Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
What is the meaning of "decided" in your heart, if decisions are made in the mind!?
2 Cor 9:7 – Each one should give what he has decided in his heart
to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful
giver.
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1) How does one practically receive the “light of the knowledge” of the Glory of God in
2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of
darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the
knowledge of …
Paul implies that the OT scriptures were veiled / not able to be understood. How can this be, that God would give guidance that they were not able to understand or comply with?
2 Corinthians 3:14 – But their minds were closed. For to thi…
2 Corinthians 5:14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.
What is the logic here? What is the meaning of the word "therefore"?
Who are the "all"?
John 14…
What does communion of the Holy Spirit mean in
2 Corinthians 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the
love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
1 Corinthians 4:
6 I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another.
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1 Corinthians 15:24-28 (NRSV):
24 Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, after he has destroyed every ruler and every authority and power. 25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet…
1 Corinthians 16:20
"All the brothers send you greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss". ESV. My emphasis.
Many years ago I was in a church congregation and the preacher was speaking about "a holy kiss". In the …
Elohim and ὁ θεὸς in Genesis 1
The creation account in Genesis begins with a plural word, elohim to identify God:
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1 ESV)
בראשית ברא אלהים את השמים ואת הארץ
Elohim contin…
In Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians Paul indicates that he prefers to pray both in (or with) the Spirit and in (or with) the mind.
τί οὖν ἐστίν; προσεύξομαι τῷ πνεύματι, προσεύξομαι δὲ καὶ τῷ νοΐ· ψαλῶ τῷ πνεύματι, ψαλῶ δὲ καὶ τῷ…
1 Corinthians 13 (ESV):
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I
am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic
powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have
all faith, …
1 Corinthians 7:15 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
15 Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called [a]us [b]to peace.
Footnotes:
a. One early ms read…