From a comparison of these two scriptures it is clear that the central message of the gospel isthe forgiveness of sins. This is the message Jesus commanded His church to give. On the day of Pentecost Peter proclaimed, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ...
He is the one all the prophets testified about, saying that everyone who believes in him will have their sins forgiven through his name.”English Standard VersionTo him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”Berean ...
And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy na...
commanding the rest of his devils to appear in the form as if they were in hell. First entered Belial; in form of a bear, with curled black hair to the ground, his ears standing upright; within his ears were as red as blood, out of which issued flames of fire; his teeth were at ...
Therefore behold, I will surely forget you and cast you away from My presence, along with the city which I gave you and your fathers.Jeremiah 23:39 Once again the emphasis is on action rather than mental activity. God is saying that he would spurn his people, not lose their memory from...
So be not thou in doubt concerning that which these (folk) worship.They worship only as their fathers worshipped aforetime.Lo! we shall pay them their whole due unabated.S. 11:109 (comment:this verse (11:109) talks about the people of Noah as a whole nation, the whole nation followed...
Irenaeus was a student of Polycarp (who had been taught by the Apostle John and most likely knew Paul) wrote: A woman ought to have a veil upon her head, because of the angels. Irenaeus (A.D. 180), Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, pg.327. Obviously, Irenaeas knew that Paul was ta...
In Cleland's 'Life of Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury', is the following passage: 'Lanfranc, a Benedictine Monk, Archbishop of Canterbury, having found the Scriptures much corrupted by copyists, applied himself to correct them, as also the writings of the fathers, agreeably to the ...
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the scriptures...