The Importance of the Expression That Day and Hour
By Bill Fiess A New Expression In the middle of His Olivet Discourse, Jesus Christ made this astonishing statement: “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only” (Matt 24:36). Though it is clear that Jesus had been speaking about prophetic events, He unexpectedly used […]
Dressed for the Bema
By Bill Fiess with Pam Esteven In the book of Revelation there is an impressive number of references to clothing which encompasses a variety of Greek words. Often in Scripture, the believer’s garment represents righteous works done in faithful obedience to God (e.g., Rev 16:15; 19:8). For the sake of brevity, we will examine a […]
Mobile Grace
By Bill Fiess All of us who are living in the 21st century are well aware of the technological revolution we daily experience—phones by which we can talk face-to-face, internet by which we can view World Series games live, tablets which can connect us to just about anything. But those of us who are […]
Saving Faith Is Not Heartfelt Trust
By Bill Fiess with Bob Wilkin Many theologians and pastors today do not like to use the word believe when speaking of saving faith. They much prefer to speak of trust or even heartfelt trust. For example, Dr. Wayne Grudem in his recent book on clarity in evangelism said repeatedly that saving faith is “heartfelt […]
Do You Make a Good Impression?
By Bill Fiess The Greek word typos, from which our English word “type” derives, is an interesting term. Typos comes from a root which means “to strike,” and thus the Greeks used the word to denote an impression made by a blow in wax or metal. They also used typos to refer to a form, […]
Becoming an Ultimate Victor for Christ
By Bill Fiess with Pam Esteven The Victors Revelation 2-3 contain Jesus’ letters to seven churches in Asia Minor. These letters are filled with our Lord’s expectations for His people and are rich in rewards teaching. He repeatedly uses the Greek term ho nikōn (literally, “the one overcoming, the victor”) in these seven letters. Each […]
What City Did Abraham Wait For? (Hebrews 11:10)
By Bill Fiess For he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God (Heb 11:10). I believe that the city which Abraham waited for in Heb 11:10 is Jerusalem/the New Jerusalem (in the Millennium and on the new earth, respectively). A key to seeing this is that the author of […]
The Will of the Father Is That Believers Will Not Perish
I noticed something today in studying Matt 18:6-14. I completely agree with Bob Wilkin in his book The Ten Most Misunderstood Words in the Bible (p. 68) that this section is about believers. I was really struck with the similarity of Matt 18:14 and John 6:39. Each of those verses speak of the will of […]
They Will See His Face, Rev 22:4
And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him. They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads (Rev 22:3-4). In the Old Testament, to see the face of the king refers to having […]
Use It Wisely (Luke 16:8-13)
Jesus taught us how to use money without being corrupted by it, in the Parable of the Unjust Steward in Luke 16. The passage in question is: So the master commended the unjust steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of […]