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Keeping the apostolic line

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Keeping the apostolic line - the timeless advice Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace.. Heb 13: 7-9 By grace God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Eph 2:4-8 ☆

Az apostoli vonal megtartása

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Az apostoli vonal megtartása - az időn túli tanács Emlékezzetek vezetőitekre, azokra, akik Isten igéjét szólták hozzátok. Vegyétek figyelembe életmódjukat, annak eredményét és utánozzátok hitüket. Jézus Krisztus tegnap, ma és mindörökké ugyanaz. Ne hagyjátok magatokat eltéríteni különféle és idegen tanításokkal, mert jót tesz a szívnek, ha a kegyelem által erősödik meg... Zsid 13: 7-9 A kegyelem által Isten, aki gazdag irgalmasságban, a nagy szeretet miatt, amellyel szeretett minket, (még akkor is, amikor halottak voltunk vétkeinkben), élővé tett minket Krisztussal együtt - kegyelemből üdvözültetek -, és feltámasztott minket vele együtt, és elhelyezett vele együtt a mennyekben Krisztus Jézusban, hogy az eljövendő korokban megmutassa kegyelmének mérhetetlen gazdagságát a Krisztus Jézusban irántunk való jóságában. Mert kegyelemből üdvözültetek a hit által. Ez pedig nem a ti művetek, hanem Isten ajándéka, nem cselekedetek eredménye, hogy senki se dicsekedjék. Ef 2...

Fasting, lent and Prayer

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Prayer, Fasting, lent and other devoted events before Gd Almighty I would like to be short & pointed, clearly separating the recent {popular} practice from the biblical teaching about prayer and fasting. We can see various religious special days, pilgrimage, festivals and special events around us and I think this little study will surprise you. The 3rd century saw many changes in the then "Catholic" Church, which was in her new power in the Earthly domain. And new power means : carnal, political power-circles. In this way the "church" & the leaders significantly rethought (or over thought?) then "adjusted" and eventually replaced the original apostolic practice, which was based on Christ's teachings. The more religious pious people earned acceptance and benefit in the pagan Roman world the more spectacular and pompous ceremony took place around the church. Jesus Christ is crystal clear on this: "Do not lay up fo...

The surprising cure for fear

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Diagnosis and Way out The fear of man is a snare, but the one who trusts in the Lord is protected. Proverbs 29:25 The Medicine There is no fear in love; instead, perfect love drives out * fear, because fear involves punishment. So the one who fears has not reached perfection in love. We love because He first loved us. 1Jn 4:18-19 *The full love chases out the fear. Method and therapeutic lifestyle I remind you to keep ablaze the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but one of power, love, and sound judgment. 2Tim 1:6-7. When fear comes from our enemies we have a position with Christ (Jesus came that through his death) he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery. Heb 2:14-15 I bow my knees before the Father that.. He may grant you to be strengthened with power...

Where Does Our Righteousness Come From?

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...