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9 hours ago · The “firstfruits offering” was re-established and served as a reminder that God requires tithes of our first and best (Nehemiah 10:35, 36-37; Proverbs 3:9). Every firstborn son was to be dedicated to the LORD and redeemed by offering a lamb (Nehemiah 10:36; Exodus 34:19-20).
9 hours ago · What is essential to us is our common brotherhood in the one and only Fatherhood of God. St. Vincent Pallotti too had seen the hungry Christ, the thirsty Christ, the naked Christ, the homeless Christ, the sick and imprisoned Christ everywhere (cf. Matthew 25:31-36). For Pallotti, it was the continuation of the mission of compassion, the ...
9 hours ago · In the context of Matthew 23:13-36, Jesus heralded seven woes against the scribes and Pharisees. Luke 11:37-54 records an earlier lamentation of six woes. Rather than an oracle from a prophet of God, these woes are an oracle from the God of the prophets; Jesus Christ. “Jesus declares seven woes upon the scribes and Pharisees in Matthew 23:13 ...
9 hours ago · Takeaway. In conclusion, it is highly unlikely that Jesus had a tattoo, given the historical and cultural context of Jewish law and the symbolic nature of the book of Revelation. The inscription “King of kings and Lord of lords” on his thigh in Revelation 19:16 is best understood as a symbolic representation of his divine authority rather ...
9 hours ago · This is a type of belief known as pantheism, the view that God is everything and everything is God. Now again, we know what the Bible says in Genesis chapter 1, verse 1: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” God is separate from, He is above, the heavens and the earth.
9 hours ago · As Huntington says in his The Justification of a Sinner concerning the believer, “Every time he sins against his Father and Redeemer, having the law of God and the rule of judgment written on his heart, he arraigns himself” If he neglects to do this, God will surely do so because “If we would judge ourselves we should not be judged; but when we are chastened, we are judged of the Lord ...
9 hours ago · Wednesday, July 17, 2024. A Different Kind of Influencer. Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity. ( Colossians 4:5 NLT) Sometimes Christians see non ...
