What characteristics should be considered when voting for elders and deacons in our congregation?
Class servants in the congregation/ecclesia today should have characteristics shared by our Old and New Testament examples. The church of the living God is being developed to promote God’s word.In Exodus 18, we read that Moses needed help in managing the affairs of Israel. He chose capable, God-fearing, trustworthy men who hated dishonesty. These assistants [...]
Does money buy truth?
You might be thinking of this scripture: Pro 23:23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. Let’s look at it in a couple of other translations of the Bible: (BBE) Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching [...]
Lately I have felt disconnected from God, and I am wondering if there is something I have done. It seems He does not talk to me anymore, and it worries me.
God’s main way of “talking” to us is through His word. Many have claimed to literally hear God speaking to them but at times it can be contradictory to what His revealed word says. The apostles and others who wrote the New Testament encouraged us to study His word. We are not to expect to [...]
What is the difference between the holy spirit and the holy ghost?
Over the centuries, the translators of our Common Version English Bible have used the phrase "holy ghost" without any authority. The original Greek word is pneuma, meaning spirit. In more recent times, the Revised Version of the New Testament changed the word "ghost" to more appropriately read "spirit."There is no scriptural reason to think of [...]
Being a protestant Christian, can we wear jewelry? After we are baptized, does God like it if we wear all those things?
One Bible verse that helps us answer your question is 1 Peter 3:3-4: "Let not yours be [merely] external adorning with…the wearing of jewelry...But let it be the inward adorning and beauty of the hidden person of the heart…with the incorruptible and unfading charm of a gentle and peaceful spirit…which is precious in the sight [...]
When I die it has been said that someone can pray me into heaven. Is that true?
First, let's consider the options the Bible offers in regard to life after death. (All scriptures quoted are from the King James Version Bible.) If Adam had not sinned, he and his descendants could have lived for ever on a perfect earth. After Adam received the sentence for disobeying God, "...for dust thou art, and [...]