Open the Bible Minute

Man is naturally hostile toward God, but you do not have to stay that way. While we were yet hostile sinners toward God, He loved us and gave himself for us.

If you are a believer in Jesus, you are not helpless against sin. The Holy Spirit lives inside of you and enables you to fight!

Before Christ saved us, we were utterly powerless against the sin that so easily entangles us. But now, we have an entirely new position. In Christ we have strength to fight sin and live for God.

Union with Christ is more than you turning over a new leaf or making a decision to live a better life. It's the life of Jesus Christ flowing into you by the power of the Holy Spirit.

What does it mean that you have died with Christ? God has made you a new creation in Christ and you are no longer under the reign of sin. You are reconciled to God and His Spirit lives in you.

What is the reason for the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ? What significance do these things have for us today?

The death of Jesus actually accomplished something of infinite value for us. Our redemption.

This world is filled with troubles and strife. Jesus knew and experienced all of it. But He has also overcome the evil and trouble of this world, and since we are in Him we can have victory as well!

The righteousness of Christ is credited to our account by faith alone. We cannot earn it, because it was earned by Jesus himself, and is given to us freely.

Justification is a legal term, but what does it mean and how does it relate to Christians?

Our sin is an offense to God. But the God whose holiness we have offended, whose world we have spoiled, and whose wrath we have incurred sent His one and only Son to bear this wrath for us.

When the trumpet sounds, the dead in Christ will rise and be changed, in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, and we who trust in Him shall be like Him.

Our bodies matter to God. And He will not allow them to stay in the grave forever. Soon, everyone will rise on Judgment Day.

Because Christ died and rose again, we who are united to Him by faith will also rise from the grave to be in the presence of God.

The cross of Christ is the proof of God’s love toward sinners. While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

In the Bible, there are many examples of bad shepherds of God’s People. But Jesus is the Good Shepherd who lays down His life for the sheep.

If God moves you to do something for Him, you can know that He will be with you in it!

The prophet Ezekiel was a man who had many hopes and dreams just like us. But his dreams were shattered. Where do we turn when that happens to us?

Jesus suffered, and he is called a “man of sorrows.” What a comfort it is to know that the Lord himself understands what it means to feel sadness and pain, and that He is with us in our sorrow.

Your difficulties break your heart, and they cause you to cry out to God. It is good to know that the tears of God's people are precious to Him.

The Book of Lamentations is a book of sorrow. Thank God that the Bible speaks to us in our pain.

When Nicodemus came to Jesus, Jesus told him that he needed to be born again. What does that mean?

After King David sinned, he asked God to create in him a “clean heart.” This should be our prayer as well.

Salvation in Christ is not something we must work to attain. It is a free gift, given by the Lord himself to unworthy sinners.

Jesus calls everyone who is thirsty for eternal life to come to Him!

The Lord calls His servants to be humble and serve others. We are not to trample on the weak but to help them.

God’s servants do not serve themselves, but rather Him. They are not called to fame or fortune, but to do their Master’s will.

The holiness of God humbles us in every way. When we come to understand it, even in small measure, it causes us to have humility.

The holiness of God humbles us in every way. When we come to understand it, even in small measure, it causes us to have humility.

In Isaiah’s day, the people had started to treat the worship of God in a very casual way. But God does not want rote “worship,” rather, He wants our whole heart.

It is amazing to think that when a sinner repents, heaven rejoices. Oh, how that should cause us to rejoice here on earth as well!

What does the Word of God do? It both convicts us and strengthens us to follow the Lord with joy.

One of the greatest problems with the natural man is that his heart is like a stone toward God. But, thankfully, Jesus is able to take out our hearts of stone and give us hearts of flesh through the Holy Spirit!

The Scriptures need to be in our hands and in our hearts continuously. If they aren’t, it doesn’t take long for us to fall off the path.

King Josiah sought the LORD from a young age. He is an example for us and for our children.

Where should we start when we want to evangelize someone? Jesus began with the knowledge of God.

There are many attributes of God which are revealed to us in the Bible. The Bible says “God is love” but it does not say “God is anger.” Anger does not come naturally to Him. It must be provoked.

Elijah's prayer brought the fire of God onto the sacrifice and not on the people. This points to the cross where God's judgment was poured out on Jesus, who became the ultimate sacrifice for us.

The claim of the Bible is that God’s Word is true. We can stand on that claim because Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

The kingdom of Heaven will not be like the earthly tabernacle where the presence of God came and went; instead it will be a place where God and men are together forever.

In the Old Testament, the tabernacle, and then later the temple, was where God met with men. But now, that “meeting place” is a Person—the Lord Jesus Christ.

The stones that built the temple in Jerusalem point to believers who are called “living stones.” And God is building His people up for an eternal inheritance.

How we respond when someone calls us out for our sin reveals whether or not our heart is in the right place with God.

In former times, God spoke in a variety of ways and through many different means, but once Jesus came, God spoke to us through His Son. And Jesus has given us everything we need.

The authors of Scripture did not make things up as they went. Rather, they were “carried along by the Spirit” to write the Bible. That fact differentiates the Scriptures from every other book.

The world tells us to find our self-esteem, but as Christians, we find our worth in Christ and what He has done. We can lift our heads with Christ-esteem!

Kingdoms rise and kingdoms fall, but God’s kingdom and God’s throne shall stand forever!

Sometimes men think they are going to do something great for God, but God has other plans. When that happens, what is your attitude? If it is bad, were you doing it for God or for yourself?

In the Bible we see that human kings fail all the time. But Jesus is a king you can put your trust in because He always rules with truth, righteousness, and grace.

God desires leaders to be men of character who put Him first in their lives.