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Western Religions: Jehovah’s Witnesses and The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, Part 3
Beliefs and Practices 1. God. They say, “We worship the one true and Almighty God, the Creator, whose name is Jehovah” (What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe?, jw.org). They do not believe in the Trinity. “The true God is one Person, … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Jehovah Witnesses, Premillennialism, World Religions
Tagged 144000, 1908, baptism, beliefs and pratices, blood transfusion, book knowledge that leads to everlasting life, book reconciliation, book the jehovah's witnesses so called, book what does the Bible really teach, cincinnati ohio, david brown, divorce, earth, elders on baptism, first resurrection, free will, God, have soul or a soul, heaven, heavenly class, hell, holidays, Holy Spirit, Jesus, joseph franklin rutherford, judgment day, jw.org, l.s. white charles taze russell debate, little flock, man, mdr, michael archangel, michael demory, morals, music hall 1908, new heavens and new earth, nisan 14, other beliefs, Premillennialism, regenerated earth, Repentance, resurrection, salvation, soul, soul sleep, spring lectures, taking religious material, terminology, the body of Christ, the bride of Christ, the christ, the church of christ, the gospel, the kingdom, the lord's evening meal, watch tower
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Conscience: Bearing Witness
“The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God” (Romans 8:16). Please notice that it does not say, “The Spirit… bears witness to our spirit.” Instead, it says, “The Spirit… bears witness with our spirit.” … Continue reading
The Church: God’s Field, God’s Building and God’s Flock
“You are God’s field” (1 Corinthians 3:9). Paul was writing to “the church of God which is at Corinth” (1 Corinthians 1:2). He referred to them as “God’s field” (1 Corinthians 3:9). Why is the church metaphorically referred to as … Continue reading
Posted in Chruch, Church Organization, Elders and Deacons, Textual study, Type/Antitype
Tagged 1 Corinthians 3:9, 1 Peter 5:1-2, albert orsborn, care and provision, church, church series, dwelling place for God, elders, eliza hewitt, following Jesus, foundation of church, fruitfulness, God's building, God's field, God's flock, Guy N. Woods, harry d. clarke, Holy Spirit, j.w. mcgarvey, living stones, mytonymy, ownership, paul and apollos, robert taylor jr., sanctuary, sheep, shepherd, song: into my heart, song: let the beauty of Jesus be seen in me, song: sanctuary, song: where he leads I'll follow, song: who will follow Jesus standing for the right, tabernacle, temple, tom m. jones, w.a. ogden
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Grace Series: Justified by Grace (Saved Through Washing and Renewing)
“For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another, but when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared… He saved … Continue reading
Posted in baptism, Grace, Holy Spirit, Hope, Plan of salvation, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged adam clark, baptism, chrestotes, daniel whittle, disobedient, eleos, envy, eternal life, foolish, gary workman, Grace, hate, Holy Spirit, hope, hope of eternal life, john newton, justification, justified by grace, kindess and love appreared, kindness, lenski, love, lust, malice, nicodemus, philanthropia, renewing of the holy spirit, saved by grace, saved by renewing, saved through washing, song amazing grace, song I know whom I have believed, Titus 2:11, Titus 3:3-7, wash, washing and renewing, washing of regeneration
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Holy Spirit: In Prayer (Part 2)
“We know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. Not only that, we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves…” (Romans 8:22-23). There are three common views about … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Spirit, Jesus, Prayer, Suffering, Textual study
Tagged adoption, creation groans, creation personified, foy wallace jr., groanings, heart searcher, help with prayer, Holy Spirit, holy spirit or human spirit, hope, hope not seen, intercession, lynn blair, man's groanings or holy spirits groanings, personification, prayer, r.l. whiteside, redemption of body, Romans 8, roy deaver, saved by hope, spirit helps in our weaknesses, suffering, t. pierce brown, waiting for adoption, wayne jackson, we do not know what to pray, we our selves, whole creation, whole creation and we our selves
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Holy Spirit: Indwelling (Part 5)
“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit” (Romans 8:1). “Now” means since the redemptive work of Christ (Romans 3:20-21; 7:6; 8:1; … Continue reading
Posted in calvinism, Holy Spirit, Textual study
Tagged bruce curd, cannot be subject, carnally-minded, Death, enmity, hammer and tongs, Holy Spirit, in Christ, in the flesh, in the spirit, Indwelling of Christ, indwelling of God the Father, indwelling of the Spirit, life and peace, no condemnation for those in Christ, resurrection, robert taylor jr., Romans 8:1, Romans 8:5-11, roy deaver, spirit of Christ, spiritually minded, subject to God, textual varient, the spirit of God, walk according to the flesh, walk according to the spirit, which resurrection is in view?
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Holy Spirit: Indwelling (Part 4)
We continue our study of some key wordings. Filled The Old Testament record speaks of those who were filled with the Spirit (Exodus 31:1-5; 35:30-35; Deuteronomy 34:9). The reference is to supernatural wisdom and inspiration. The New Testament record (Matthew … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Spirit, Miracles, Phrase Study, Word Study
Tagged bruce metzger, daved in the spirit, elizebeth, filled with Spirit, foy wallace jr., Holy Spirit, in the spirit, indwelling of the Spirit, inspiration, john in the spirit, marion fox, miraculous indwelling, pleres, pleroo, pletho, saul, spirit in, spirit upon, timothy's indwelling, zacharias
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Holy Spirit: Indwelling (Part 3)
We continue our study of some key wordings. Giving/Receiving “He whom God has sent speaks the words of God for (God – supplied by the KJV, NKJV) does not give the spirit by measure (unto him – supplied by KJV)” … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Spirit, Jesus, Miracles, Phrase Study, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged Acts 19:2-6, Acts 5:32, Acts 8:14-18, b.f. westcott, bill lockwood, does not give the spirit by measure, ephesians receive spirit, franklin camp, Galatians 3:2 and 3:5, galatians receive spirit, giving/receiving of spirit, God supply Spirit, guy woods, hammer and tongs, Holy Spirit, holy spirit witness, indwelling of the Spirit, james macknight, Jesus confirmed by God, John 14:16-17, John 3:34, lambano, marion fox, measure of spirit, miraculous indwelling, samaria receives spirit, stephen wiggins, the comforter, the helper, the holy spirit bears witness, the spirit of truth, wayne jackson, world cannot receive
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