Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
Wisdom חָכְמָה allowed מֶ֜֗לֶךְ King שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה Shlomoh (Solomon) to reveal Proverb 19:17 stating "He who is gracious to a poor man lends to YHVH, and He will repay him his reward." ( מַלְוֵ֣ה יְ֖הוָה ח֣וֹנֵֽן דָּ֑ל וּ֜גְמֻל֗וֹ יְ…
Can you explain the parable of the wineskin? what was Jesus trying to tell the disciples?
"Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is p…
I read a few translations of Hebrews 10:28, some translate as present perfect, and some translate as past.
A man who has gone against the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the word of two or three witnesses: (Hebrews 10:28, BBE…
Why did the disciples, and the mother of James and John, seem so concerned about their status within the group of disciples? eg Mark 9 – but others too.
I am wondering if there is more to this than pride – which is surely part of the answe…
In Exodus 32:24 Aaron says to Moses:
So I told them, ‘Whoever has any gold jewelry, take it off.’ Then they gave me the gold, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf!”
it seems reasonable that this is a lie because later it …
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. Mattews 12:50 KJV
Did Jesus’ listeners understand which father he was talking about?
These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father. John 16:25 KJV
Matthew 13:33; Luke 13:20-21. What does this mean?
Matthew 13:33 (KJV): Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
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Luke goes into detail concerning the beginning of Christ’s ministry. To quote:
“In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate
being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his
brother Ph…
8:9-11 The Westminster Leningrad Codex
9 אֶת־כָּל־זֶ֤ה רָאִ֙יתִי֙ וְנָת֣וֹן אֶת־לִבִּ֔י לְכָֽל־מַעֲשֶׂ֔ה
אֲשֶׁ֥ר נַעֲשָׂ֖ה תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ עֵ֗ת אֲשֶׁ֨ר שָׁלַ֧ט הָאָדָ֛ם
בְּאָדָ֖ם לְרַ֥ע לֽוֹ׃
10 וּבְכֵ֡ן רָאִיתִי֩ רְשָׁעִ֨ים קְבֻרִ֜ים…
30:5 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex כָּל־אִמְרַ֣ת אֱלֹ֣והַּ
צְרוּפָ֑ה מָגֵ֥ן ה֝֗וּא לַֽחֹסִ֥ים בֹּֽו׃
(Proverbs 30:5)
New American Standard Bible 1995
5 Every word of God
is tested; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him…
(2 Samuel 18:19-33) (New American Standard Bible 1995 ) 19 Then
Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and bring the king
news that the Lord has freed him from the hand of his enemies.” 20
But Joab said to him, “You are not the…