Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector. Mattews. 18:17 KJV
How to understand the word ἐκκλησίας in this context?
When choosing a replacement for Judas, there are two candidates, and in Acts 1:26, we read (ESV):
And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
Was this like a vote, or was i…
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From Acts 23:1-5 (NIV):
1 Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin and said, “My brothers, I have fulfilled my duty to God in all good conscience to this day.” 2 At this t…
1 Samuel 28:19 says (my paraphrase) tomorrow you and your sons will die and "be with me". Samuel had been summoned from after death. Samuel was godly. I expected that he would have been awaiting Jesus and that Saul would have be…
We hear Jesus educating the Sadducee who came to him with a cleverly made up query on life after life and on the prospective marital status of souls in heaven in Mk 12:24-25 (KJV) :
And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore …
2 Chronicles 17:7 In the third year of his [Jehoshaphat] reign he sent his officials … 9 They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the Lord; they went around to all the towns of Judah and taught the people.
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Did Lot actually go to Zoar? Bible text would suggest yes. However, why would the daughters think no one was left on earth? Genesis 19:31. It seems to me they arrived in Zoar and later left. Although it doesn’t indicate how long neverthele…
Related: Was Paul literally predicting that God would strike Ananias?
From Acts 23:1-5 (NIV):
1 Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin and said, “My brothers, I have fulfilled my duty to God in all good conscience to this day.” 2 At this t…
At the outset of the Book of Genesis, we read:
Genesis 1:3-4: "Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light. 4God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness."
We know that God is ligh…
We read in Mtt 17:18-21 (KJV)
And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?20 And Jesus said unto t…
This Psalm seems to point out that there was rain and thunderstorm during the night they crossed the Red sea
Psalms 77:15-20 NASB
15You have by Your [j]power redeemed Your people,
The sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.16
The waters…
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Matthew 10:28 KJV
and
Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and su…