1 Peter 2:17 Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honour the emperor. Everything mentioned in this verse does not come to us naturally but can only be cultivated in our lives after we have accepted Jesus as our Lord and Saviour. And even then, it is no easy task …
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Gifts of the Spirit
1 Corinthians 1:7 Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. This verse is mostly interpreted as pertaining to the whole body of Christ, collectively. But what if Paul also had the individual believer in mind? We receive Holy Spirit when we first …
How new is the New Covenant
2 Cor 3:6 He has enabled us to be ministers of his new covenant. This is a covenant not of written laws, but of the Spirit. The old written covenant ends in death; but under the new covenant, the Spirit gives life. The Old Testament prophet Jeremiah spoke of the new covenant that would come, …
Can women speak in church
1 Cor 14:34-35 Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. 35 If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church These two …
Only God can predict the future
1 Kings 13:2 Then at the LORD’s command, he shouted, “O altar, altar! This is what the LORD says: A child named Josiah will be born into the dynasty of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests from the pagan shrines who come here to burn incense, and human bones will be burned on …
Worship in heaven
Hebrews 12:22-24 No, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless thousands of angels in a joyful gathering. 23 You have come to the assembly of God’s firstborn children, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God himself, who is the …
Different functions
Rom 12:4 For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function…” (An extract from an inspiring letter written by Steve Porter – posted with permission) Beloved, the Body of Christ is beautiful when it is healthy. A healthy body is a wonder to behold. The …
God’s accounting
Daniel 5:5,25 Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote. 25. “This is the inscription that was written: mene, mene, tekel, parsin The background to the above verses is the great feast …
Can AI be trusted
2 Tim 2:15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. I believe that the modern application of Paul’s advice to Timothy – to correctly handle the word of truth – has to do with …
God’s name is holy
Deut 5:11 “You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name. The original word translated here as LORD, is called the Tetragrammaton (Greek for “four letters”), the four-letter Hebrew name of God, יהוה (transliterated as YHWH or YHVH). This is where …