In this blog post, I demonstrate that the plural term “elders” does not refer to the leadership of a local church, but refers to all the pastors of the city-church.
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God has made us an amazing promise: “Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh” (Galatians 5:16). But how do we walk in the Spirit in our everyday lives? Here are 5 steps that will enable you to:
This article explores how you can prophesy and move in the prophetic. The Greek word for 'prophesy' is propheteuo which Thayer's Lexicon defines as 'to utter forth, declare, a thing which can only be known by divine revelation'. To prophesy is simply to speak forth a revelation from God. So, how we can exercise this gift? Below are six keys that will help.
The apostle Paul taught that not every believer is a prophet (1 Corinthians 12:19), but also said that all believers can prophesy (1 Corinthians 14:31). What then is the difference between being a believer who can prophesy and being a prophet? Below I mention three distinctions:
The answer to this question can be understood once we realise in what sense Jesus is called "God".
One of the major problems in society today is a lack of the fear of God. Unfortunately, there is a shortage of the fear of God in the church too.
The belief that salvation cannot be lost is known as "eternal security" and "once saved always saved". However, whilst we are saved by believing in Jesus (John 3:16), in order to keep our salvation, we must keep on believing in Jesus. This is evident from the use of the words "if", “firm to the end” and "continue" in the following verses (I have capitalised to draw attention to them):
12 And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression. 15 Nevertheless she will be saved in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control. (1 Timothy 2:12-15 NKJV) Is Paul banning women from ministry in this verse? No, he is not. As I will explain below, he was simply responding to a false teaching that claimed Eve was created before Adam. It appears that this false teaching made at least some of the women feel that they could domineer the men, and it is this that Paul is correcting. The Last Templar is a novel written by Raymond Khoury. He is also the screenwriter of the BBC’s Spooks and the Emmy Award winning drama Waking the Dead. Through The Last Templar Khoury puts forward the theory that the story of Jesus Christ as we know it is actually a myth. It is also claimed that Jesus Himself wrote a gospel, in which He was not the Son of God. Furthermore, The Last Templar claims that certain people in the Roman Catholic Church know about this ‘gospel’. It is common to hear people say 'Hallelujah' in a church service. But what does this word actually mean in the Hebrew language?
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Dr. Stuart PatticoI'm the Senior Pastor of Joy Community Church and the author of several Christians books. I also run an online Bible school. You can follow me on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. ArchivesCategories
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