What Is a Reprobate Mind? - Bible Study
Those who do not like to retain the Eternal in their knowledge eventually take on a reprobate heart. It sounds as if these people are not living the right way. They do not seem to have a desire to please him. The result of their approach to life is this state of existence. We can often find more of what a verse means by comparing how other ...
What Is Spiritual Warfare? - Bible Study
The first major spiritual opponent Christians face is himself or herself. They must battle their own human nature with its self-defeating, sinful, and destructive tendencies. The apostle Paul referred to this constant warfare of the mind Christians face in his book to the Romans. For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man; But ...
What Is the Unpardonable Sin? - Bible Study
Not by accident. The unpardonable sin is not done by accident. It is not a single act per se, but rather the outcome of a process of knowingly rejecting righteousness for a period determined by God. It is not done through the same kind of temptation, deception and weakness that ALL humans are susceptible to (1Corinthians 10:13).
Meaning of the Number 13 in the Bible - Bible Study
In Romans 1 the apostle Paul lists 23 characteristics of sinful people who have a debased or reprobate mind. The thirteenth characteristic is that they are haters of God (Romans 1:28 - 32). Haman the Agagite has a decree signed on Nisan 13 (Nisan is the first month of the Hebrew sacred calendar) that on the Adar 13 (the last month of the sacred ...
What Is Faith? - Bible Study
They personally profess to know God, but in their works they deny Him, being abominable and disobedient, and reprobate unto every good work (Titus 1:16, HBFV). But are you willing to understand, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac, his own son, upon the altar? . . .
Definition of Chiun (Remphan, Kaiwan) in the Bible - Bible Study
Chiun (Remphan, Kaiwan) Meaning of Name: An image, pillar, lifeless. Strong's Concordance #H3594, #G4481. Chiun (also called Kaiwan in some Bible translations) is found only once in the King James Old Testament. In Amos 5:26 the word means an image or pillar representing a pagan god that the ancient Israelites indulged in worshipping. The KJV ...
Facebook and the Bible - Bible Study
And in exact proportion as they did not consent to have God in their knowledge, God abandoned them to a reprobate mind, to practice those things that are immoral; Being filled with all unrighteousness . . . Slanderers, God-haters, insolent . . . (Romans 1:28 - 30, HBFV). Gossip. Gossip can be true information that attacks other people.
What Is Blasphemy? - Bible Study
Blasphemy is translated, in all twelve of its New Testament references, from the Greek word blasphemia (Strong's Concordance #G988). It means to vilify, speak evil of, or rail against a person. Webster's Dictionary states the word means to insult, show contempt of or not properly revere God. The word can be applied to any person who claims some ...
God's Seven Curses - Bible Study
The last of God's seven curses involves Jesus. The Lord, who was God in the flesh, entered Jerusalem with his disciples a few days before his death. Being hungry, and noticing a fig tree that possessed an abundance of leaves, he approached it expecting to find fruit. When he finds no fruit, he pronounces a curse upon the fruit tree.
Why Did Jesus Have to Die? - Bible Study
Before we answer why Jesus had to die for our sins, we will first briefly answer why humans are under the penalty of death and need a Savior. God the Father is the Creator of all things through Jesus (Romans 11:36, Hebrews 2:10). He therefore owns everything, including every human who has or will ever exist, and has the divine right to set the ...