Gentleness is a fruit of the Spirit that is fundamental to relationships between Christians. In a world that is full of abrasiveness, rudeness, disrespect, and downright anger, Christians are commanded to be different. The world is full of people who say and do what they want and could care less how it comes across. Christians …
There is some confusion on the difference between the “Baptism of the Holy Spirit” and the “Filling of the Holy Spirit” among Christians. This is understandable because at times Scripture uses the terms interchangeably. Sometimes the distinctions are not all that clear in the text. In contrast to the Baptism of the Spirit, which is …
The phrase “Baptism of the Holy Spirit” is the invisible work of God whereby believers are placed by the Holy Spirit into union with Christ and the body of Christ at the moment of salvation. 1 Corinthians 12:13 states, For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body–whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves …
Love is the priority virtue in the New Testament that believers possess. 1 Corinthians 13:13, Now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. That is a clear cut statement. Love is preeminent above all because it describes the highest possible state you can live in. When believers love, they …
The word hermeneutics comes from a Greek root word meaning “interpreter” or “interpret.” The word originally was associated from the name Hermes, the invented Greek god who served as a messenger for the gods of Greek mythology. He was the one who transmitted and interpreted their communications to people. In Acts 14:8-12 the people of Lystra thought …
The term “pseudepigrapha” comes from two Greek words, “pseudo,” meaning “false,” and “epigraphe,” meaning “inscription.” So these are known as false writings. There are Jewish and Christian writings that are pseudepigrapha. The major point that brings these books together is the fact that each one is said to be written by a person that did not write …
In the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Bibles there are additional books listed for the Old Testament. Those additional books are claimed by those Church’s to be inspired by God and on equal authority as the rest of the Bible. However, evangelical Bible believing churches reject those books as not inspired by God and consider …
Biblical Inerrancy is the doctrine that when the Bible was originally written, God inspired the authors in such a way that what they wrote was totally free from error. This would include theological errors, scientific errors, historical errors and grammatical errors. Because God is perfect, when He inspired the writers of Scripture, He guided them …
Christianity is a belief about the Resurrection. 1 Corinthians 15 is the greatest chapter in the Bible on the theme of Resurrection and it proclaims that Christianity has no ultimate value or meaning apart from the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:14-17 states, 14 If Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your …
Although the term is not used in the Bible the concept of the Trinity is everywhere present. The Bible clearly says there is only one God. Deuteronomy 6:4, Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one! Isaiah 45:5, I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God besides …