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King James Bible, 1 Cor 9: The Greek original is not a noun but a verb: I am entrusted with πεπίστευμαι (pepisteumai) Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular Strong's 4100: From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust. New King James Version:

If you don't feel sufficient with your infant baptism, then go ahead and get baptized as an adult. If you do, I don't think that is any need to get baptized again. Paedobaptism vs Credobaptism The issue is debated: A Paedobaptist Position with R.C. Sproul vs A Credobaptist Position with John...

On the day of Pentecost, after the tongues of fire happened, Peter gave a sermon to some non-believers in Acts 2: They repented and were baptized the same day. One day, Philip the Evangelist met an Ethiopian eunuch, Acts 8: The eunuch was reading Isaiah 53. Nothing. Philip baptized the...

Ephesians 2: Is water baptism necessary for salvation? Technically, no, because technically, baptism is a kind of ritualistic work. See also This water symbolizes baptism that now saves you. Mark 16: The great commission is the context. Is water baptism optional? No, believers are...

2 Peter 1: Was Peter talking about the writing of a prophecy or the interpretation of a prophecy after it had been written? It was the former: See also All Scripture is GOD-BREATHED It is the SPIRIT in man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand.

On the night before the arrest, Jesus prayed with his disciples in John 17: i.e., future believers like us Spiritually speaking, that is accomplished through the Paraclete indwelling spirit. Earlier in the same evening in John 13: Practically speaking, Christians loving one another will...

Disclaimer: I am not against other scholarly or spiritual approaches to hermeneutics. In fact, I employ these approaches plus the one I am proposing here. I weigh different approaches. I propose a denomination-free, logical, and probabilistic approach to interpreting the Scripture. I have never...

I don't have a denomination and I don't belong to the category of non-denomination either. Denominations disagree with one another on doctrinal issues. Each denomination has its strengths and weaknesses. I had set myself a program to visit all religious places accessible by Toronto's TTC. For...

God blessed Adam and Eve in Genesis 1: From the beginning, Adam and Eve will be fruitful in terms of children. Genesis 3: All humans will come from her. Some years later, Cain killed Abel. Genesis 4: Genesis 5: Cain and Abel were born before Year 130. Given that they were fruitful, it was...

Faith and works are two sides of the same coin. Here I will give the First-Order Logical proof of that. Let proposition F = you have faith in his heart. W = you exhibit (faithful) deeds. James 2: ¬W → ¬F ⇒ F → W Now let's look at the converse. Works show faith. But what kinds of works...

Exodus 20: Leviticus 19: Revelation 21: On the other hand, there were excusable occasions in the Bible. Midwives lied to Pharaoh in Exodus 1: Rahab lied in Joshua 2: Samson lied to Delilah in Judges 16: Is it always wrong to tell a lie or untruth? No, but let the Paraclete guide you in...

Step 1: When there is no clear binary (yes or no) answer to an issue, I automatically resort to probabilistic reasoning by weighing the evidence. This process is dynamic. As I learn more evidence, my opinion may change dynamically. I seldom refute anything 100%; I weigh every piece of evidence...

This OP is NOT about whether Mary was a perpetual virgin or not. I assume that you think she was. This post is about betting on what you believe. Let proposition P1 = Mary remained a virgin till she died. P2 = Mary did not remain a virgin till she died. Between 0 and 10, how much weight do you...

I think so. Matthew 13: The home in Hometown refers to the biological family. i.e., familial son i.e., the biological mother biological half-brothers? Was Joseph named after his father? biological half-sisters? More evidence of biological/familial terms. Mark 6: More and more evidence of...

I do not celebrate Christmas, Halloween, Easter, Lent, Passover, Feast of Tabernacles, Mid-Autumn Festival, Chinese New Year, etc. I don't even celebrate my birthday. I didn't attend my Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD convocations. Basically, I do not celebrate much but I am happy that others do :)...

The Holy Spirit dwells in a person permanently only after Jesus' death on the cross. Let proposition G = Jesus goes away. P = The Paraclete comes to us. John 16: ¬G → ¬P G → P Therefore, P ↔ G. The Paraclete comes to us iff Jesus goes away. John 7:39 affirms a similar concept: See People...

Yes, all of the above. By works, Rom 2: Jame 2: G1344-justify appears 39 times. It is used generally to mean to render righteous. By grace, Rom 3: By faith Now, on the other hand, Rom 3: Works alone are not sufficient, you need faith as well. Rom 3: Don't boast about your human works...

Know your Paraclete/Helper. I can feel God all the time, any time. I feel at peace every time, regardless of what is happening around me. Berean Study Bible John 14: G243 ἄλλον means another of the same kind. The Paraclete is like Jesus. G3875 occurs five times in the New Testament, all in...

Actually, it did. Leviticus 18: Leviticus 18:

John 11: Everyone was weeping. Jesus felt compassion. As a human, Jesus wept in sympathy for others. It was an occasion for weeping. The Jews interpreted Jesus' tears as tears of love. Good question. Vertically, Jesus knew that he was about to raise Lazarus. Horizontally, he felt the pain of...