Bible Passage: Mathew 5:38, Luke 6:29 Matthew 5 : 48 , NIV: "Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." Matthew 5 : 48 , ESV: "You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect." Matthew 5 : 48 , KJV: "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." Perfection comes in three forms 1. Spirit 2. Soul (Altitude) 3. Body (Physical) Here I submit five prevailing "myths" about forgiveness that have come into Christian belief and practice. I call them myths not because they are not worthwhile guides for moral behavior, but because they do not actually have their roots in the New Testament. Separating what Jesus taught about forgiveness from what we have assumed and inferred puts a fine point on how Christians can define and practice forgiveness today. 1. Jesus teaches unconditional forgiveness. Nowhere in the Gospels does Jesus teach that forgiveness should be offered unconditionall...
How to Preach the Gospel to Unbelievers by David Qaoud | Filed under: Preaching Learning how to preach the gospel to unbelievers is easier than you may think. You don’t have to have a seminary degree, understand Greek and Hebrew, and know your Bible inside and out (although all of those things would be helpful, of course). You just have to have a willing heart, a boldness about you, a desire to speak the truth to those far from God. So how do you do it? What Does the Word Gospel Mean? The Greek word for gospel is euangelion . According to BDAG , the top two definitions for this word, which you probably already know, are: 1. God’s good news to humans, good news as proclamation. 2. Details relating to the life and ministry of Jesus, the good news of Jesus. The good news is the response to the bad news. The bad news is that humans are born as sinners by nature and by choice. As a result, we deserve eternal condemnation. But God, in his great love for h...
GIVERS NEVER LACK - Universal truth To get more, give more. Giving is like planting a on an acre of land, during harvest time , you harvest more than invested. Wealthu people invest capital to get both capital and profit Do you give your time freely? Would you give your last bread to someone who needs it? One of the things of faith which we must or should be doing is the action of giving. God calls us to give of ourselves, our time, our resources. Yet there are so many of us who do not want to give. It is much easier to spend money on ourselves than to give. All our abilities and talents we receive from God, which are to be used fro His glory. How did we get where we are without our abilities. IT ALL BELONGS TO GOD. We must train and improve our ability so that we can reach the highest possible standard and influence others to follow Him. We need to do all the good we can by: all the means we can, in all the ways we can, at all times and to all the people for as long as you can. ...
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