Is there ever an occasion in Scripture where the word “fellowship” would point to social gatherings, banquets, get-togethers, and the like? Or does the word fellowship address spiritual relationship and growing in Him? In the context of giving the command to withdraw fellowship, Paul told the Corinthians to have no association with the one withdrawn… Read More Bible Q&A: Is Fellowship More Than Eating Together?
At the very beginning of the church, miraculous prophecies were listed among the spiritual gifts which the apostles gave to some within the early church through the laying on of their hands (1 Cor. 12:1-11ff; 14:1ff; Acts 6:6, 8; 8:5-24; 19:6; Rom. 1:11; 2 Tim. 1:6; cf. Eph. 2:20; 2 Pet. 1:19-21). So were the working of miracles such as casting out unclean spirits or demons (1 Cor. 12:8-11; Acts 5:16; 8:7; 19:11-12; cf. Mk. 16:17). These miracles were done to confirm the Word of God which the apostles were preaching and writing (Mk. 16:20; Heb. 2:3-4). This was possibly the reason Jehovah allowed demonic possession during this time.… Read More Zechariah: A Prophecy About Idolatry and Unclean Spirits
“An earthly story with a heavenly meaning.” That’s the answer commonly given to the question of how a parable should be defined, at least the one I’ve heard all my life. Is that truly the case, though?… Read More What Is A Parable?
On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning for Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. Zechariah 12:11 Almost 90 years before the prophet Zechariah started prophesying the message of Jehovah, the reign of Josiah, the last godly king of Judah before their Babylonian exile (cf. 2 Chr. 34), ended… Read More Zechariah: The Plain of Megiddo
Some of the first readers of 1 Peter were likely in Jerusalem years earlier on Pentecost. Jews from Pontus and Asia had heard the apostles speaking miraculously in their own native language on that day (Acts 2:8-11). Some of them were likely among the 3,000 who had obeyed the gospel that day (Acts 2:36-41). Thus, some of the original recipients of 1 Peter might have been there with Peter on the day the church began.… Read More 1 Peter: Elect Exiles of the Dispersion
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