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401: The Key to church growth!
... Three basic categories of the personal invitation approach are: first, personally inviting those we know our friends, family, neighbors, and fellow-workers. The key here is conduct or letting your light shine. Second, personally inviting anyone we run into during the normal course of the day. The key here is ... I am amazed at how few evangelists have tried to develop their own study sequences. It is like a salesman who never develops his own sales pitch. The main thing to keep in mind with whatever you use is that the entire church is going to be taught how to use it. Some of the basic subjects addressed in most study sequences are: the Bible and authority, covenants, the ... Matthew 28:18,19 says we are to make disciples (conviction studies), baptize them, and teach them to observe all I have commanded you (grounding studies). The best way I have seen to follow-up a new Christian is by using a combination of two methods. First, have a rotating new converts class on Sunday morning. The ... ...
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402: Official creed of The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC ...
... The local church is a body of believers in Christ who have joined together to function as a part of the universal church. Acts 14:23; 1 Cor. 16:19 The local church is ordained by God and provides a context in which believers corporately worship God, John 4:23; Acts 20:7 observe the ... Water baptism signifies the believer's identification with Christ in His death, burial and resurrection and is practiced by immersion. Matt. 28:19; Mark 16:15-16; Acts 2:38,41; 8:36-39; Rom. 6:3-5 Ministry A divinely called and ordained ministry is the provision of the Lord to give leadership to the church as it fulfils its purposes. Acts 6:2b-4c; 13:2-4a; 14:23; Eph. 4:8,11-13 THE END OF TIME THE PRESENT STATE OF THE DEAD At death ... There will be a final judgment in which the unbelieving dead will be raised and judged at the great white throne, according to their works. Dan 7:9-10; John 12:48; Rom. 2:2,6,11,16; Rev. 14:9-11; 20:11-15 The beast and false prophet, the devil and his angels, and whoever is not ... ...
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403: Julius Africanus Sextus: 221 AD. Creation in 5500 AD. 70 weeks ...
... the Jewish corrupters in an effort to counter Christianity. i. "Fragment 15 reads: ". . . and from their remaining Hebrew histories, they [the Jews] have handed down a period of 5500 years up to the advent of the Word of salvation [Christ] . . ." (Wallraff, Roberto, and Pinggera 2007, 25). ... He was also the author of two letters, one to Origen contesting the genuineness of the story of Susanna and the other to a certain Aristides on the genealogies of Christ in Matthew and Luke, both epistles showing good critical powers." (The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, Julius Africanus Sextus, 2005 AD) I. In 221 AD, Julius Africanus Sextus chronology used the Hebrew Masoretic text of the day: 1. Here ... It is important to keep in mind that two very widely read secular Jewish documents, the book of Jubilees (170 BC) and Seder Olam Rabbah (160 AD) date the age of the earth to 3761 BC. d. Therefore since the chronological numbers Julius Africanus Sextus used are at great variance with the ... ...
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404: Correspondence course follow-up
... Unfortunately, the sons of this age are more shrewd toward their own kind [the lost] than the sons of light [are towards the lost] (Luke 16:8). We sit back and wait for enrollees to come into our showroom the church building. This must change. It's evangelism or die! Now notice these facts. Of the 27 Bible studies I ... It would take several full-time men to properly follow-up on that many. Quality, not quantity, is the key to success. Click to View Keeping The Records Straight In order to efficiently keep track of enrollments, I created a 31-day file by gluing 31 standard file folders together. For example, when I get an enrollment on the 16th of the month, I write that ... All this information is recorded on one master record sheet that I designed to be used with my course and it only takes about two minutes per student to grade and record all this information for each lesson. It is very efficient. Just before you phone them, review all the information on their record sheet and pinpoint ... ...
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405: Criteria used by apostolic fathers to determine canon.
He writes: "Of the apostles, therefore, John and Matthew first instill faith into us; whilst of apostolic men, Luke and Mark renew it afterwards."" Tertullian did not produce a list of what was in his Old Testament and New Testament, but it is ... Athanasius and Epiphanius, for instance, would have had a greater influence on the church than many lesser known figures. Also, larger churches in the metropolitan centers such as Antioch, Alexandria, Rome, Ephesus, and the New Rome, Constantinople, were more likely to have a greater influence on which books were included than were the smaller churches in rural areas. While most New Testament writings were known and used by most of the churches in Eusebius's day, doubt lingered over others. ... It was not because of its questionable authorship, though that may have played a small role, but because the theology was considered out of step with the "rule of faith" operating in the church. (Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The ... ...
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406: Pseudo-Philo: 60 AD Creation in 5886 BC, Septuagint Chronology
... Dei 15.11.1) c. Although Augustine rejected the idea that the Jews corrupted their chronologies in Gen 5,11, he takes specific note that was a widely held opinion of the day. Augustine was wrong and the prevailing opinion that the Jews changed their Torah chronology was true. II. The majority view was that the Jews ... Every place in the world that the Greek LXX was copied and distributed the spiritually starved Greek speaking Jews gathered to read their Bible and pray every Sabbath... giving birth to a synagogue. We also know that synagogues were God's bridge between temple worship and the Christian church. See author's book on the Origin of Synagogues. 5. The ... required to fill up the series until Noah was reached, from whom again we see that the succession is continued to Abraham, and after him down to that point of time until which it was needful to mark by pedigree the course of the most glorious city, which sojourns as a stranger in this world, and seeks the heavenly country. ... ...
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407: Ancient Synagogue Literary Sources: Book of Susanna: 100 BC Court
And longing for her, they perverted their mind and turned away their eyes so as not to look to heaven nor to keep in mind the administration of righteous judgments. Now both of them were enthralled about her, but each one did not indicate to the other the wicked feeling which possessed them concerning her, ... prophecies 4. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "He shall be called a Nazarene (branch)" Matthew 2:23 5. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "Jesus would rise the third day" 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Synagogue Architectural Prototypes in the Church: 1. Standard architectural synagogue typology: Introduction, Master Chart 2. Mikveh for Ritual Purity: The Christian Maker 3. Ritual purity stone ... 13. Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is pure Christianity Synagogue Worship Prototypes in the Church: 15. Worship prototypes: Introduction and Master Summary Chart 16. Collective Names of Synagogues: House of Prayer, Temple, ... ...
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408: Earliest evidence for the New Testament canon
... Thus it is entirely possible to possess scriptures without having a canon, and this was in fact the situation in the first few centuries of the Christian church. (Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders, Editors: The Canon Debate; Geoffrey Mark Hahneman, The ... The traditional interpretation asserts that these discussions reflect a debate about which writings should be included in the Christian Bible. But with the uniform manuscript evidence in mind, the critical remarks of the church fathers can be better interpreted as a historical critical reaction to an existing publication. Their debate as to the authorship and authority of the individual writings continues among biblical scholars to this very day, and then, as now, the ... Corinth, Smyrna, Antioch) as well as the high level of uniformity among the epistles mentioned, could only be explained by assuming a process of conscious collection, the motivation for which Zahn attributed to the liturgical function of public worship. ... ...
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409: Correspondence Course Follow-Up
... Unfortunately, the sons of this age are more shrewd toward their own kind [the lost] than the sons of light [are towards the lost] (Luke 16:8). We sit back and wait for enrollees to come into our showroom the church building. This must change. It's evangelism or die! Now notice these facts. Of the 27 Bible studies I ... It would take several full-time men to properly follow-up on that many. Quality, not quantity, is the key to success. Click to View Keeping The Records Straight In order to efficiently keep track of enrollments, I created a 31-day file by gluing 31 standard file folders together. For example, when I get an enrollment on the 16th of the month, I write that ... All this information is recorded on one master record sheet that I designed to be used with my course and it only takes about two minutes per student to grade and record all this information for each lesson. It is very efficient. Just before you phone them, review all the information on their record sheet and pinpoint ... ...
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410: A Christian's Survival guide on any College Campus
... anything that is not reasonable and attainable in one day. Keep a daily quiet time with God. This is the only way to keep your life prioritized and your Christian identity integrated. Daily refresh your soul with God's words. Communicate with him daily in prayer. Turn your life over to him completely. Resolve to discipline yourself. If you cannot discipline yourself, you are a poor risk for a college degree. Do you habitually start things and never finish them? Have you been planning to read a good book, or start a quiet time with God but never gotten around to it? Are you habitually late with required work? Do you waste time or money and then wonder what happened to it? No one is going to force you to get your life in better order - not even God. Stay in touch with God's people. God's kingdom is a family, an organism, a fellowship. We need each other. Don't isolate yourself from the body of Christ, stay in touch with the church, place membership, draw strength from regular worship... ...
https://www.bible.ca/s-campus-survival.htm
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411: Lesson 25: Salvation Summary
We are told in Amos 4:12, "Prepare to meet your God." On the Day of Judgment we will be either prepared or unprepared. Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people. What are your plans for eternity? Are you going to be spending eternity in Heaven ... Ecclesiastes 12:13 (KJV) sums up everything quite well when it says: "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments for this is the whole duty of man." I have tried to be open and honest with you. If you have any ... Will you be baptized (immersed) for the remission of your sins so you can be saved? Then the Lord will add you to His church, the church of Christ, where we can worship Him faithfully until death when we will receive the crown of life in heaven. Please answer the following questions as they applied to you at the time you were saved and not as you now understand what you need to do to be saved. 1) Have you ever been saved? YES NO 2) Did you go forward in church at the time you were saved? YES NO ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/interactive/salvation-25-summary.htm
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412: Shiloh Israel: Master Index of Free Bible Maps of Bible Times ...
Four Archeological time periods you can help dig! 1. Late bronze: 1399-1094 BC. The time of Joshua during the conquest. 2. Iron 1: 1200 BC. The time of Judges when Deborah lived. 3. Time of Christ: 50 AD Roman house 4. Byzantine: 350 AD Church marking Ai of Abraham. Click to view High Resolution ... The royal cubit was 523 to 525 mm (20.6 to 20.64 inches) in length: and was subdivided into 7 palms of 4 digits each, for a 28-part measure in total. The royal cubit is known from Old Kingdom architecture dating from at least as early as the construction of the Step Pyramid of Djoser around 2,700 BCE" (The Cubit: A History and Measurement Commentary, Mark H. Stone, Journal of Anthropology, ... Now when Israel had finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the field in the wilderness where they pursued them, and all of them were fallen by the edge of the sword until they were destroyed, then all Israel returned to Ai and struck it with the edge of the sword. All who fell that day, both men ... ...
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413: Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) Mental Illness ...
... Even atheist Richard Dawkins embarrassed himself by flying 7000 miles to try it on and experience God for himself! He felt nothing. ... Wait a few decades, Richard, one day you will have a genuine spiritual experience! Click to View D. Blood flow in the brain: The idea that insanity was caused by "bloated blood vessels" ... Click to View (Left: Junk pop-psychiatry O-meter going crazy) The application of rTMS to depression is entirely theoretical and unproven. F. Hopeful "Cure all" for all mental illness: Step right up and buy some of Dr. Mark George's cure for: schizophrenia, depression, anxiety disorders, Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), Tourette's syndrome, ... This model makes the commonsense proposal that brain regions associated with fear conditioning and extinction are important in PTSD. ... For the purposes of this review, it is most important to note that limbic and paralimbic activation appears associated with traumatic memory-related anxiety, and prefrontal input could ... ...
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414: Role of the Husband in the Bible
Love of Christ for church unknown except by revelation, previously mystery. Mystery illuminated by God's rules for marriage. (Obscured by man's ideas.) 2. Role model for wives is the church. Role model for husbands is Christ. (Christ also example for ... Must keep household under control. Cf. qualifications of elders, I Tim. 3:4-5 and deacons I Tim. 3:12. b. Harder today. Seldom works near home; seldom home for lunch. Likewise, children are away from home higher percentage of time. Must work harder today to meet this God given responsibility. C. Provide. 1. Physical: food, clothing, shelter, I Tim. 5:8. 2. Spiritual. Cf. Example of Christ, Eph.5:26-27. a. Most important area. Is Father's job, Eph.6:4. Provide leadership in area of worship, Bible ... Mal.2:14. 3) "Romance," as base depends on unrealistic fantasies, fickle feelings, is as far from Biblical love as night is from day. 4) Does not take feelings out! Those who forget self & learn to love, will have feelings beyond imagination. ... ...
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415: The Canon of the Bible: Various councils, synods and canons
... In the same night it was revealed (t4) to Andrew, [one] of the apostles, (15-16) that John should write down all things in his own name while all of them should review it. And so, though various (17) elements may be taught in the individual books of ... of the Church, he testifies that he knows only four Gospels, writing somewhat as follows: 3. (4) `Among the four Gospels, which are the only indisputable ones in the Church of God under heaven, I have learned by tradition that first was written that according to Matthew, who was once a tax collector but afterwards an apostle of Jesus Christ, who published it for those who from Judaism came to believe, composed as it was in the Hebrew language. (5) Secondly, that according to Mark, who ... And he wrote also the Apocalypse, being ordered to keep silence and not to write the voices of the seven thunders (Rev. x. 4). (t o) He has left also an Epistle of a very few lines; and, it may be, a second and a third; for not all say that these are ... ...
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416: Official Creed of: The Independent Fundamental Churches of America ...
that He is the Supernatural Agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the body of Christ, indwelling and sealing them until the day of redemption (John 16:8-11; 2 Corinthians 3:6; 1 Corinthians 12: 12-14; Romans 8:9; Ephesians 1:13,14). b. ... We believe that it is the obligation of the saved to witness by life and by word to the truths of the Holy Scripture and to seek to proclaim the Gospel to all mankind (Mark 16:15; Acts 1:8; 2 Corinthians 5:19,20). 11. THE MINISTRY AND SPIRITUAL GIFTS ... We believe that God does hear and answer the prayer of faith, in accord with His own will, for the sick and afflicted (John 15:7; 1 John 5:14,15). 12. THE CHURCH a. We believe that the Church, which is the body and the espoused bride of Christ, is a ... punished in the Lake of Fire (Job 1:6,7; Isaiah 14; 12-17; Matthew 4:2-11; 25:41; Revelation 20:10). 15. THE SECOND ADVENT OF CHRIST We believe in that "Blessed Hope", the personal, imminent, pre-tribulation, and premillennial coming of the ... ...
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417: Official creed of United Pentecostal Church International
... church. THE GRACE OF GOD "For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and Godly, in this present world" (Titus 2:11,12). "For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ" (John 1:17). A Christian, to keep saved, must walk with God and keep himself in the love of God (Jude 21) and in the grace of God. The word "grace" means "favor." When a person transgresses and sins against God, he loses his favor. If he continues to commit sin and does not repent, he will eventually be lost and cast into the lake of fire. (Read John 15:2, 6; 2 Peter 2:20-21). Jude speaks of the backsliders of his day, and their ... Furthermore, we cannot conscientiously affiliate with any union, boycott, or organization which will force or bind any of its members to belong to any organization, perform any duties contrary to our conscience, or receive any mark, without our right ... ...
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418: Door Knocking as a method of Evangelism
... Somehow all the parts mingle together to give us a feeling of catharsis, cleansing, making things better with Heaven. We know we are doing what God has told us to do (Matt. 28; 18-20; Mark 16:15-16; et al.). When one has made contact with one who is not a Christian and has either spoken to him at ... Many congregations became discouraged at the results because a year later it was not even evident that a campaign had been conducted. Door Knocking In Jesus' Day-Did It Work? We know door knocking worked in Jesus' day because his disciples came back all excited about their success, Luke 10:17-20. The church continued to experience success in door knocking, Acts 5:42. The church multiplied ... Maps, door knocking forms, and other records will better expedite the program. A report session after knocking doors will encourage those having a less successful morning. Keep the results before the congregation both by announcements and bulletin articles. Have positive and informative tracts ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/evangelism/e-door-knocking.htm
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419: Stumper questions Jehovah's Witnesses do not like to be asked ...
... Especially compare the Greek word "prosekunhsan" used with reference to God in Rev 5:14, 7:11, 11:16, and 19:4 and used with reference to Christ in Mt 14:33, 28:9, and 28:17. What is the reason for this inconsistency? If the NWT was consistent in translating "proskuneo" as "worship", how would the verses above ... Rev 20:10 says, "And the Devil ... the wild beast and the false prophet [already were]; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever." Where will the devil, the wild beast, and the false prophet be "tormented day and night forever and ever"? In Lk 24:36-39 and in Jn 20:26-27, Jesus showed his disciples the wounds in his body as proof of his ... We all know what happened. They could not take them to the Bible and show them that, so they asked to return on Sunday with someone who was more INFORMED ON EXPLAINING THE DEEEEEEEPER THINGS IN THE BIBLE so the couple agreed. Today the brother returned with one of the ELDERS. YEP they get to COUNT it as a RV. Anyway ... ...
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420: The Apostolic Fathers believed man-made creeds were tradition ...
Click to View Sola Scriptura home page Click to View Introduction: The "Rule of faith" (creeds) of the early church was the scripture itself. By 180 AD, oral and written creeds began to come into general use. It is important to note, that these ... "For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to ... of those who are judged, and sending into eternal fire those who transform the truth, and despise His Father and His advent." (Irenaeus, Against Heresies, book 3, 4, 1-2) "there is one only God, and that He is none other than the Creator of the ... This must be most unsettling for Catholic and Orthodox apologists who search desperately for some "extra-Biblical oral tradition of the apostles". Cyril says: "But in learning the Faith and in professing it, acquire and keep that only, which is now ... ...
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421: First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Masada 78 BC
... on that account: but they were now of good courage, and the more so, because the sending that plenty of water which they had been in want of, seemed a mark of divine providence; so they made a sally, and fought hand to hand with Antigonus's soldiers (with some openly, with some privately), and destroyed a ... prophecies 4. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "He shall be called a Nazarene (branch)" Matthew 2:23 5. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "Jesus would rise the third day" 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Synagogue Architectural Prototypes in the Church: 1. Standard architectural synagogue typology: Introduction, Master Chart 2. Mikveh for Ritual Purity: The Christian Maker 3. Ritual purity stone ... 13. Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is pure Christianity Synagogue Worship Prototypes in the Church: 15. Worship prototypes: Introduction and Master Summary Chart 16. Collective Names of Synagogues: House of Prayer, Temple, ... ...
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422: First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Gush Halav, Gischala 78 BC
... city. (72) But when I perceived what he endeavored at, and what he had in his mind, I said I would not permit him so to do; for that I thought either to keep it for the Romans or for myself, now I was entrusted with the public affairs there by the people of Jerusalem: (73) but, when he was not able to prevail ... prophecies 4. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "He shall be called a Nazarene (branch)" Matthew 2:23 5. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "Jesus would rise the third day" 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Synagogue Architectural Prototypes in the Church: 1. Standard architectural synagogue typology: Introduction, Master Chart 2. Mikveh for Ritual Purity: The Christian Maker 3. Ritual purity stone ... 13. Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is pure Christianity Synagogue Worship Prototypes in the Church: 15. Worship prototypes: Introduction and Master Summary Chart 16. Collective Names of Synagogues: House of Prayer, Temple, ... ...
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423: First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Modein (Hurvat Umm el-Umdan ...
... In the current season of excavations, a hewn bedrock step was discovered in Sq 1350 (1 × 1 m), exactly where one entered from the courtyard into the peripheral entrance corridor. It seems that the rock-cut step marks the original entrance from the courtyard of the Early Hellenistic building to the peripheral ... prophecies 4. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "He shall be called a Nazarene (branch)" Matthew 2:23 5. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "Jesus would rise the third day" 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Synagogue Architectural Prototypes in the Church: 1. Standard architectural synagogue typology: Introduction, Master Chart 2. Mikveh for Ritual Purity: The Christian Maker 3. Ritual purity stone ... 13. Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is pure Christianity Synagogue Worship Prototypes in the Church: 15. Worship prototypes: Introduction and Master Summary Chart 16. Collective Names of Synagogues: House of Prayer, Temple, ... ...
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424: First Century Synagogue Top Plans: Sardis, Asia 49 BC
... that you are alive, but you are dead. 'Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God. 'So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. ... in Josephus, Antiquities 14.259-261: decree: (48 BC) demonstrates the following worship and functions of first century synagogues: a. Men, women and children worshipped in Synagogues: i. See also: Women Seating in Synagogues: Not segregated from men ii. See also: Role of Women and Children in Synagogues: Never leaders, preachers but never segregated b. Synagogues were full blown civil courts for internal non-religious legal disputes which became a prototype for the Church court of 1 Cor 6 i. ... In Philadelphia, a city adjoining to it, even the walls of the houses are not safe, for nearly every day they are shaken, and crevices appear. The inhabitants are constantly attentive to these accidents to which the ground is subject, and build with ... ...
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425: The 7 Promises Of God to Man
What about the promises of God? How certain are they? The Apostle Paul, in writing about the promises of God to Abraham, addressed the church at Rome with these words: "For the promise that he should be heir of the world, was not to Abraham or his ... Instead, He assures us that a way of escape will be provided. This promise is recorded in I Corinthians 10:13. Jude wrote: "Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present your faultless before the presence of his glory with ... Paul wrote to the Corinthians: "For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures" ... It may be difficult for us to see and understand how this is accomplished at times, but God has promised it, and He will deliver. God has promised that those who believe in Jesus and are baptized for the forgiveness of sins will be saved. (Read Mark ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/d-7promises-god.htm
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426: Official creed of the Lutheran church; 95 Theses or 95 Articles ...
... only for original guilt, but also for all actual sins of men He also descended into hell, and truly rose again the third day; afterward He ascended into heaven that He might sit on the right hand of the Father, and forever reign and have dominion ... they are and have their being. "Evil" I call such works as willing to worship an idol, to commit murder, etc. They condemn the Pelagians and others, who teach that without the Holy Ghost, by the power of nature alone, we are able to love God above all things; also to do the commandments of God as touching "the substance of the act." For, although nature is able in a manner to do the outward work, (for it is able to keep the hands from theft and murder,) yet it cannot produce the inward ... This doctrine is more tolerable than the former one, and can afford more consolation than their old doctrine. Forasmuch, therefore, as the doctrine concerning faith, which ought to be the chief one in the Church, has lain so long unknown, as all must ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/cr-lutheran.htm
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427: Major errors of Pentecostalism
... Rather, it is an attempt at identifying the bathwater so that it can be drained, leaving a clean baby in the tub. The following are some questions to keep in mind when encountering anything calling itself a revival. These are in no particular order. ... Remember that Jesus Christ said that wherever 2 or 3 are gathered in His name, there He is in the midst of them (Matthew 18:20. Further, the true worshipers of Jesus will worship in S/spirit and in truth, not in proximity (John 4:21-24). 6. IS THERE ... Being slain in the Spirit is certainly not normative for a Christian, and it is impossible to prove from Scripture that it is even normal. Thus it cannot be seen as a mark of spirituality. 7. IS LAUGHING IN THE SPIRIT ACCEPTED AS A LEGITIMATE ... There is a place for genuine prophecy in the church--even personal prophecy (1 Corinthians 12; 14). However, we are not to believe a different Gospel, even if presented by an angel (Galatians 1:6-9; cf. 2 Corinthians 11:4). Nor are we to let ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/tongues-pentecostal-errors.htm
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428: Photogallery: Pentecostal Fake Miracles and Trinkets page
... Lord, remember how in that powerful service we were having Sister Davies proved You, according to Malachi 3:10, with the largest bills she said she had in her billfold that day, ($25.00 that she needed) and then You blessed her with that $1,778.00. John, as I kept praying I said` "Lord, I know you are no ... It is here God is going to speak, it is at this HOLY ALTAR OF prayer the angels of God are going to share revelation with me for you. It is here, prayers of SIGNS WONDERS AND miracles ARE GOING forth Don't let anything that has ever happened to you, KEEP YOU, from answering this. THIS IS it. we are going to step into GOD'S FULL MANIFESTATION OF MIRACLES, it's time for ... Peter Popoff Comment: This was the first piece of mail I received after phoning his answering machine and leaving my name and address ONLY as noted to the right. I never told him any of "my special needs" yet he carries on like he had me over for Sunday dinner! Such mail is generated by computers from a data ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/tongues-photogallery-pentecostal-trinkets.htm
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429: Official creed of the Methodist church
Christ did truly rise again from the dead, and took again his body, with all things appertaining to the perfection of man's nature, wherewith he ascended into heaven, and there sitteth until he return to judge all men at the last day. Article IV.-Of the Holy Ghost ... And in such only as worthily receive the same, they have a wholesome effect or operation; but they that receive them unworthily, purchase to themselves condemnation, as St. Paul saith. Article XVII.-Of Baptism Baptism is not only a sign of profession and mark of difference whereby Christians are distinguished from others that are not baptized; but it is also a sign of regeneration or the new birth. The baptism of young children is to be retained in the church. ... in justice, judgment, and truth. [Bibliographical Note: The Articles of Religion are here reprinted from the Discipline of 1808 (when the first Restrictive Rule took effect), collated against Wesley's original text in The Sunday Service of the Methodists (1784). ... ...
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430: Johannes Greber: "The New Testament", and "Communication with ...
... First, these are not Greber's opinions or beliefs, but those of the spirits with whom Greber communicated. The Society accurately depicts the Bible's condemnation of such communication with spirits as contact with demons. Secondly, keep in mind that Greber was originally a Roman ... After His resurrection, Christ said: "I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.(John 20:17) (p. 364) He taught men, not to worship him, but to worship Jehovah his Father ... "I am ascending to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God." (Make Sure of All Things p.283) Mt 24:36 Again, nothing is known by the Son of the Day of Judgment, the knowledge of which is God's alone: "The day and the hour of fulfillment are known to no one, neither the angels of heaven, nor to the Son, but to my Father alone. (Matt 24:36) Also, Jesus explained that there were some things that neither he nor the angels in heaven knew, but that only God knew (Mark 13:32) (You Can Live Forever in ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Greber.htm
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431: Casebook of Biblical Psychiatry Version 7: The case of "Kitten ...
... She has been chosen by NASA to represent women all over the world as the first woman to set foot on mars. For quite some time she is humbled with the awesome honour NASA has chosen for her to bear. "One small step for woman, one giant leap for womankind..." She realizes that hundreds of years into the future ... She kept house, made meals, enjoyed regular conjugal relations, went to church, attended parties, graduated university. It was the 10% that gave evidence of schizophrenia. Until her hospitalization, she continued to work, keep the house in perfect order, attending church, went to social functions, went back to school and graduated with a degree in computer ... However it was not until her second visit to him, that she told him about how NASA had selected her as an astronaut. She brought actual examples of the "AT&T" flyers NASA would use to indicate which colour of clothing she should wear that day. She also told him how NASA spies would drive cars of the same colour and ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-casebook-of-biblical-psychiatry-real-cases-book-treatment-companion-kitten.htm
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432: Messianic Bible Prophecy Fulfilled: Matthew 2:23 "He shall be ...
... On the day of Pentecost, Peter preached the very first sermon and his opening statement was to say that JESUS THE BRANCH and 3000 repented and were baptized for the remission of their sins: i. ""Men of Israel, listen to these words: JESUS THE ... It is impossible for a Christian to keep the Nazarite vow since the Aaronic priesthood is extinct. It is amusing to meet Christians today who think they are keeping the Nazarite vow. The attraction to be spiritually superior as a "long-haired hippie" outweighed the negative aspect of abstinence, given they usually love to drink beer. Most of these already had long hair and their only battle was not getting caught drinking beer or partaking the Lord's Supper in church. The phonic similarity ... similarity as well as the semantic equivalence in the LXX between "Nazirite of God" (ναζιραῖος θεοῦ, naziraios theou) and "holy one of God" (ἅγιος θεοῦ, hagios theou; see Mark 1:24; Luke 4:34; perhaps John 6:69). ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/prophecy/Matthew-2-23-triple-messianic-prophecy-Jesus-called-Nazarene-branch-from-branchland-holy-despised-Nazareth.htm
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433: Ancient Synagogue Inscription from Jerusalem 18 BC
... In particular, the ancillary rooms associated with these functions could have accommodated those seeking to celebrate the Jewish feasts inside Jerusalem, especially Passover in the "guest-chamber" (xenon eis kataluma; cf. Mark 14:14; Luke 22:11) and Sukkoth in the "upper rooms" (thimata), this last probably a reference to ... prophecies 4. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "He shall be called a Nazarene (branch)" Matthew 2:23 5. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "Jesus would rise the third day" 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Synagogue Architectural Prototypes in the Church: 1. Standard architectural synagogue typology: Introduction, Master Chart 2. Mikveh for ... Synagogue Worship Prototypes in the Church: 15. Worship prototypes: Introduction and Master Summary Chart 16. Collective Names of Synagogues: House of Prayer, Temple, Church 17. Organization of Synagogues: Elders, officials, attendants, Independent, autonomous 18. Attendance: Weekly Sabbath Assemblies in Synagogues absent from Tanakh 19. Public ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Jerusalem-synagogue-Greek-inscriptions-origin-ancient-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-archeology-Theodotos-Vettenos-archisynagogos-Freemen-Ophel-Cistern-18bc.htm
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434: Do animals go to heaven? Animals have both a soul and a spirit
I have put My Spirit [spirit/ruwach] upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the nations." (Isaiah 42:1) b. "God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."" (John 4:24) c. "Moreover, I will make My dwelling among you, ... and with your descendants after you; and with every living creature [soul/nephesh] that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, even every beast of the earth." (Genesis 9:9-10) b. ... And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come." And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever," (Revelation 4:5-9) 5. Even though the specific context of each of these messianic passages is in the church while on earth under the ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/su-do-animals-have-souls-spirit-will-spot-be-in-heaven.htm
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435: Freestanding Columns: Antitype of Church and Christians: 1 Tim ...
... Treason!"" (2 Kings 11:12-14) d. 623 BC: Josiah re-established the covenant of Moses beside the pillar: "The king (Josiah) stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to ... prophecies 4. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "He shall be called a Nazarene (branch)" Matthew 2:23 5. Jesus fulfilled Prophecy: "Jesus would rise the third day" 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Synagogue Architectural Prototypes in the Church: 1. Standard architectural synagogue typology: Introduction, Master Chart 2. Mikveh for Ritual Purity: The Christian Maker 3. Ritual purity stone ... 13. Orientation: Early Synagogues did not Point to Jerusalem 14. The Church replaced the Temple: Replacement theology is pure Christianity Synagogue Worship Prototypes in the Church: 15. Worship prototypes: Introduction and Master Summary Chart 16. Collective Names of Synagogues: House of Prayer, Temple, ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Columns-Pillars-Freestanding-Antitype-Christians-Architectural-ancient-Synagogue-pre-70AD-standardized-typology-incorporated-spiritualized-similarities-church.htm
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436: Pentecostal tries to defend manifestions with Scripture
An Extraordinary Visitation of God!" written by Dr. Shirley A. Elenbaas, of White Horse Christian Center. was picked up at the Toronto Blessing Feb 98 on a Sunday evening service. It is an attempt to justify the weird and unbiblical "manifestations" ... The Cane Ridge revival in Kentucky received wide publicity in the newspapers of their day. Charles Finney was one of America's greatest revivalists. He received great criticism for his "new methods. of evangelist procedures such as altar calls. The ... We take note that this is highly selective list that omits all the occult "Christian groups" like the Shakers of the 1700's. Such an appeal to history is in fact totally un-authoritative. The Roman Catholic church makes exactly the same appeal to ... "And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit" Eph 5:18 It says EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE. Here the Lord says, he hates those who worship him while drunk, but wants people to be filled with the Spirit. Her ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/tongues-defend-manifestions.htm
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437: Tomb of Jesus with Rolling stone
However, Jesus "didn't undergo decay" as the prophecy said, because he rose from the dead on the third day! 2. The Famous Garden Tomb is not the tomb of Jesus: a. It is an Iron Age tomb, dating from the time of David-Josiah. b. It is part of a series of tombs under the authority of Ecole Biblique which continues to the property of the garden tomb. c. These tombs differ from first century tombs because they have no bone repositories or loculi 3. The Church of the Holy Sepulcher marks the actual ... proceeded thus far: once more, fired with holy ardor, he directed that the ground itself should be dug up to a considerable depth, and the soil which had been polluted by the foul impurities of demon worship transported to a far distant place." d. ... In 2500 BC the Egyptians built the great pyramids of Giza as tombs for their kings. b. 2100 BC: At the time of Abraham, burials were in simple caves and sometimes they built large rectangular memorial structures to mark the grave. (Tomb of Rachel) c. ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-tombs-burials-Jewish-rolling-stone-Jesus-Christ-resurrection-3-days-Koch-Loculi-ossuary.htm
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438: The Destruction of Jerusalem - George Peter Holford, 1805AD
... The chief of our Lord's predictions, relative to these events, are contained in Matt. 24 ch. Mark, 13 ch., Luke 21 ch., Ib. 19 ch. 41-44 ; Ib. 23 ch. 27-30 : and we may with confidence appeal to the facts which verify them as conclusive and incontrovertible proofs of ... But While the people thus exulted, and triumphantly congratulated the MESSIAH, he struggling with the deepest emotions of pity and compassion for Jerusalem, beheld the city and wept over it, saying, "If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things that belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes; for the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee around, and keep thee in ... :" Mark xiii. 9. "and some of You shall they CAUSE TO BE PUT TO DEATH."- Luke xxi. 16. In the very infancy of the Christian church, these unmerited and unprovoked cruelties began to be inflicted. -- Our LORD, and his forerunner John the Baptist, had already ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/pre-destruction70AD-george-holford-1805AD.htm
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439: Chadwick, Henry: The Early Church
... The transition from solar monotheism (the most popular form of contemporary paganism) to Christianity was not difficult. In Old Testament prophecy Christ was entitled `the sun of righteousness'." (The Early Church, Henry Chadwick, p 125-6) But if you ... For all we know, he may have executed them for treason or pagan Sun worship! 2. This happened in 326 AD, one year after Nicea. But that same year, Constantine REFUSED to take part in a Pagan Procession which offended the Romans! Today, while ... But again we say, nothing Chadwick writes anywhere, indicates Constantine was a "Christian by day and a pagan sun worshipper by night" at the time of the Nicene council in 325 AD, some 14 years after his conversion. Even Chadwick indicates the ... "If Constantine's coins long continued to be engraved with the symbolic representation of the Sun, his letters from 313 onwards leave no doubt that he regarded himself as a Christian whose imperial duty it was to keep a united Church. He was not ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Chadwick.htm
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440: The Madaba map (mosaic floor) 542 AD St. George's Orthodox church ...
Jesus is the Son of God) Of course it is odd that this event is portrayed on the Dead Sea where no one fished, especially since the actual story happened in the Sea of Galilee. But this is a devotional map for worship. The map is famous because it is one of the oldest maps of Bible lands in the world. The ... Click to View It is truly sad that this portion of the Madaba map is missing that shows Mt. Sinai and the shape of the Red Sea. We must keep in mind that in 545 AD, the prevailing view of the Western/Latin church (Rome/Roman Catholic) was that Mt. Sinai was located at Mt. Musa in the modern Sinai peninsula. The Madaba Map is located deep into Eastern/Greek (Constantinople/... Where the Amorrites dwelled whom Chodollagomor destroyed is located near the wilderness of Cades. It is said there is a village Tharmara (a fort Thamara) one day journey from Mapsis on the road from Hebron to Ailam. [Elat on the Red Sea, see Ailam] Today there is a garrison (Roman fort) of soldiers there." ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-madaba-map.htm
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441: Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder is not caused from ...
... Why is one diagnosed as insane and the other not? Keep in mind that many religious leaders living today (like Ronald Weinland) claim to be Elijah and one of the two witnesses of Revelation. (The other witness is conveniently his Weinland's wife.) Yet this false teacher is the head of a Herbert W. ... If you wear matching red shoes and a red cowboy hat and stand on the busy down town street corner every lunch hour and talk gibberish nonsense (salad talk) to everyone who walks by, you will eventually get arrested and dragged off to the mental asylum for a psychiatric examination. Yet every Sunday, hundreds of Pentecostals, speak in "tongues" (gibberish, salad talk) at the same time in church, ... It is impossible to get committed to a mental hospital if you are financially self-sufficient and don't bother anyone else. Even though a pentecostal has a constitutional protection to knock on your door and try to get you to speak in tongues once, if he continues day after day to knock on your door, ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-junk-science-schizophrenia-myth.htm
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442: Casebook of Biblical Psychiatry Version 7: The case of "KFC" ...
... She did not like the effect the drugs had on her overall ability to function and she described feeling like a zombie. A Christian named James drove her home from church one day and asked her about her SAD. He began by asking if she really believed ... Greenland also has one of the highest suicide rates in the world. We found that suicides were almost exclusively violent and increased during periods of constant day. In the north of the country, 82% of the suicides occurred during the daylight ... So why would someone make themselves sad with the approach of winter? SAD affects 80% women probably for the same reason they make their men keep the windows rolled up in the car and the heat cranked up in the house, while they sit around wrapped up ... The notion of curing "Winter blues" with a light bulb smacks of Mesmer's historic magnetic and hypnotic cures for insanity, the Qray energizing bracelet and the "Shakti Helmet". I mean really. Step back and think about this. The placebo and nocebo ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/psychiatry/psychiatry-mental-illness-casebook-of-biblical-psychiatry-real-cases-book-treatment-companion-sunshine.htm
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443: Aramaic: Native language of Jesus
If the common Jew visited the temple services conducted in Hebrew, it was exactly like sitting in a Catholic Latin church service today. I. Jesus was trilingual: Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek A. Jesus was Trilingual in Aramaic, Greek and Hebrew 1. First ... Messiah: John 1:41, 4:25 n. Qorban: Mark 7:11 o. Rabbi: Matt. 23:78; 26:25, 49; Mark 9:5, 11:21, 14:45 p. Rama: Matt. 2:18 q. Sabbath: Matt. 12:1; Mark 1:21-25, 2:17; Luke 4:16...42 times in all. r. Satan: Matt. 4:1 s. Zion: Matt. 21:5 E. Jesus was ... Many Jews both at home and of the diaspora learned Greek; many became Ἕλληνες [Hellenistic] in the full sense. Everywhere there were Jewish communities which used Greek even in worship and which read the Torah in Greek translation. ... The ... It was during the Babylonian captivity (605-536 BC) and Persian empire, Aramaic became the working language of Jews in both worship and the marketplace until the advent of the Greek Kingdom. 1. Aramaic documents at Elephantine: a. In the collection ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-default-working-language-Jesus-first-century-Aramaic-Greek-Hebrew-Latin.htm
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444: Maps: Agatharchides 169 BC: Petra and the Wilderness of Shur
On the Erythraean Sea by Agatharchides of Cnidus, 169 BC Agatharchides is unique in that he is one of the few geographers of his day that understood the Gulf of Aqaba, which he calls "Laeanites Gulf". He restricts "Arabia" to south and east of the ... Precisely the same usage is found in the works of Alexandrian intellectuals such as the geographers Eratosthenes and Agatharchides." (Mt. Sinai in Arabia?, Allen Kerkeslager, Bible Review, BR 16:02, Apr 2000) d. It is clear that Agatharchides ... Notice that three nearby islands are each temples of pagan gods. This shows a pattern in the region of islands being sacred places of worship: "Offshore from the territory just mentioned lie three islands which create numerous harbours. The first of ... The land bordering the mountainous area is inhabited by Arabs who are called Debae. They are camel raisers who rely on this beast for all the most important necessities of life. They fight against their enemies from these animals, and they easily ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-red-sea-agatharchides-of-cnidus-on-the-erythraean-sea-169bc.htm
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445: The Ignatian Forgeries: They claim to be written by Ignatius ...
... C. The value of the 15 forged Ignatius letters: The Ignatius forgeries clearly mark that period of history, when a single bishop ruled over a local church and was to view his authority as that of Jesus Christ. Members were to told to be "subject to ... The epistles ascribed to Ignatius have given rise to more controversy than any other documents connected with the primitive Church. As is evident to every reader on the very first glance at these writings, they contain numerous statements which bear ... We shall present such an outline of the controversy as may enable the reader to understand its position at the present day. There are, in all, fifteen Epistles which bear the name of Ignatius. These are the following: One to the Virgin Mary, two to ... While some accepted the views of Cureton. others very strenuously opposed them. Among the former was the late Chev. Bunsen; among the latter, an anonymous writer in the English Review, and Dr. Hefele, in his third edition of the Apostolic Fathers. In ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/history-ignatius-forgeries-250AD.htm
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446: Demons and Demon Possession
... of the messiah 3. Prophecy that "unclean spirits" will be cast out in messianic time "in that day": Zech 13:2 a) "in that day a fountain will be opened for sin and impurity" (blood of Jesus) b) "If I cast out demons by God, then the kingdom of God ... Bible demons foretold the future (Acts 16) broke chains and were cast into a heard of 2000 swine. (Mark 5) D. Pentecostals often site personal examples like this man who actually faked being demon possessed and fooled the Pentecostal minister! Faking demon possessed man convinced everyone the Bible student! Written by Ney Rieber, preacher for the Church of Christ, wrote this in 1995 about this personal experience with a man who faked that he was demon possessed! I was doing prison work and as I ... He was transferred to another prison and we lost touch. Ney Rieber Evangelist, Church of Chirst IX. False Doctrine Has Its Origin In Demons A. Idol worship: 1. "the Gentiles sacrifice things to demons and not to God" 1 Cor 10:20 2. "Deceiving spirits ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/su-demons.htm
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447: What Early Christians believed about the 70 Weeks of Daniel 9
... The things, therefore, which of old were sealed, are now by the grace of God the Lord all open to the saints. 20. For He was Himself the perfect Seal, and the Church is the key: "He who openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth," ... I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three weeks of days were fulfilled. On the fourth day of the first month I humbled myself," says he, "one and twenty days," praying to the ... Rejoice, blessed Daniel! thou hast not been in error: all these things have come to pass. ... "After this again thou hast told me of the beast dreadful and terrible. 'It had iron teeth and claws of brass: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped ... At present, however, I shall speak only of those things in it which bear upon chronology, and matters connected therewith. That the passage speaks then of the advent of Christ, who was to manifest Himself after seventy weeks, is evident. For in the ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/H-70-weeks-daniel.htm
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448: Other False Doctrines that originated from inherited sin
... The Catholic and Lutheran church openly teaches that newborns that die without being baptized will go to hell. Imagine two newborns, one day old, lying in incubators. One has a priest sprinkle water on it but the other's parents were atheists and did ... Hence at the moment He would create her soul, He would apply to it the merits of His atonement and preserve it from original sin." Sinless Life of Mary: Some Catholics go one step further, "By a special privilege of Almighty God, our blessed mother ... and for the Joy and exultation of the entire church; by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and by our own authority , We pronounce, declare, and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma: that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her life, was assumed body and soul into heaven." Mary Worship: With all the above taken into consideration, now we understand the reasons why Catholics pray to and worship Mary. ... ...
https://www.bible.ca/cal-T-spawned-false.htm
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449: Josiah, King of Judah 640-609 BC seals, bulla. They're Digging ...
... the produce of your ground, for the Lord will again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers; if you obey the Lord your God to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this book of the law, if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and soul. "For this ... Rich and poor are equally evil: People today are rich, well fed, entertained, living in luxury BUT REJECT GOD. How many of our friends and family refuse to attend church? On many occasions, we put out 120,000 invitations through direct mail to worship God with us and not one responds! People are "too rich" to need God. "O Lord, do not Your eyes look for truth? You have smitten them, ... Habakkuk's soul was tormented like lot: "If God rescued righteous Lot, oppressed by the sensual conduct of unprincipled men (for by what he saw and heard that righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds), then the Lord knows how to rescue ... ...
...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-josiah-king-of-judah-hilkiah-high-priest-find-lost-book-law-of-moses-seal-bulla-640-609bc.htm
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450: The Signs and Causes of Melancholy, Richard Baxter, 1670 AD
... He left the Established Church after the Act of Uniformity in 1662, and in 1685 was imprisoned for publishing a sedition. A Nonconformist divine of immense reputation and learning, he wrote some two hundred works, out of which his follower Samuel ... In these Straits and Trials Persons are apt to be too sensible and Impatient, when Creditors are calling for their Debts, and they have it not to pay them, it's hard to keep all this from going too near their Heart, and hard to bear it with obedient quiet Submission to God; especially for Women, whose Nature is weak, and liable to too much Passion. 2. AND this Impatience turneth to a settled Discontent and Unquietness of Spirit, which affecteth the Body it self, and lieth all Day, as a Load, or ... yet the Rage of Appetite and Lust prevaileth, and they despair and Sin, and if God convert these Persons, the Sins which they now Live in, may possibly hereafter plunge their Souls into such Depths of Sorrow, in the Review, as may swallow them up. ... ...
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