When Jesus had spoken these words, mhe lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, ... "And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed." -- John 17:1,5 (ESV)
Everyone agree that Jesus existed bef...
The Holy Spirit does not compete with God as another god, neither is the Holy Spirit synonyms of God.
Anything that belongs to God is considered holy. Therefore, God's own Spirit, is called the Holy Spirit of God.
When I am holding my child with my hands, you could also say that I am hold...
According to Strong's Concordance there are a potential some overlap, that may justify that a "soul" or "spirit" means "a living being or person" if you imply that "breath" means the person is alive:
| Word | Language | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| soul | Hebrew | a soul, living being, life, self, pe... |
Paul understood there are only one Holy Spirit:
- Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit
- and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord;
- and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same...
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.”
And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is wi...
We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ...
He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. -- Colossians 1:3,13-14 (ESV)
Is "in whom we have redemption, the forgiven...
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Jesus said...
"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. He who hates Me hates My Father also. If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have seen and also hated both Me and My...
Short answer: "yes"
The bible is clear that pride is sin:
Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin. -- Proverbs 21:4
Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord; be assured, he will not go unpunished. -- Proverbs 16:5
Do you see a ma...
The book of Revelation refers to "seven spirits of God" (Revelation 1:4, 3:1, 4:5, 5:6) which is also written in lower case in most modern English Bible translations, that indicate that the translators understood these "spirits" are not God Himself.
The Greek word "seven" used in these scriptures...
God from the beginning chose you for salvation -- 2 Thessalonians 2:13
Out of context, this verse seems very unfair towards people that God might not have chosen for salvation.
But if you carefully study the full chapter of 2 Thessalonians 2 you will notice that Paul was addressing the first...
God does not differentiate between nations, status or gender when it comes to salvation.
For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is...
A lie stays a lie even if everyone beliefs it to be true.
You must not follow the crowd in doing wrong. -- Exodus 23:2 (NLT)
And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world — whe wa...
The only sin that is unforgivable is if you deliberately challenged (blasphemed) the Holy Spirit who is supposed to convict you of your sin. In other words if the Holy Spirit can no longer convict you of your sin, who or what else will?
If you worry about unforgivable sin, then most likely you...
Short answer: It depends on your relationship with God
For example the same man could be addressed:
For by grace you have been saved through faith and this is not your own doing. -- Ephesians 2:8
This includes special ceremonies like the "sinner's prayer" or "Baptism".
No, every believer should get baptized, because:
Some look at the scripture that states:
Test all things; hold fast what is good. -- 1 Thessalonians 5:21 (NKJV)
Out of context it seems that this verse indicates that we are allowed to test (or try out) anything to see what we should "hold fast".
However, this is not what Paul wrote....
Moses recorded in the laws:
"Do not ... curse a ruler of your people." -- Exodus 22:28 (NKJV), Ecclesiastics 10:20
"Do not curse the deaf" -- Leviticus 19:14 (NKJV)
Job also said:
“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted myself up when evil found him
(Ind...
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