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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (CROSS,CRUCIFIXION)

September 22, 2021Uncategorized1 corinthians, 2 Corinthians, 5, acts, bearing, believer, buried, burry, Christ, Christian paradox, cross, crossbeam, crucified, crucifixion, crucifying, dead, death, death of self, definition, definition of the day, definitions, Ephesians, Faith, five times, Galatians, God, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, imagery, imitate Jesus, individual, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus crucifixion, John, life, longer lives, Mark, martyrdom, Matthew, nail, nailed, necessary death, new testament, Old Testament, paul, Paul symbol, purpose, resurrection, Roman practice, Romans, sacrifice, self-denial, symbolabarkley8

THE SYMBOLIC MEANING: Jesus Himself establish established the primary figurative interpretation of the cross as a call to complete surrender to God. He used it five times as a symbol of true discipleship in terms of self-denial, taking up one’s cross, and following Him (Mark 8:34; 10:38; Matt 16:24; Luke 9:23; 14:27). Building on the Roman practice of bearing the crossbeam to the place of execution, Christ intended this to point to the necessary death of self, involving the sacrifice of one’s individuality for the purpose of following Jesus completely; and a willingness to imitate Jesus thoroughly, even to the extent of martyrdom.

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MEN OF THE BIBLE (PAUL “THE UNLIKELIEST DISCIPLE”)

April 27, 2021bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, christians, Church, curiosities, customs, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, metaphor, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, OT, Paul, praying, preach, preaching, prophet, rise, risen, stones, study, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorized13 letters, acts, AD 67, apostles, arrest, arrested, Asia, baptized, believe, believer, book of Acts, brother Saul, chastised, Christian history, church history, city, Damascus, dead, defender, disciple, Europe, eye, eyes, Faith, Good News, Gospel, Holy Spirit, Jerusalem, Jesus of Nazareth, Jew, Jewish, jews, nero, New Testament canon, paul, paul 13 letters, persecuting, Rabbi, recorded, regained, reign, religious, riot, road, Roman soldiers, rome, Saul, scales, see, seeing, sight, spread stories, staunch, Stephen, stoning, stunning miracles, synagogues, taught, thirteen letters, travelingabarkley8

Paul (or Saul, as he was also known) was a zealot, a staunch defender of the Jewish faith. He was especially zealous about exposing and punishing offshoots of Judaism that threatened to obscure its message.

He targeted the disciple of a rabbi named Jesus of Nazareth who were attempting to keep his message alive even after the rabbi himself had been crucified. They spread stories about seeing him risen form the dead. They claimed he was the Son of God and the way to everlasting life.

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WHY DOES GOD SEEM SO FRIGHTENING?

March 30, 20211 corinthians, 2 Corinthians, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, bible times, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, christianity, Church, curiosities, customs, death, Faith, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, harvest, Holy Bible, idolatry, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, preach, preaching, primitive, prophet, Proverbs, rise, risen, rocks, stones, sunday, the church, theology, Uncategorizedacts, adversary, assured, awesome, believe, believer, bow, bowed, breath, channel, channels, cherub, coals, dark, darkness, discomfited, energy, Faith, Faithful, feet, fire, fly, forcefulness, foundation, foundations, fright, frightening, God, hail stones, Heaven, high, highest, injustice, kindle, language, lightning, Lord, moved, nostriles, nostrils, omnipotent, omnipotent power, pavilion, poetic, poetic language, power, Psalm, rode, shaken, siner, sinned, sinning, skies, smoke, suffer, suffering, thick, victim, waters, wind, wing, wrothabarkley8

The psalmist has an extremely high view of God’s ability to respond mightily to the believer’s plea for help. He uses poetic language to describe the indescribable-God’s almighty power. God sounds frightening because He is. When God acts to help someone prevail over injustice, the energy God expends will be much more frightening than the victim’s adversary.

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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (A LIFETIME RACE)

May 6, 2020bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, bible studies, bible study, Christ, Christian, christian studies, Christian study, Church, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, King James Holy Bible, Lord, new testament, NIV, Old Testament, theology, Uncategorized1 corinthians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, athen, athens, athlete, athletes, believer, believers, bodies, body, Christ, Christian, clothes, clothing, excess fat, Faith, Faithful, fat, footrace, Hebrew, Hebrews, jesus, Jesus Christ, KJV, NIV, paul, race, racing, rigorous, run, runner, runners, short, Sin, sinned, sinner, sprints, trian, trianingabarkley8

This verse compares the Christian life to the footrace in which athletes competed in the Greek games (read 1 Cor 9:25). The foot race was one of the most popular events of the Greek games that were held every year in Athens. Continue reading BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (A LIFETIME RACE) →

IS IT OKAY FOR A CHIRSTIAN TO INTENSELY DISLIKE ANOTHER BELIEVER?

March 18, 2019Uncategorized1 john, 1 John 2:9, believer, believers, Bible, Christ, Christian, emphasize, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Holy Bible, jesus, Jesus Christ, love, non-christain, non-loveabarkley8

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Several Bible passages emphasize a Christian’s preeminent commitment to love-not merely a sentimental, warm feeling, but a choice of the will to put other people’s welfare ahead of one’s own by showing respect, considering their feelings, and praying on their behalf. Continue reading IS IT OKAY FOR A CHIRSTIAN TO INTENSELY DISLIKE ANOTHER BELIEVER? →

WHAT RELIGION DO DEMONS BELIEVE?

February 22, 2019Uncategorizedbelieve, believer, believers, Christ, christian faith, christians, demonic, demonic opposition, demons, devil, evil, false, false prophets, false teachers, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God's Son, history, Holy, Holy Bible, intelligent, James, James 2:19, jesus, Jesus as God, living, Matthew, Matthew 8:29, new testament, Old Testament, orthodox, pagan, peace, prince of peace, propagandize, Religion, religions, theology, Truthabarkley8

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Demons apparently are quite intelligent about matters of theology and practice. They are monotheists (this is, they believe that one supreme God exists), though the history of demonic influence shows that they propagandize false belief in imaginary pagan deities. They hold belief in the identification of Jesus as God’s Son, as shown in their confession in Matthew 8:29. They certainly believe in the existence of moral standards and in God’s final judgment concerning evil. So, in many ways, demons believe biblical truth. They have seen the truth close up, and their entire job is to subvert it. You have to know the opposition, so to speak. Continue reading WHAT RELIGION DO DEMONS BELIEVE? →

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