No. Christians “hear” and “believe” and do not “come into judgment.” “Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life… Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes in which all who are […]
Category Archives: Study in Scripture
Predestination
“For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.” Deuteronomy 7:7 proorizó: to predetermine, foreordain Original Word: προορίζωPart of Speech: VerbTransliteration: proorizóPhonetic Spelling: (pro-or-id’-zo)Definition: to pre+determine, fore+ordainUsage: I foreordain, predetermine, mark out beforehand. […]
“Baptizing… into the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit”
Some have claimed that the text at Matthew 28:19 is spurious. “… disciple all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit…” Christ’s command at Matthew 28:19, Berean Literal Bible It is argued that “into the name of the Father, and of the Son, […]
Baptized into Christ
I believe Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God, and my Lord and Savior. Acts 8:37, Matthew 16:16, 2 Peter 1:11 “The Word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and […]
Tyndale’s Translation
We reject all shameful deeds and underhanded methods. We don’t try to trick anyone or distort the word of God. We tell the truth before God, and all who are honest know this. 2 Corinthians 4:2, New Living Translation The Church of England decreed it to be illegal to translate the Bible into English.The Church […]
Women, in love, in Christ
The following is a consideration of scriptures which pertain to the role of women in Christ, in the congregation, and in love. Ephesians 5 — Subject yourselves to one another. 1 Corinthians 11, 14 — Prophesy. Be silent. Learn. 1 Timothy 2 — Desiring to teach? Learn. 1 Peter 3 — Wives, subject to husbands. […]
Sex, Rape, and Seduction—Deuteronomy 22
A man recently told me that after three and a half years of studying the bible on his own he decided he no longer believed in God and is now an atheist. One of the reasons he gave, referring the law code in Deuteronomy 22, was that “rape victims must marry their rapist after he […]