.” Same Greek word. The translators... Continue Reading →
Cherubims of Glory
This is perhaps one of the most epic visions in all the Bible, the single greatest revelation of what is perhaps the most striking, the most powerful, the most prestigious, the most elite class of all angels in all of God’s heavenly host. Some have called Ezekiel “the Patmos-seer of the OT,” because Ezekiel’s visions... Continue Reading →
The Beatitudes
Sermon on the Mount was a message that I’m sure many people, especially His disciples, had been anticipating ever since the Lord began His ministry, because they want to know what’s the kingdom going to be like? How will people get into the kingdom? “The Chosen,” for example, had Jesus thinking through what He was... Continue Reading →
Touched by an Angel
We’re going to consider a Psalm that does not have a title. David is not mentioned either. Bullinger would write, “…for we have no more right to insert the name of ‘David’ where it is not written, than to take it out where it is.” The common thinking is that this Psalm was written by... Continue Reading →
Exegeting Eph. 6:18
Eph 6:18. “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.” We all know the context is the armor of God. While you are putting on the armor and after you’ve put on the armor, you are praying always. Before you get on... Continue Reading →
7 Insights into Spiritual Purity
There is a monumental shift in your thinking and how you live your life when you have reckoned that you have a perfect standing in His grace, when you know who you are in Christ. From that moment onward, you rest in those truths. You don’t worry about upsetting God because, say, you ate something... Continue Reading →
7 Principles for Biblical Perseverance
[These are some of the notes from my recent message at the 2025 Florida Regional Grace Conference. -Joel] Eph 6:18. “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.” This is the one and only time Paul mentions perseverance. Paul never really defines... Continue Reading →
Lucifer’s 5 “I Will’s”
[This is a continuation of our look at the Fall of Satan] Isa 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! Isa 14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will... Continue Reading →
The Fall of Lucifer
Exek. 28 is a chapter with parallel stories. The section about Tyre and Satan is in the context of broader prophecies about the downfall of a variety Gentile nations after Babylon had destroyed Jerusalem. God’s cleaning house! We’re going to look at the downfall of the Prince of Tyre, whose fall is so similar to... Continue Reading →
The Beginning vs. The End
I love the comparison between Genesis vs. Revelation, the beginning vs. the end. J. Sidlow Baxter in his work, Explore the Book, said, “A comparison of Genesis to Revelation proves that this book is a completed revelation of God to man. They complement each other. “In both, we have a new beginning and a new... Continue Reading →
Apocalyptic Wildfires
All of the jaw-dropping imagery you have seen this week of the wildfires tearing through Los Angeles is precisely how you should picture the Tribulation. I’m reminded of the first Trumpet Judgment. Rev 8:7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and... Continue Reading →
Confess with Thy Mouth?
How about we start the new year with some controversial passages! Woo hoo! Rom 10:5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. Rom 10:6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who... Continue Reading →
EPIC Christmas Articles!
On this glorious Christmas Eve in the Year of our Lord 2024, we at Supply of Grace offer you our entire collection of TOTALLY EPIC Christmas articles. Enjoy! PTL! -------------------------------- The Light on the Tree (Josh Edwards) “Christ, then, is the light of the world, and true it is that they that follow him shall not walk in... Continue Reading →
‘Not Wrath But Rapture’ By Floyd O. Baker
[I discovered in our Pastor’s Office this vintage booklet by Pastor Floyd Baker called “Not Wrath but Rapture.” Inside was a transcribed message he had delivered on June 28, 1973, at the 5th Annual Bible Conference of the Berean Bible Fellowship. I loved it! So I scanned the booklet and converted it into an article!... Continue Reading →
