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This is my perception of the phrase 'religious spirit.' I find it to be a confusing term that isn't in the Bible that is used among Charismatics. I was raised Pentecostal, and since Pentecostals in the US in general do not believe Christians are 'demon possessed', they are less likely than...

I left something out like 'is mostly fake.'

We don't have a lot of scripture telling us what to do in church. I Corinthians 14 is the longest passage, probably. Chapter 11 tells how not to have the Lord's Supper. I Corinthians 14 encourages believers to covet to prophesy, says to let the prophets speak two or three in church, and let...

Colossians 2:12 buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. (NKJV) Acts 22:16 16 And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’ (NKJV)

If the issue weren't them calling the Spirit behind the miracles Beelzebub (an unclean spirit in Luke) why the warning about speaking against the Holy Spirit?

Which verse does not have the Greek word for 'he'? I am looking at verse 24. They claimed that Jesus was casting out demons by Beelzebub when actually the Spirit by which He cast out demons was the Holy Spirit.

I think the author is saying if God permits, he will continue teaching beyond the elemental teachings he mentioned onto more advanced topics.

In Mark, they were accusing the Spirit behind Jesus casting out devils an unclean spirit, and in Matthew they are calling the Spirit behind Jesus casting out devils Beelzebub the prince of devils.

The word 'blasphemy' has an actual meaning, and so does the Greek word used in the passage from which our English word is likely derived. The word has to do with speaking against that which is holy. From a literary perspective it makes sense to place it here since this has to do with men's...

I read that the term kerygma came to refer to the essentials of the gospel message at sometime after the word was used in the New Testament. But this is an important topic. I've taken to prayerfully pointing out to preachers when they do a 'challenge' at the end of the message and leave out...

It doesn't say what Jesus' opponents were doing in relation to His teaching on blaspheming the Holy Spirit in that passage. We have to look at Matthew and Mark for that.

Presumably, someone could repent of refusing repentance and be forgiven. Did Saul of Tarsus 'kick against the pricks?' Can someone who has hardened his heart repent? I take Matthew 12 as evidence that Christ's opponents were accusing the Holy Spirit of being Beelzebub.

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It is very clear that unbelief is not unpardonable. Jesus accepted Thomas. Paul was initially an unbeliever, but he was forgiven. Dying in unbelief is not a sin, because dying isn't a sin. Jesus died on a cross. The sin is unbelief, and it is forgivable for those who repent and have faith...

That isn't exactly accurate. Some quotations from the OT into the Greek of the NT are quotes from the Septuagint (LXX), and some are not.

Satan got permission to harm things pertaining to Job. There was a whirlwind which killed Job's children. Is Satan in Job, the 'satan', the opposer of Balam that his donkey tried to avoid, and the 'satan', the angel of the Lord that struck Jerusalem with plague until David offered sacrifice...

If you read Acts 22, you will see that James and the elders were leading people who were zealous for the law. Keeping the law, or trying to, and seeking to be __justified__ by the law are two different things. Jewish Christians didn't have to start eating pork to be saved. I got the...

Pray more. Pray for God to show you things. Pray for people, and with people. Put yourself in situations ministering to people in which, if gifts manifested, it could edify those people.

Ask and it shall be given unto you. Seek and you shall find. Knock and the door shall be opened unto you. For he that asks, receives. He that seeks, finds. To him that knocks, the door shall be opened. Something else I found out is that if you are in a situation ministering to other people...

While I wouldn't rule out that the Lord might show that someone had a 'Jezebel spirit' I would also like to point out that the verse you quoted does not mention a 'Jezebel spirit.' I avoid using terminology like 'Jezebel spirit' and 'religious spirit' if I am teaching or explaining something...