After Pentecost, the term came to be used... 7120 Christians 7120 Christians Those who belong to Jesus Christ; other designations in Scripture are believers,... 7125 elect, the 7125 elect, the Those chosen by God, entirely of his grace, for the special privil...
The word of God is a powerful force for enlightenment, a necessary counterweight to secular humanism. The Fellowship seeks to recapture something of the simplicity and vitality of the church in apostolic times, before the purity of the Christian message was corrupted by spurious doctrines. The emph...
No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began. / None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. / Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear...
In the Acts, Peter is portrayed as the initial leader of the Church, proclaiming the Gospel to the many groups of national Jews gathered in Jerusalem at Pentecost. Also, in his conforming to Jewish law and the Judaizing mode before his confrontation with Paul he worked primarily among the ...
this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption” and in verse 32 Peter states that the things which they saw when the Holy Spirit came on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2: 1) is what they “now see and hear...
so there was organization. They were worshipping in the daily prayers of the Temple. They were meeting together in one house and very likely celebrating Eucharist daily as they would continue to do after Pentecost. They seem to have grown through some form of evangelism, given that 120 were ...
Not much is known of Matthias’s life following his election to the Apostolate.[7]Some sources claim he preached first in Judea and then Ethiopia before he was eventually crucified for his faith.[8]Others state he traveled to Ethiopia, where he preached near the sea of Hyssus, and died ...
Furthermore, according to Roman Catholic sources, there were no bishops in Rome prior to the second century (and Peter died in the first century): We must conclude that the New Testament provides no basis for the notion that before the apostles died, they ordained one man for each of the...
After Pentecost and the coming of the Spirit to indwell believers in a permanent relationship, believers would be empowered to perform even greater deeds than those Jesus did during his earthly ministry. When the early chapters of Acts are examined, it is clear that, from a numerical standpoint...
The second time Jesus invites these three to see something special is a few days after he first predicts his own death. He takes them to a mountain, where they see something unlike anything Jesus had done before: “Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led...