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Speaking in tongues was the supernatural ability to speak in another language. This was particularly important in the early church in places like Corinth that had two ports and a lot of people with different languages. Today there is a branch of Christianity that feels the supernatural gifts...

2Ti 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2Ti 3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

The purpose of Israel was to be a nation of priests to bring the knowledge of God to the whole world. The illustration of salt is to suggest to Israel that in failing to do what they had been intended, they were useless.

If there is that in the nature of women that makes them suitable to be a help meet, it may also make them more vulnerable to deception. However, given the sorry state of churches today would any more error even be noticed?

Here is an article about how untrustworthy modern "science is" How Science was Hijacked 1Ti 6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: The Greek word translated “science” is gnosis which...

It might simply indicate that he was sustained by God and not employed by someone.

Sucking people in with the bait of what they can get is such an effective way to corrupt people it is still widely used today. Consider advertising.

Human logic and skepticism can be useful to sift through false doctrine. However as today's universities prove everyday it can also give us extraordinarily bad results and extreme distance from truth. It lead Thomas Jefferson to write his own bible. Rather than using logic to throw out the...

The idea that God chose you and not others can make a person feel special, but the question is if it is true. The words predestinate and elect can refer to a category that was offered to people and not them as specifically selected individuals.

Rom_3:4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. The idea that the failures of men can be solved by ignoring the one hope they have seems illogical.

3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. This is not a sequential description of a process but the definition of a phrase. Eternal life might be defined as "knowing Christ". know = ginōskō = to learn to know to come to know

While Israel had the law, they frequently ignored it or found ways to circumvent it. Many prophets called Israel back to the law and even to learn from it how to be better people.

According to this passage of scripture, what comes first Knowing the True God or Eternal Life ? Jesus came to offer the earthly kingdom to the nation of Israel. Those for who this gospel applied were to trust that Jesus was their Messiah. They also were to keep the law. Upon resurrection, they...

By bearing "fruit" one supposes that you mean produced effects results. His offer to Israel of the kingdom was not received by the nation, so one might think in this he "failed". However, this failure is the responsibility of Israel. His death on the cross accomplished something that was not...

worldly peace = absence of struggle, go along to get along the peace of Christ = peace that transcends circumstances Php_4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. The Christian is supposed to mature in faith by...

The Great Commission was given the the disciples consistent with the original purpose of Israel to be a nation of priests that would bring the knowledge of God to the whole world. Since Israel failed to receive the earthly kingdom at the time of Jesus, this particular function was placed on hold...

It can be confusing if one combines the requirements for Israel under the kingdom gospel with the requirements for Christians under the grace gospel for the gentiles. That there is a period of immaturity for new believers can be seen in Corinth. 1Co 3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto...

If one considers "love" biblically (!Cor 13:4-7), one sees it as selflessness. That God loves everyone can be seen as he sent his son to die for them. If one considers "love" to be feeling affection for, then it would be more limited to those who do his will.

Unity depends on maturity 1Co 3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 1Co 3:2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 1Co 3:3 For ye are...

There is no biblical basis in Genesis that mankind was created with a "free will" Gen 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: Gen 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that...