There are number of posts of this important subject. This series covers the 4 main objections. Extracted and Adapted from Kenneth Hagin book “Tongues after the Upper Room” Objection #3: 'Tongues have ceased' One time a person came to me and said, "Why, don't you know that the Bible said tongues have ceased?" I answered, … Continue reading Objection #3: Tongues have ceased
If you have not read the first part in the series I would suggest having a look at the Previous post on Objection #1. Extracted and Adapted from Kenneth Hagin book "Tongues after the Upper Room" Objection #2: 'Tongues are of the devil' When I was just a young boy preacher, I would fellowship with … Continue reading Objection #2 ‘Tongues are of the devil’
Introduction This subject will be split up in 4 different posts covering the 4 common objections to speaking in tongues. This is being adapted from Kenneth Hagins book Tongues Beyond the Upper Room. I will be going into this subject with a lot of depth over the coming months and hope to show beyond any … Continue reading Why Christians don’t want to speak in Tongues Objection #1
Many Christians that dont speak in tongues ask why do they need it. What is it all about? So below are a number of reasons to speak in tongues. The one important truth that is missed, is that tongues comes with the baptism/receiving of the Holy Spirit. Jesus stated that we get power when we … Continue reading Reasons for Christians to Speak in Tongues
“Sleep” is a common biblical euphemism and metaphor for death, and the Bible compares death to sleep many times (cp. Daniel 12:2; John 11:11-14; Acts 7:60; 13:36; 1 Corinthians 7:39, 11:30; 15:6, 18, 20; 1 Thessalonians 4:13). For example, Psalm 13:3 says, “Consider, and answer me, O Yahweh, my God. Enlighten my eyes, lest I … Continue reading Death is like “sleep”
The belief that when a person dies they are not totally dead started in the Garden of Eden when the Devil lied to Adam and Eve. God told Adam that if he ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, he would die (Genesis 2:17), but the Devil said that he would … Continue reading In the Beginning…The Devil’s Lie
The word “spirit” has many meanings. This is true in English, and also true in Hebrew (ruach [#07307, רוּחַ] = spirit) and Greek (pneuma [#4151 πνεῦμα] = spirit). The Greek noun pneuma comes from the verb pneō, “to blow or breathe.” Thus, to the ancient Greeks, pneuma was “breath,” and it came to be associated … Continue reading What is Spirit in the Bible?
Everything Jesus said is really an expansion of this opening statement about how salvation is to be gained: “Repent and believe the Gospel Message about the Kingdom of God” (Mark 1:14-15). This is a summary statement of the Christian faith provided by Mark at the outset of his evangelistic account of Jesus and his career as evangelist and Savior. The Kingdom is the organizing center of all that Jesus taught.
If we were to look for one single theme that seems to be the most central and most important theme of the entire gospel of Matthew, it would be the theme of the coming of the kingdom. We see in the first instance that the term gospel refers to the gospel of the kingdom — … Continue reading Why does Matthew use “the Kingdom of Heaven”?
Historic premillennialism and dispensational premillennialism are two different systems of eschatology. Here are a few examples of the differences between the two:• Historic premillennialism teaches that the church was in the fore-vision of Old Testament prophecy, while dispensationalism teaches that the church is hardly, if at all, mentioned by the Old Testament prophets.• Historic premillennialism … Continue reading What is Historic Premillennialism?
Living as a Christian in this World 