As a spiritual practice that offers both elusive mystery and grounded understanding, Bible study cultivates sacred connection, promotes essential values, and encourages compelling insights. This study not merely hones our religious beliefs, but it’s a rich source of personal enrichment that deepens our comprehension of ancient literature, historical events, philosophical perspectives, and moral principles.
Mankind has a natural predisposition to sin. Since Adam and Eve, sinfulness has been a habitual part of human behavior. Who among us can say they have never fallen? To sin is to rebel against God. Sin alienates us from our creator. It takes many forms, and all of them are an offense to God. Sin is any thought or action that falls short of God’s standards.
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Matthew 6:33 (King James Version)
33.But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
We all want to love God more than anything and give Him the priority in our lives but……The truth is that most of us aren’t there yet.Why?maybe because we don’t know that we love other things more than we love God.Love isn’t something you can show or give with word’s but with your acts.
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Problem: The key passage on Spirit baptism is found in 1 Corinthians 12:13-“For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.” The “ONE BODY” spoken of in this verse refers to the Church (see 1 Cor. 12:27-28; Eph. 1:22-23; 5:30-32; Col. 1:18), the Body of which Christ is the Head. Spirit baptism is defined in 1 Corinthians 12:13 as that work of God whereby believers are baptized (immersed, placed) into Christ’s body, the church. How then does a believer become a member of the body of Christ? It is by Spirit baptism.
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For many years young-earth creationists have pointed to the book of Job, chapters 40-41, as evidence that dinosaurs lived recently. In order to set the record straight, let?s examine this passage of scripture, and see what the possibilities are. I may surprise a few old-earth creationists by my conclusions with this one. First, let?s read the portion of Job 40 that is in question, in the King James Version.
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If you are serious about studying the Bible and about learning more about Scripture, then there is no doubt in my mind that you need to invest into some Bible software. Why? Because Bible software is the newest and best way to learn all there is to know about a variety of things surrounding the Bible.
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It was a miracle! How many times have you heard someone say that? Probably hundreds of times. But they don’t really mean that it was a miracle ? what they really mean is that the event they witnessed was amazing, improbable, or inexplicable.
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Problem: Today in the evangelical world there is a mushrooming movement which professes to champion the “free grace position,” but which others see as dangerously approaching antinomianism. Those who embrace this doctrinal position insist that a true believer can depart from the faith, deny Christ totally, persist in sin (including homosexuality, drunkenness, adultery, etc.), abandon Christianity, and yet still be counted among those who are truly saved. According to this view, such apostates will gain heaven, but will suffer greatly at the judgment seat of Christ and during the kingdom reign of Christ. Indeed they teach that there will be a group of saved people during the kingdom age who will put into outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth (a hell for believers?).
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Sin is the world’s “BLOOD POISON.” Bad blood manifests itself in the human body in two ways. Inwardly as diabetes, and outwardly in inflammation, boils, carbuncles and ulcers. The former is invisible and may for a time be unsuspected, while the latter are evident to the eye. We must distinguish between “SIN” and “SINS. “ ”SIN” is that tendency or disposition to sin that we inherit from Adam. “SINS” are the “specific acts” of sin that we commit as the result of our tendency to sin. The first like diabetes is internal, the second like boils and carbuncles are external. Jesus came to make an Atonement for “SIN,” not for “SINS.” He came to remove the “Natural Depravity,” or tendency to sin, of the human heart. That is to impart a “New Nature” in which there will be no tendency to sin, and therefore no desire to commit specific acts of sin. By “Natural Depravity” is not meant that there is nothing good in human nature at all, that men are never kind, affectionate generous, lovable, but that the tendency of the human heart is naturally toward evil. It is because people do not understand the nature of sin that they are offended when we speak of them as sinners. They think that a sinner is one guilty of some specific crime, as murder, theft or adultery, whereas a sinner is one who has a sinful disposition.
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The Bible is a complex, unique, and fascinating book that has influenced countless lives worldwide. At its heart are three central concepts: the Bible itself, God, and Jesus.