Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
If written out in full would this verse read “in the name of the Father, and in the name of the Son, and in the name of the Holy Spirit”? Or is there some other reason apart from trimming obviously implied words that the Father, the Son an…
In V 32, Jesus speaks parallelism in that He clearly shows, as Himself is, the Holy Spirit is a Divine Person, not a force or energy of some sort.
Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; Whoever speaks against the H…
Matthew Ch. 24 is a discourse on eschatology. Jesus says that this generation will not passaway until “all these things” have taken place. What does “all these things” constitute of. This passage talks of two things:
1. Tribulation Mt. 24:…
In all three Synoptic Gospels, Jesus is recorded as calming a storm. The incident happens about Matthew 8:24, Mark 4:37, and Luke 8:23.
Here is the complete pericope from Matthew:
Matthew 8:23-27 (Berean Standard Bible)
23When He got into…
The title "Gospel According to Matthew" is not part of the body of the text of the Gospel of Matthew itself. This text refers to Matthew by name only in 9:9 and 10:3.
It has been widely held for centuries that the Gospel of Matth…
Matthew 16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas.
Then, several verses later :
Matthew 16:17 Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh a…
What is meant exactly by the “powers of the heavens” in Matthew 24:29?
Matt 24:29-30 (KJV)
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall fr…
After meeting Christ Zachaeus promises to give away half of his possessions and restore fourfold those he had wronged
KJV Luke 19 : 8
And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and …
Matthew 22:28 NLT
So tell us, whose wife will she be in the resurrection? For she was the wife of all seven of them!"
The Sadducees were well known that they did not believe in the resurrection of the dead yet the went on to ask Chr…
Genesis 16:7-13 ASV
And the angel of Jehovah found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou? And she said, I am fle…
Matthew 5:17 and 18 from the NASB:
Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not
come to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I say to you, until heaven
and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke s…
In Matt 28:19, Jesus commanded the apostles to baptize in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, but we see in Acts of the Apostles that they baptized in the name of Jesus only (Acts 2:38, 8:16, 19:5). Why did the …