What is meant by "baptized by the holy spirit"?
Acts 1:4,5, “…wait for the promise of the Father…for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with (in) the holy spirit. Verse 4 tells us that this was a promise from God.The Greek word for “baptize” is Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance #907 baptizo, and it means to make whelmed (fully wet). “Spirit” is Strong’s Greek [...]
What does -Israel- mean?
The first instance of the word Israel is found in the book of Genesis. Genesis 32:28, “And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed." According to Strong’s Concordance the Hebrew word Israel literally means “to [...]
Galatians 3:13. What is this curse that Christ became?
It helps to have some history of the book of Galatians. Some Jews had accepted Jesus as their Messiah, but were not willing to accept that the Law given by God had been replaced. They insisted that it was necessary for salvation that Christians keep the Law. The Apostle Paul heard of this and wanted [...]
What is the spirit of error?
1 John 4:5-6, “They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.” We will start with the [...]
How much time do we, Christians, have until the end of the world?
World = Heavens + Earth The first “heavens and earth” are referred to as “the world (kosmos: orderly arrangement) that then was.” This first world was destroyed by the flood. 2 Peter 3:5-6 When will the present heavens and earth of our “world,” or orderly arrangement, come to an end? “…the day of the Lord [...]
Do the words of Jesus -follow me- have a basis in Jewish culture and tradition?
Yes, they do. The educational system, or Mishnah, in Galilee in the time of Jesus was well structured, and the schools were closely associated with the synagogues. Children, boys and girls, began to learn to read and write the scriptures, the Torah, at age four or five. Memorization played a vital part. At ten, they [...]