faith

Hi there! So you will be familiar with the verse in Revelation about being hot or cold? The point is that we are supposed to do something about our faith, to distinguish it from the so-called 'faith' that is in the world. In the world, people are happy to be lukewarm - Jesus calls us to...

Reader, Real faith.... is getting to the place in your faith where you realize that... 1.) "if God accepted me and saved me forever = Through the Cross of Christ, while i was yet a sinner, and that was before i tried to be good and do right, then ................" Or this one... 2.) "When...

Hi there, So I will just be blunt, I know someone who had a great idea and tried to share it with other believers, and the other believers didn't understand. Maybe the idea wasn't that great? Or maybe the Devil deceived the other believers? In any case, what this believer felt was rejection...

The discipline of "philology" is applied by historians when attempting to understand the true intentions behind words spoken in a particular historical time-frame and context, rather than wrongly assuming that word definitions found in a modern dictionary necessarily apply. For example, "deism"...

1. Main Scripture James 2:19 — “You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble.” James is drawing a line between belief that only knows and belief that actually trusts. 2. What the Word “Demonic” Means Before we go deeper, we need to define the word demonic...

What is translated in most versions of the New Testament as "common people", means "crowd" in Greek. However, the vast majority of the "crowd" who followed Jesus around were most likely regular average people, rather than the elite of society. The religious leaders often hung nearby because...

The Greek "ekklesia", mistranslated as 'church' in modern bibles, means "assembly" or "called out ones" for a specific purpose. This was a term applied to a Greek political assembly and appears to have been deliberately chosen by Jesus himself. In the New Testament, this term always refers to...

Introduction In every generation, there are people who claim the name “Christian” but misunderstand the nature of Christ’s kingdom. Some mix Jesus with politics. Some mix Him with nationalism. Some mix Him with cultural identity. Others try to attach Jesus to their personal agendas or...

CHRISTIAN: Paul never once refers to himself as a 'christian', while at least five times in the New Testament he refers to himself as a follower of "the way". The way was considered to be a revolutionary new way of life, centered on the true communism of sharing all things in common and...

Paul opens and closes every letter attributed to him with "grace" to you followed often by "mercy" and/or "peace", always listing grace first. He also says that Jesus gives us more grace and, we grow from grace to grace (more free, bigger and better understanding). Unlike many Christians teach...

Introduction Few phrases in the New Testament are more misunderstood than Paul’s statement that early believers were “sealed unto the day of redemption” (Ephesians 4:30). Many Christians today assume this sealing applies to every believer in every generation, often interpreting it as a guarantee...

Greek "christos" means "anointed" or "the anointed one". In Hebrew, "mashiach" means the same thing, which is translated as "Messiah" into English. Most English bibles leave this untranslated as "Christ", which is based on the Greek for Messiah. Whether we say Jesus Christ or Jesus Messiah is...

Reader, God's "Gift of Salvation" can't fail you, because its Eternal Life.........not Temporary. God's Salvation forgives you, saves you, and Keeps you Saved. How? A.) "The Cross of Christ".......is God's Salvation, and you can't do that or keep that......you can only RECEIVE from God by...

It is virtually certain that Jesus was not a carpenter as the term is generally perceived today. Many if not most historians believe the literal Greek refers to either a stone mason, handyman or common laborer stone mason's helper. Though ambiguous, it is believed the literal Greek may refer...

Hi there, So just real quick, I do not want to spend a whole lot of time. I asked God, I said "You are a God of great signs - how will I know that I have fulfilled Your calling of me to be a believer?" He said "I will give you the sign of Ezekiel". Remember that Jesus said "the only sign you...

Hi there! I like to think of Paul's faith in the Letters to the Churches, as reflective of the growing faith the Churches have in the Lord. It is not that we come to faith and hold fast to the Lord, and that is all; rather, we come to faith and a bond is formed between His faith and ours. This...

Hi there, So I wanted to focus on something that I didn't actually think I would encounter as a believer. For a long time, I thought the problem with my faith, must be that I backslid; which constantly seemed to drag me back into doubt. Then I realised I was trying to "do faith" on my own, too...

Hi there! So there is a great opportunity as we head in to the end, for people to do great works for God (Daniel, from memory). What helps this idea, as the Bible says "say Lord willing, we will do this or that" (James? Letters, from memory), is what you will do with the success you get. I...

Hi there, Just another morsel of food for the newbies to focus on: its ok to like being innocent, but at some point, you have to want to be mature (selah) Paul in the letters talks about people being unable to eat solid food, because they are still babes in faith (Hebrew 5:13) Paul does not...