Recent content by Beckworth

God gave commandments to the JEWS to tithe and offer offerings and sacrifices, but these commandments were not for anyone but the Jews. ( Exodus-Deut.) They did not apply to gentiles. All of the old testament scriptures for tithing were written to the Jews and Jews alone. Christ came into...

No. That would be a contradiction of what He said in 1 Cor. 14:34. God does not contradict Himself. Believe God’s word.

That may sound good and comforting, but there is no scripture that I know of that teaches this. Yes, belief and repentance is necessary to be saved but so also is “confession” Roman’s 10:10 and baptism Mark 16:16 and 1 Peter 3:21. If a dying person does not obey God’s commands, we must leave...

I agree that “love” is or should be the basis for all we do. All of our service to God is based on LOVE. Jesus said “If you love me, keep my commandments.” John 14:15. I think many people CLAIM to love God but their actions speak otherwise. And loving our fellowman is neglected so often, but...

We were talking about “acts of worship”. Loving one another is a personal trait. But, yes, it is one of the “Christian graces “ found in 2 Peter 1:5-7. It is part of our growth as a Christian and very necessary.

Yes, we place great significance upon the Lord’s Supper as well. Acts 20:7 states that the reason they came together on the first day of the week was to eat the Lord’s Supper. In fact, we base our worship services on five acts of worship as they are found in the New Testament: 1) The...

As I suggested in post # 695-696, Romans 6 is all about water baptism and what it means to us. It is a “picture” of the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. This is Paul explaining what happens when we are baptized. We “die” to sin like Christ died on the cross; we are buried in water...

I just want to make a comment on the last paragraph. I believe the passage you are referring to is 1 Corinthians chapter 1. Paul makes an interesting point about water baptism here. He makes an argument as to why people should not call themselves after men. ( Think Lutherans who call...

I don’t believe the “process is mirrored in the Passover.” If by process you mean water baptism, the Bible answers that question for us in Romans 6. That entire chapter is about baptism and what it does and what it means to us. Water baptism is a mirror of the death, burial and resurrection...

Yes, absolutely (they spoke the languages), but they did not REQUIRE any special knowledge of languages of others. In other words, they did not make it a stipulation in order to be a teacher. Thats all I am saying. AND, my opinion is, that it, the knowledge of languages, is not required for...

Yes, it can be helpful in some cases unless you are using it to find a “loop hole” around what does not fit your doctrine.

And your scripture that teaches this is…….? I seriously doubt that the apostles or the preachers in the New Testament had a knowledge of the Greek and Hebrew. Many scriptures teach us that we are to teach others: Acts 8:4 - “those scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word.” These...

I could agree with all you say except for your last two words—spirit baptism. I think you and I have discussed this before and you know that I don’t believe that every time the word says baptism that it is referring to “Holy Spirit baptism. The baptism that saves is water baptism in the name...