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- Hello; and welcome to a collection of odds and ends from the Bible that come in handy now and then for just about everybody that's just starting out. The Difference Between The Old Testament And The New This major division in the Bible is primarily editorial; viz: it's man-made instead of...

- ● Acts 6:1-4 . . In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Grecian Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. . . . So the twelve gathered all the disciples together and said: It would...

- ● 1Cor 6:1-6 . . If any of you has a dispute with another, dare he take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the saints? Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases? Do you not know that...

- God-given smarts aren't limited to politics and religion. He also equips people with practical smarts too; for example: ● Ex 28:2-4 . .You shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. And you shall speak to all the skillful persons whom I have endowed with the...

- Solomon had God-given smarts. ● 1Kgs 3:12 . . I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be. ● 1Kgs 3:28 . . All Israel held the king in awe, because they saw that he had wisdom from God to administer justice. ● 1Kgs...

- Jacob's son Joseph had God-given smarts. ● Acts 7:9-10 . . Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph wisdom and enabled him to gain the goodwill of Pharaoh king of Egypt; so he...

- ● 1Cor 12:8 . . For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit The koiné Greek word for "wisdom" is sophia (sof-ee'-ah); an ambiguous word that can indicate worldly smarts and/or heavenly smarts. Worldly smarts would include fields such as tax consultants, financial advisors...

- ● 1Cor 12:27-30 . .You are the body of Christ, and members in particular. And God hath set some in the church; first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. Are all apostles? are all prophets...

- ● 2Tim 2:3-7 . . No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs-- he wants to please his commanding officer. Pastors and teachers are called of God to teach and preach things that edify Christ's body (Eph 4:11-14). God forbid they use their pulpits and/or their classrooms for...

- ● Deut 29:2-5 . . Moses summoned all the Israelites and said to them: . . .You have seen with your own eyes everything the Lord did in Egypt to Pharaoh and all his servants and his whole country-- all the great tests of strength, the miraculous signs, and the amazing wonders. But to this day...

- ● Rom 15:4 . .Whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, that through perseverance, and the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope. The koiné Greek word for "hope" in that passage is elpis (el pece') which means to anticipate (usually with pleasure) and...

- ● 2Tim 2:15 . . Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. Some folks construe rightly dividing the word of truth as instructions to keep the Old Testament completely separate from the New. But that's not even...

- ● 1Pet 1:23-2:2 . .You have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by...

- I've attended a number of Sunday school classes wherein people constantly argue with the teacher. That's not the appropriate attitude. ● Jas 1:21 . . Humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. The saving in James' verse has nothing to do with either heaven or hell. The Greek...

- ● Eph 5:17 . . Do not be uninformed, but understand what the Lord's will is. In other words: Christians are not supposed to fly by the seat of their pants, but rather, fly by instruments: viz: fly intelligently; which, so to speak, would entail formularizing one's self with an aircraft before...

- ● Eph 1:15-17 . . Having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you, and your love for all the saints, I do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers; that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of...

- First off, it needs to be pointed out that the three-pound lump of flabby organic tissue housed within people's bony little skulls sufficing for a mind isn't expansive enough to relate to God on a meaningful level. ● 1Cor 2:11 . . No one can know what anyone else is really thinking except...

- ● 1Tim 2:11-13 . . Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. It's important to note that this is neither a gender issue nor an issue related to...

- ● 1Cor 2:1-5 . .When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, so that your faith might not rest...

- ● 1Cor 14:18-19 . . I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue. The primary purpose of any tongue-- whether a crow's caw, a cow's moo, or a gerbil's squeak --is...