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Christ: Our City of Refuge
The cities of refuge are mentioned several times in the Bible (Exodus 21:12-13; Numbers 35:9-34; Deuteronomy 4:41-43; 19:1-13; and Joshua 20:1-9). Out of the forty-eight cities given to the Levites, six were designated cities of refuge, and they were: on the … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus, Plan of salvation, Type/Antitype
Tagged accessable to all, bezar, Christ our refuge, cities of refuge, Deuteronomy 19, Deuteronomy 4, Exodus 21, golan, Hebrews 6, hebron, human activity required, Jesus our high priest, Jesus our refuge, Joshua 20, kedesh, kirjath arba, levitical cities, must remain in the cities as long as high priest lives, no bribing way out, no proxy running, peace found within gates of cities, ramoth, salvation in no other cities, shechem, type/antitype
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The Holy Spirit: The Helper
The Holy Spirit is referred to as the “Comforter” (KJV, ASV), the “Helper” (NASB, NKJV, McCord’s, ESV), the “Advocate” (Estes’ Better Version), or the “Counselor” (NIV, note: I do not recommend this version) four times [(John 14:16; 14:26; 15:26; 16:7). … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Spirit, Textual study
Tagged allos v. heteros, another comforter, comfort from fellowship, comfort from scriptures, defense attorney, franklin camp, give you accurate memory of what Jesus taught, guide you into all truth, Holy Spirit, inspiration, inspiration of the apostles, it will be given you what you shall say, John 14-16, Matthew 10, parakletos, the advocate, the comforter, the helper, will not leave you orphans
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Calling On The Name
“And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved” (Joel 2:32 cf. Acts 2:21; 22:16; Romans 10:13). What does it mean to call on the name of the LORD? This is … Continue reading
The Holy Spirit: An Impersonal Force?
Is the Holy Spirit of the Godhead, or not? Is the Holy Spirit a personality, or an impersonal force? How should we think about the Holy Spirit? Some teach that the Holy Spirit is not deity, but a thing, a … Continue reading
Posted in God, Holy Spirit, Islam, Jehovah Witnesses
Tagged 2 Corinthians 13, another helper, baptism in the father and the son and the holy spirit, baptism of Spirit, book reasoning from scriptures, booklet should you believe in the trinity, comforter, connected with water and blood, connected with water and fire, connected with wine, definite article, deity of the Holy Spirit, eternal, filled with Holy Spirit, gender, Godhead, grieve, grieve the Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit, Holy spirit love, impersonal force, Islam, it or he?, Jehovah Witnesses, lie to Spirit, like electricity, Matthew 28, objections to Holy Spirits person and deity, omnipresent, omniscient, personification like death and wisdom and sin, quaran sura 17, resist, resist Holy Spirit, Spirit poured out, the personality ot the Holy Spirit, triumvirate
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Jesus: The Fish
You’ve seen the fish symbol. Sometimes it is on the leather covering of someone’s Bible. Sometimes it is found affixed to the rear of someone’s automobile. You’ve seen it; but, what does it mean? Where did this symbol come from? … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, History, Jesus
Tagged ancient sign, bumper sticker, catacombs, Christ, faith, God's son, ichthus, Jesus, Jesus as the fish, savior, tertullian, wikipedia
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Seven Sins Against the Spirit
Numerous are the sins mentioned within the pages of the Bible. In a very real way, every sin which we commit is a sin against God (Psalm 51:3-4; Exodus 16:1-2 cf., 16:7-8; Numbers 14: 1-2 cf. 14:27; Numbers 16:11; Acts … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Spirit, Sin, Textual study, Type/Antitype
Tagged 1 Corinthians 3, 1 Thessalonians 5, Acts 5, Acts 7, ananias and sapphira, blasphemy against the holy spirit, careful how you build, church at Corinth, count blood of Christ as something common, defile the temple of God, despise not prophecy, Ephesians 4, forsake not assembling, grieve the Holy Spirit, Hebrews 10, hold fast to what is good, Holy Spirit, in everything give thanks, insult the Holy Spirit, lie to Holy Spirit, Luke 12, Mark 3, Matthew 12, miraculous indwelling, pray without ceasing, quence the Holy Spirit, reject evidence, rejoice always, resist the Holy Spirit, seven sins against the Holy Spirit, sin, stir up love and good works, temple of Holy Spirit, test all things, the unpardonable sin
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Where is the Stigma?
“One of illegitimate birth shall not enter the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the LORD” (Deuteronomy 23:2). It certainly was not the fault of the illegitimate offspring … Continue reading
