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The Paraclete's indwelling operation is only available after Jesus' sacrifice. See The Paraclete was released if and only if Jesus died

Acts 11: Strong's Greek: 3101. μαθητής (mathétés) — 263 Occurrences Can someone be a Christian who does not consider themselves a disciple? Not in Paul's time, disciples and Christians were synonyms. What are the actions/attitudes that you would expect from a disciple? John 14: A disciple...

If you abide in Jesus, the Paraclete won't move out. After the last supper, Jesus told his disciples in (Berean Standard Bible) John 14: There is an intended forever-permanency about the Paraclete. The Spirit of God or the Spirit of Christ refers to the Paraclete. The Paraclete is the special...

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Exodus 16: S1 disobeyed God's instruction. There was no mention that S1 were punished. At that time, there was no specific prescription of punishment for violating the Sabbath except the general sin offerings. That changed in Exodus 35: After that, they continued their journey and celebrated...

English Standard Version, Matthew 2: The magi came to 'worship' the infant king of the Jews. Thayer's Greek Lexicon: Particularly outside of the Bible the word "worship" was used often as meaning paying homage to someone superior. The word is ambiguous. Pulpit's argument is rather...

Romans 8: i.e., the Paraclete If you do not have the Paraclete, you do not belong to Christ. By contrapositive, we have: If you belong to Christ, you have the Paraclete. i.e., the Paraclete The Paraclete is connected to my human spirit. If you have the Paraclete, you are a son of God. I...

Matthew 5: Jesus warned against careless, frivolous, or vain swearing. People in his time routinely abused swearing. Note that Jesus did not say that do not swear by God. For routine matters, no need to swear. Just be honest. Mat 26: On this occasion, Jesus did not tell the high priest not...

Luke 1: Mary knew that Jesus was the Son of God. Jesus called God his Father in Luke 2: Matthew 3: Jesus knew that he was the Son of God. Did Jesus know that he was God? Yes, Jesus implied that he was God in Mark 10:18. But then Jesus acted humbly about it, Philippians 2: While Jesus was...

You are too busy to read two screenfuls of words? How often do you read the Bible and how many chapters at a time?

Fasting and prayer are often paired on special occasions, Acts 13: It is not just prayer but prayer and fasting to humble ourselves before an important decision. Fasting served to intensify prayer, Acts 14: In both cases, the disciples fasted before making the crucial appointments that had...

Then, quote my words and contradict me therein.

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To further clarify, can you give some examples from each?

Exodus 3: Ellicott's: Benson: Barnes: Keil and Delitzsch:

Judas betrayed Jesus. Peter denied him. The disciples forsook him. The wicked people spit on him, punched him, flogged him, mocked him, crowned him with sharp thorns, and finally nailed him to the cross. Jesus didn't complain about any of these to the Father. Matthew 27: That was the most...

These verses do not contradict the statement: Power resided in the physical person of Jesus. Jesus used this power according to the will of the Father.

Mark 5: Power resided in the physical person of Jesus. Faith could connect with that power. Luke 6: Later, on the other hand, Jesus visited his hometown, Mark 6: A parallel account in Matthew 13: Unbelief was the disconnect with that power. They did not plug into that power. Jesus could...

Actually, you are right in that they do denote the same concept at times. In this OP, I use these two labels to denote two distinct concepts that further refine the general concept of "the people of God". This is a matter of definitions. If you don't like my labels, you can suggest better ones.

What did Paul mean by "all Scripture"? Biblehub lists that Paul wrote his first letter to the Corinthians in 54 AD, 1 Corinthians 2: He claimed spirit inspiration. Around this time, he also wrote in 1 Thessalonians 2: Paul was not shy from claiming the authority of the word of God...