This is a topic which has taken on a life of its own in recent years. Paul addresses the relationship between the believer and the Law throughout his writings and yet may are still confused about where the New Testament comes down on the subject. It is a fact, that most people do not take the time to study the Bible but instead tend to gravitate towards things they have heard someone else say is in the Word. This inevitably leads to partial or total misquotations. In addition to this, many develop a theology based upon subjective experiences, rationalizations developed […]
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Wednesday 06/26/13 Topic: The Fear of the Lord & Healing Series – And He Healed them all: The Link between Holiness & Healing XIII.mp3 Key Text: Rev. 2 Working through Revelation 2… This is our second session in which we broke into small groups and outlined the second chapter of Revelation. The groups discussed tho things Jesus said to the churches, comparing similarities and differences. The brief recording only reflects the brief time we assembled before and after these small groups. One of the things which was brought up in this session was the “tolerance” of the church […]
Continue readingOne can put a thousand to flight…?
This article is just one within a body of articles categorized as “Right & Wrong Thinking”… In this “episode” of Right & Wrong Thinking I will address the phrase… “If one can put a thousand to flight then two can put ten thousand to flight” This is often misquoted in charismatic, Full Gospel or Word of Faith circles as a colloquialism to “stand in agreement” with another person against the devil. Sometimes it is also used in conjunction with another misunderstanding in scripture of attempting to “bind” the devil from a person or event. I know many who have used […]
Continue readingThe Fear of the Lord & Healing – Discussion groups
Sunday 06/23/13 Topic: The Fear of the Lord & Healing Series – And He Healed them all: – Discussion Groups Churches 1-3 (Revelation 2) │ Churches 4-7 (Revelation 3) │ All Churches w/ Notes A Night of Discussion… Because of the copious amount of information we’ve covered while looking at the 7 churches of Asia which our Lord addressed in Revelation chapters 2 & 3, I decided to have a discussion night where the church broke up into small groups and worked through the chapters and examined the churches in light of a graph I gave them to fill out. For […]
Continue readingThe Link between Holiness & Healing XI
Wednesday 06/19/13 Topic: The Fear of the Lord & Healing Series – And He Healed them all: The Link between Holiness & Healing XI.mp3 Key Text: Rev. 3:7-13 To the church of Philadelphia write… We began where we left off on Sunday in the letter to the church of Philadelphia: Crowns in the New Testament… There are two different words for “crown” used in the NT and only one of them is used in reference to Christians. It is the word stéphanos (4735)- In classical Greek it is not used of the kingly crowns even though it was […]
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