“Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”Berean Standard BibleFor what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”Berean Literal BibleFor what does the Scripture say? "And Abraham believed God, and it was ...
What Is the Deeper Meaning of ‘Peace That Surpasses All Understanding’? However, it takes a fuller reading of the passage to understand all the nuances of this oft-quoted Scripture. Just before Paul reassures the people of this perfect peace available to guard their hearts, he encourages the...
Therefore, the best way to discover what a church should be is by a careful study of Scripture. 2. One way we can get to the true meaning of the biblical text is by reading it in light of its own cultural setting. If we want to understand the writings of the Apostle Paul, for ...
Dict. Scripture Names/Hitchcock Bullets for Bible Memory Jehovah Jesus Why Call Him Jehovah Jesus?/Stewart That Men May Know He Is God/K.Stewart Christian Baby Names How to Lead Your Child to Jesus Suffer the Little Children Jesus Christ, Son of God /T.Stewart Amazing Humanity of Jesus/T....
What is Colossians? Paul the Apostle: St. Paul, aka Saul of Tarsus, was an early Christian Apostle. He spent many years travelling throughout the Roman Empire preaching and helping to establish Christian communities. Paul was born around 5 AD. He originally persecuted the Christians, but conver...
—this is the true, the excellent, the transcendent way of knowledge. And this was that knowledge of Christ and of his love which the apostle set such a price upon, when he "determined not to know any thing, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified;" (1 Cor. 2:2;) that he might...
Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. 5Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us? 6But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud ...
A. We are to understand them as expressions of God, in condescension to the weakness of our understanding; even as the glory of heaven is expressed to us in scripture by a city, and the royal feast. These shadows are useful to us whilst we are in the body; but we shall know him in...
In this Pentecostal painting, the Holy Spirit is descending over Jesus and the apostles. This is shown through the ‘tongues of fire’ over the apostle’s heads symbolising the holy spirit. According to Acts 2:1-4 everybody who believed was in one room, then with a gust of wind and ‘...
The Bible refers to the spirit of the antichrist and the person of the antichrist. As we go forward, I will clarify this distinction. Where Does the Bible Mention the Antichrist? The word antichrist is used only by the apostle John, in referring to false teachers, he says (1 John 2:18...