'Stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught, either by word of mouth or by a letter of ours." Matthew 5:14 "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hid." John 20:22-23 "Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive, they are forgive...
using the Latin phrase “Recipimus” meaning “We Receive.” That is vital to understand. The Scriptures are self authenticating, having their source in God. The church merely recognized and received the word of God. God created the world by His word and creates Christians the same way –“...
It is through the Bible that we meet and know Christ. When we grow in our love for Christ, we grow in our love of Scriptures. Read More by Dr. Phil Collins Sign Up for the Latest Blog Posts from Thomas Nelson By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive em...
(vs.4, 5) Again, in acts 1:8 He said to them, "you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." It is plain to see that the Holy Spirit's coming ...
Not being able to have people over… not being able to share Easter Sunday dinner with family and friends… not being able to break bread with the Church community and receive Christ in the Eucharist… not being able to literally walk alongside people who are suffering the loss of loved ones...
While some pastors, like some apostles, may indeed prophesy, they do not receive their message directly from God by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, but they derive it from the Old Testament and the apostolic tradition in the New Testament. If, as Habel and Wurst suppose (131), the ...
"So let us come boldly to the very throne of God and stay there to receive his mercy and to find grace to help us in our times of need." Heb. 4:16
May we feel the Holy spirit among us. As the Scriptures are read and the Word proclaimed, as prayers and music are offered, may we receive with joy and thanksgiving what is offered for us. Unison Prayer: Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all ...
2. They must not assume the authority and dominion implied in those names; they must not be magisterial, nor domineer over their brethren, or over God's heritage, as if they had dominion over the faith of Christians: what they received of the Lord, all must receive from them; but in ...
7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: 8 But that which beareth thorns and briers [is] rejected, and [is] nigh unto cursing; whose end [is] to be burned. ...