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  1. MatthewG

    Holy Spirit - As a Teacher - Truth (Scripture)

    Hello to you, This is information about how the Holy Spirit is a teacher. (Please consider the bigger picture in exploring more of the surrounding context). “You also gave Your good Spirit to instruct them, And did not withhold Your manna from their mouth, And gave them water for their...
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    Christ baptized with the Holy Spirit - truth

    Hello to you, This is information about how Christ was baptized with the Holy Spirit. “The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭11:2‬ ‭NKJV‬‬...
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    Holy Spirit - Example of people receiving gifts - Truth

    Hello to you, This is information about the truth of people being moved by the Spirit of the Lord. Seventy Elders “Then the Lord came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the same upon the seventy elders; and it happened, when the Spirit...
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    Holy Spirit - Bearing witness of adoption - Truth

    This information is for you about the topic, the scripture shared pertains to the Adoption of the Holy Spirit to believers in the Gospel of Christ. “For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” The...
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    Jesus body - Heavenly - Resurrection

    God raising Jesus from the dead has shown off the resurrected body; this body was material. Jesus said “Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have.”” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭24:39‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Then you have scripture that...
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    (An Exert dealing with prayer - Source included)

    From the book : Prayer, and Praying Men, E. M. Bounds - Free resource book in use with the Bible program called E-Sword. JONAH, the man who prayed in the fish’s belly, brings to view another remarkable instance of these Old Testament worthies who were given to prayer. This man Jonah, a...
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    Guilty of the Law

    James 2:10 One needs to realize that Jesus fulfilled the Law for all people, so that God would have the ability to freely reach all people. Jesus being sacrificed on the cross, was the propitiation of all sin for all times for all mankind. If you revert back to trying to establish the law...
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    Why the Bible?

    1. The Bible is inspired by God “every Writing [is] God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that [is] in righteousness, that the man of God may be fitted — for every good work having been completed.” ‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭3:16-17‬ ‭YLT98‬‬ “this...
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    Bible Study - Help - Different Bible Books

    An interesting thing to know about the Bible, is that there was some that were all together and then at one point in time either books were discredited and not considered inspirational enough to go with the Protestant Bible which has 66 written books and letters. The Hebrew Bible doesn’t have...
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    Judges with Evil motives - Bible Study

    In the book of James in the first chapter you can see him writing to the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel who were scattered among gentile nations. If you read from chapter 1 to chapter 2, you’ll go right into a example story lead by James in which he brings up the example of a rich man...
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    Bible Question

    Hello reader, The question is: (sorry if this was wrong place to post, for I am curious to anyone who has read and has studied the book of Job). Does anyone know why or understand how, the book of Job is considered poetry? Thank you for your response ahead of time, Matthew Gallagher
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    Stop blaming Satan, scripture for study

    Consider this reader, Many people in this world still believe Satan is alive and active today. If you would simply ask yourself, who, what, when, why, where, how, in the addressing of scripture your mind may open to new information. Think about this, when Paul encouraged Timothy to publicly...
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    Bible question about last days, judgment, end of the world (age)

    Consider this, The whole age of Moses and the Old Covenant lasted only about 1500 years, then 400 years of silence and then Jesus comes about to be born. Would not have the Last Days been when Jesus Christ had been walking around proclaiming his return, along with judgment upon the Nation of...
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    Mark 9:30-50 (Greatest in Kingdom of Heaven, Who is not against, Temptations, Ghenna)

    View: https://youtu.be/F2IL-mOwV2g Hello to you, This is a verse by verse of Mark 9:30-50. Going through each verse one by one and to see what can be learned from the context of the scripture. Having been doing this for awhile, I do already have my belief that everything in the Bible has...
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    Jesus sets a child in the midst of the disciples, why?(with commentary)

    “And having taken a child, he set him in the midst of them, and having taken him in his arms, said to them,” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭9:36‬ ‭YLT98‬‬ The disciples had been talking along the way of who would be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven, or of God. The disciples only believed truly that Jesus was...
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    Mark 4:10-20

    This is a slow verse by verse video on Mark 4:10-13. It is dealing with the Parable of the Sowers explained by Jesus to his disciples. There is so much one can gather by taking time to sit down and read the word of God and allow the words to speak to you and be guided by the spirit. There is so...
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    Information pertaining to Young’s Literal Translation

    Robert young grew up reading the King James Bible. By the 1830s and 1840s some of the words in the King James Bible had changed in meaning. This apparently sparked an interest in young Robert, an interest in learning the Hebrew and Greek and an interest in translating the Bible. Robert Young...
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    Wisdom of Christ - Bible Study Help

    “Rested on him hath the Spirit of Jehovah, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and might, The spirit of knowledge and fear of Jehovah.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭11:2‬ ‭YLT98‬‬ “and having come to his own country, he was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were...
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    Do you believe biblically today, we should cause division?

    In Luke 12:51, John 7:43, John 9:16, John 10:19, 1 Corinthinans 12:25; All of these passages have something to deal with division. The first one is Jesus stating: Luk_12:51 'Think ye that peace I came to give in the earth? no, I say to you, but rather division; Now many attribute the use of...
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    What does the bible say about examining yourself?

    2Co 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? 2Co 13:6 But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates. Paul is writing to the Corinthians, about how they...