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brief notices Pre Prophecy is one of the most mishandled topics in today's church — and also one of the most avoided in serious theological circles. Not everything that was, still is. Read it as a map, not a sermon. Authority and Infallibility In the Old Testament, prophets spoke with absolute divine authority as God's direct mouthpieces, and their words were considered infallible and equal to Scripture itself. False prophets in the OT were to be put to death if their predictions didn't come true (Deuteronomy 18:20-22) In the New Testament era, the gift of prophecy is primarily for edification, encouragement, and comfort rather than for leading and guiding God's people with absolute authority. New Testament prophecy must be weighed and tested by the community of believers, and it can contain human error. {see the notice below} Primary Purpose Nearly every Old Testament prophet pointed forward to Christ, revealing the mystery of God that ...

short notice Who are the Judaizers? The Apostle Paul warns his readers about the Judaizers who oppose the gospel (Phil 3:2–3). Paul’s conflicts with the Judaizers can be seen in greater detail in Acts and Galatians (e.g., Acts 15:1–19; Gal. 2:15–21; 3:6–4:31), as well as in the rest of his letters. Paul rejected their teaching that Gentiles must first become Jews and obey all the OT laws in order to be saved. In contrast, Paul has given up his spiritual and ethnic privileges for the sake of knowing Christ (Phil. 3:4–11). His righteousness comes through Christ, not the Law (Phil 3:12–16). The justified /righteous person in the New Testament “Justified” means “counted righteous” or “declared righteous” by God (acc. to ESV footnote). If people obeyed all of God’s perfect moral standards, they could be justified by their own merits. But Paul says that this is impossible for anyone to do (see Romans 1–2). "Works of the law" means any human effort to be justified by...

God is Love – 1/3 The shapes of the love — A study on divine love and the intertwined Christian character ..how the two loves are linked Kindness and faithful love (hesed) pursue me every day of my life. I make my home in the house of YHWH for all time to come. Psalm 23:6 For this is how God (agape) loved the world: he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. John 3:16 What is Hesed? The word that is translated to “faithful love” is the Hesed (חסד) which is a Hebrew word that is difficult to translate directly, as it encompasses a range of concepts including "love, kindness, loyalty, mercy", and "covenant faithfulness". This word is translated in other places as “goodness,” and “steadfast love.” God's love for His covenant people in the Old Testament is expressed by the Hesed . This love expressed in the Hebrew texts as hesed we'emet for example in Gen 24:49; 32:11; 47:...

God is Love – 2/3 (The shapes of the love) A study on divine love and the intertwined Christian character This article is part of the "Vitalize" pack “His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness..” 2Pt 1:3.. Pre The love of Gd, and its shapes. In this very beginning I must say that there are a lot of ideas floating around about what the apostles teach about love. On the one hand, this is quite scary (knowing that there are theories about love) but it also gives us a great opportunity to investigate the original viewpoint. From the New Covenant perspective, it is important to note that God's love is much brighter for us than it was in the time of the Old Testament. I'm pro classical musician , learned to interpret the original concept and composition . My wife was a linguist so in such cases {and always} I go to the source rath...

 {Héber levél 7. rész} A "Jesus is Better" sorozatból Danube International Church, Budapest  Matt Jackson Vázlat Háttér Hogyan illeszkedik a Zsidókhoz {héberekhez} írt levél a Biblia nagy történetébe • A Biblia egyetlen folyamatos történet...   ...különböző műfajokkal, és nem mindig kronologikusan.   ...mégis egyetlen üzenetet mond el az elejétől a végéig: Teremtés, bűnbeesés, megváltás, újjáteremtés.    Az Ószövetség témája: "Messiás ígérete"    Az Újszövetség témája: "Eljött a Messiás" • Az újszövetségi gyülekezet túlnyomórészt zsidó volt. Felmerült azonban egy probléma. Néhány zsidó ("júdaizálók") azt mondta, hogy ahhoz, hogy jó keresztyén legyél, hűséges zsidónak kell lenned. Az apostolok azt kiáltották: "Nem!". Valójában Pál azért írta a Galatákhoz a levelét, hogy szembeszálljon azzal, amit a júdaizálók mondtak. • Néhány zsidó keresztény lassan visszasodródott a judaizmus felé és eltávolodott Krisztustól. A ...

 Notice from the sermon  { Hebrew 7 } From the series of "Jesus is Better" by Danube International Church, Budapest Matt Jackson Background How the Book of Hebrews Fits Into the big story of the Bible • The Bible is one continual story...   ...with different genres and not always chronological.   ...yet one message is told from start to finish: Creation, fall, redemption, re-creation Old Testament msg: “Messiah promised”  New Testament msg: “Messiah has come"  • The New Testament church was dominantly Jewish. But a problem arose. Some Jews (“Judiazers”) said in order to be a good Christan you had to be a faithful Jew. The Apostles cried, “No!” In fact, Paul wrote the Book of Galatians to counter what the Judiazers were saying.  • Some Jewish Christians were slowly drifting back toward Judaism and away from Christ. The Book of Hebrews was written to stop that drift ( Hebrews 2:1 ).  • Christianity is NOT "Reformed Judaism"...

"Faithful to Christ – A Challenge to Truly Live for Christians" A book by Charles Spurgeon T  here is nothing the human heart falls into as easily as pride, and yet there is no sin that is more frequently, more emphatically, and more eloquently condemned in Scripture. Pride is unjustified. It stands upon the sand, or worse than that, it puts its foot upon the waves of the sea that give way beneath its step — or worse still, it stands upon bubbles that soon must burst beneath its feet. Of all things, pride has the worst foothold. It has no solid rock on earth on which to place itself. We have reasons for almost everything, but we have no reasons for pride. Pride is something that should be unnatural to us, for we have nothing to be proud of. Pride is foolish. It brings no profit with it. There is no wisdom in self-exaltation. Other sins might have some excuse, for people might seem to gain by them. People might make excuses and find temporary worldly benefit in...

Charles Spurgeon: "Hűen Krisztushoz – kihívás az Igazi életre, keresztyének számára" c. könyvéből A z emberi szív semmibe sem esik bele olyan könnyen, mint a büszkeségbe, és még sincs olyan bűn, amelyet a Szentírás gyakrabban, nyomatékosabban és ékesszólóbban elítélne. A büszkeség indokolatlan. A homokon áll, vagy ami még rosszabb, a tenger hullámaira teszi a lábát, amelyek a lépése alatt meginognak - vagy ami még rosszabb, buborékokon áll, amelyeknek hamarosan szét kell pukkadniuk a lába alatt. Minden dolog közül a büszkeségnek van a legrosszabb talpa. Nincs szilárd szikla a földön, amelyre támaszkodhatna. Szinte mindenre van okunk, de a büszkeségnek nincs. A büszkeség olyasvalami, aminek természetellenesnek kellene lennie számunkra, mert nincs mire büszkének lennünk. A büszkeség bolond. Nem hoz hasznot magával. Nincs bölcsesség az önfelmagasztalásban. Más bűnöknek lehet némi mentsége, mert az emberek látszólag hasznot húznak belőlük. Az emberek talán kifogá...

Jesus was a heretic in his day: - he outraged the keepers of the Law of Moses, - he did not keep the Sabbath, - he broke the fasting rules, - he “criticized” the Scriptures, - he caused a scandal in the Temple - therefore, the Heretics Act was applied to him when he was sentenced to death. Jesus was a scandal to the Jews and a fool to the Greeks (1 Corinthians 1:23). Jesus stepped out of the usual religiosity and brought something radically new. The official guardians of the order considered Jesus to be a disorder.   Yet, Jesus was the most divine where he was a heretic. The traditional order: " worship God, then you get to know yourself, and then you get to your neighbor as well. " Jesus reverses this order: " first settle your affairs with your neighbor, in the process you get to know yourself, and you cry out, be merciful to me, Lord, for I am evil " - while your affair with your neighbor reveals how much you need God. I want to burden you with th...

The Biblical meaning of Saint, sanctification, holy life Holy/Saint. This means in Scripture that something or someone is "fenced", set aside or given/dedicated to God. Let us see in what sense we can read about holiness and the sacred identity of the believer. Proverbs 4:23-27 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. John 17:17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. John 17:19 And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth. Acts 26:18 to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of s...