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What Is True Repentance?
For salvation to occur, repentance is required. I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Luke 13: 3 Salvation, yasa in Hebrew means to save, help in distress, rescue, deliver, set free. This includes salvation from eternal death and anything that a believer needs saving from. In particular, salvation refers to…
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THE WORD
The Bible is filled with God’s promises. When we put our trust in God’s Word in effect, we put our trust in God’s character. Jesus was the Word of God made flesh. John 1:1 says that in the beginning, was the word. Beginning in Greek is archē This word is more than just a starting point.…
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Holy Spirit Power
In Mathew 10:1 Jesus called his disciples and gave them power that is excousia or authority in the Greek.Jesus made his disciples ambassadors representing the kingdom of God but did you know the delegated authority or excousia in the Greek is defined as one who is a magistrate. A magistrate is a civil officer or…
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Blessed
Whoever helps the poor will be helped in their time of need according to the scriptures. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. Psalm 41:1 This is a spiritual principle we see throughout scripture. Helping the poor is giving to to the Lord. He that hath pity upon the…
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Grace Through Faith
The Bible tells us that we are saved by grace THROUGH faith. Grace (charis) is defined as the divine influence upon the heart. A benefit of favor. Paul uses the Greek word charis to define God’s favor bestowed by his Son Jesus Christ’s sacrifice on the cross. Paul is preaching to ancient Greeks who were idol worshippers. Characteristics in…
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The Work of God
The Book of James tells us that faith without works is dead being alone. How can we reconcile this doctrinal point with the doctrine of salvation by grace through faith alone? In order to understand this conundrum we first need to understand the Biblical concept of works. In the book of James the Greek word for…
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True Worshipers
In John 4:19-20, the Samaritan women said to Jesus, (after he told her information about her life) “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.” In response Jesus says to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is…
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Life Everlasting
God told Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil or they would die. That is they would experience physical death (which eventually they did) as well as spiritual death, separation from God or YHWY. Death or maveth‘ in the Hebrew is the giving up of the…
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Father God is Waiting For Your Return!
In Luke chapter 15 Jesus is ministering to people with backgrounds contrary to the social norm of the society in which he lived. The religious people were upset about it. They could not understand why Jesus would spend his time speaking to outcasts. Jesus explains through three different parables how important a lost soul is…
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Departing From The Faith
What does it mean to depart from the faith?To ‘depart’ in the Greek is aphistēmi which means to revolt against, remove from, desert, depart or draw away from. You can’t depart or leave something unless you once were in something. Now its debatable whether the one who departs was once really saved or not but…
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