Tuesday, September 14, 2010

A Difficult Text!


‘A Difficult Text.’
1 Corinthians 15:29.
a) Apostle Paul did not condone or permit people being baptised for other people who were already dead.
b) This was a fact that this heretical baptism was taking place.
c) Even the non believers believed in a resurrection from the dead.
d) It should not be a hard thing for the intellectual Corinthian Believers to believe in the Resurrection of Christ and of True Believers, for it is what Christ Himself taught.
(This QT made me think a lot about A Difficult Text)
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‘The Greatest In The Kingdom Of Heaven.’
Matthew 18:1-4.
a) Matthew 18:1. The Disciples came to Jesus wanting to know who was going to be the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
b) Matthew 18:2. Jesus simply called a small child over and put the child in the midst of them.
c) Matthew 18:3. Jesus assured the Disciples of three facts:-
1- They needed to turn from their sins.
2- They needed to become childlike.
3- Then they could get into the Kingdom of Heaven.
d) Matthew 18:4. Whoever is as humble as a little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
(Through this Second one I find whom Jesus said was The Greatest In The Kingdom Of Heaven)
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Chris.
It does us good to ponder over the Scriptures. We sometimes need to ask ourselves the question: What does the Bible really say? Heresy begins when we take things too much for granted without searching the Scriptures for ourselves, not only searching them but pondering over them. We do not need to imagine something, or visualise anything. Just pray, read, ponder, pray and obey.

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