Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
(Proverbs 23:1-3)
New American Standard Bible 1995
1 When you sit down
to dine with a ruler, Consider carefully [a]what is before you, 2 And
put a knife to your throat If you are a man of great appetite. 3 Do
not desire his delicacies, Fo…
It’s obviously significant since he repeated it four times, but what actually is the significance of the phrase?
The phrase is translated from the Greek ἀναστήσω αὐτὸ (ἐν) τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ which occurs in the following four verses:
John …
Isaiah 46:5 ASV To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and
compare me, that we may be like?
Having consideration of the rest of the bible, does this passage imply;
God has no equal
God has an equal – possibly Jesus
Is there more t…
In defending His actions of healing the invalid and instructing him to pick up his bed and leave the pool, Jesus compares His actions to His Father’s and makes this statement:
For the Father loves (φιλεῖ) the Son and shows him all that he…
Is tithing a cardinal christian requirement?
Are there instances of tithe paying in the early church in the book of Acts of Apostles or in the Epistles?
Are Christians who don’t pay tithe in danger of God’s curse and anger?
I’m comparing both Matthew and Luke’s genealogy of Jesus.
Matthew wrote this:
Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon… –
Mat 1:3 (NASB)
And Luke wrote this:
the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, th…
The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30) is nearly identical to the Parable of the Ten Minas (Luke 19:11-27).
One major change is that the values and quantities of the money is very different in each parable, as well as the number of …
John 3:16
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever belives in him should not perish but have eternal life". ESV My emphasis.
ESV: "should not/me apoletai".
New American Bible: "might not…
Isaiah 46:5 ASV To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and
compare me, that we may be like?
Having consideration of the rest of the bible, does this passage imply;
God has no equal
God has an equal – possibly Jesus
Is there more t…
2 Kings 17:21 NLT
For when the Lord tore Israel away from the kingdom of David, they chose Jeroboam son of Nebat as their king. Then Jeroboam drew Israel away from following the Lord and made them commit a great sin.
But earlier on its c…
God promises a new heaven and earth and says he will never remember the former things
KJV Isaiah 65 : 17
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
The promise ushers in…
Also known by the more pedestrian title: *How should Romans 9:5 be punctuated?*
Romans 9:5, NA28 (punctuation omitted):
ὧν οἱ πατέρες καὶ ἐξ ὧν ὁ Χριστὸς τὸ κατὰ σάρκα ὁ ὢν ἐπὶ πάντων θεὸς εὐλογητὸς εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ἀμήν
Two markedly d…