The majority of Christians believe there are only 1 God and 1 body of Christ. Yet there are thousands of Christian denominations with a vast variety of different views on how to translate the Bible or even how to interpret a bible translation.
The reason for this is:
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... |
Some women are quick to point out that they deserve equal status, authority, rights and respect as men. They often claim that they can lead just as good as men or often even better. This often causes conflict in churches, households, secular organizations and even in politics.
However, historica...
Moses recorded in the laws:
"Do not ... curse a ruler of your people." -- Exodus 22:28 (NKJV), Ecclesiastes 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
(Inde...
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)
Verse 1:3 indicate that Paul was writing abo...
The only sin that is unforgivable is if you deliberately challenged (blasphemed) the Holy Spirit (Matthew 12:31-32; Mark 3:29) who is supposed to convict you of your sin.
The Holy Spirit will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment -- John 16:8 (ESV)
If the Holy Spi...
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...
Most scholars will answer this depending on their theology:
Many theologians argue that people before Jesus were saved through faith in God's promises of a coming Messiah.
Some interpr...
Often believers, especially new converts, has face persecution from their own people for standing for what they believe is the truth.
Peter's answer to this problem:
Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good?
But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you ...
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For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the da...
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...
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...
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 firs...
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...
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)
Some argue that this mean:
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:
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
And these signs will accompany those who believe:
- in my [Jesus] name [authority] they will cast out demons;
- they will speak in new tongues;
- they will pick up serpents with their...
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...
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 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...
Short answer: It depends on your relationship with God
For example the same man could be addressed:
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