Among all of this evidence “here the belief that God had no direct concern with the individual is opposed: the fact that God will restore the innocent descendants of the original exiles affirms the doctrine of individual responsibility for sin.”[6] Conclusion Now then what is the correlation...
Too often, the only scripture reading we do is in church on Sunday, and we therefore only hear the Bible in little chunks, as if each stands alone. Our more Protestant brothers and sisters sometimes have it even worse, with preachers who will take a single verse of text and contend that...
And let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking away from all that will distract, focusing our eyes on Jesus, the first incentive for our belief and the One who brings our faith to maturity, who for the joy of accomplishing the goal set before Him endured the cro...
and He came up to the Ancient of Days and was presented before Him. And to Him was given dominion, glory and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations and men of every language might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which will not pass ...
The fundamental reason to fight is the one seen, though often misunderstood, in Old Testament Scripture. Joshua did not seize the Promised Land by right of might in Scripture, but by the power of God. Instead of killing every man and taking every woman and all booty for their own self-in...
deep distress and afflictions that sometimes eat all the usefulness of our lives away. Yet, the promise is that God will restore those locust years if we endure. We will reap if we faint not. Although now we do not know all the “whys,” we can be assured our times are in His ...
He must call for the elders (spiritual leaders) of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer of faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be ...
"Two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the lover of self, even to the contempt of God; the heavenly by the love of God, even to the contempt of self." St. Augustine, DE CIVITATE DEI, Book XIV, Chapter 28 ...
Of course I believe all of scripture to be divinely inspired, so that explains that bit of foresight, but I still enjoy thinking that the blessing that follows, grace and peace to us, was intentionally meant for you and I today, too. Paul expresses thankfulness that the church at Corinth...
the meaning he wants us to have. Our duty is to find out what he wants to know by diligent study, including by comparing scripture with scripture. We cannot ascertain God's interpretation by praying and waiting for some feeling to come over us to give us God's will on a matter. That...