And when you "extinguish" the Holy Spirit, His Spirit can no longer bear testimony with your spirit that you are a child of GOD. The Holy Spirit is "given to them that obey Him".Supporting verses:1 John 1:6-7,9 "If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness,...
1 Cor. 11:2 – Paul commends the faithful to obey apostolic tradition, and not Scripture alone.Phil. 4:9 – Paul says that what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, do. There is nothing ever about obeying Scripture alone....
3. Go on to Moses. At Sinai, God gave him the message to the people (Ex.19:4), If you will obey My voice indeed, ye shall be a peculiar treasure to Me above all people.' In the very nature of things it cannot be otherwise. God's holy will is His glory and perfection; it i...
you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, obtaining as the outcome of your faith the salvation of your souls” (1 Pet 1:8-9). These
Restoring the Ark The ideal of Israel's monarchy was articulated at that point in the Scripture. The king is to be an earthly manifestation of God's rule over the world, to obey God's commands and to worship Him alone - in remembrance of His covenant and the great things He has done...
love to point others to God by sharing the truth they need to hear, even if it exposes their sin and makes them feel uncomfortable. Sometimes people respond positively, but often they respond negatively. At one time, Jesus told the Pharisees, “you are seeking to kill Me, a man who ...
“But because this is absurd, they who desire to be rid of eternal punishment ought to abstain from arguing against God, and rather, while yet there is opportunity, obey the divine commands. Then what a fond fancy is it to suppose that eternal punishment means long continued punishment, whil...
God created man, male and female, after the image of God with reason, and the law of God written in the heart (also known as the conscience); and He gave them a command not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. With the power to obey and the possibility to trans...
My hope is that I have made it possible for you to read the scriptures with an open mind and are willing to take in other information that would help to make a concept, such as a day a word that can help to answer your questions instead of creating more. If I can l read Genesis ...
“If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you of heavenly things?” (John 3:12). The Christian polemicist frequently is confronted with the problem of the scientific “errors” in Scripture, especially in its first eleven chapters. Often he...