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The Pharisees Were Lawless, and That Was Bad. Is Lawless Now Suddenly Good?

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Halley’s Bible Handbook states that the: “Pharisees were the most numerous and influential of the religious sects of Jesus’ day. They were strict legalists. They stood for the rigid observance of the letter and forms of the Law, and also for the Traditions”. Is this view correct? Did the Pharisees stand for the observance of the law, did they keep the law, were they ‘legalists’, or instead did they prefer to keep traditions of men? The first mention of the...

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Tags: jesus, law, prophecy, prophets
in Going Deeper

Dancing with the Scriptures: The "But" Boogie

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Let us look at two passages that use the word “but” and the interpretations associated with them.   Before we start we need to have a quick English Grammar Lesson. The word “but” is a type of coordinating conjunction, also called a coordinator. It is a conjunction that joins two or more items of equal syntactic importance, such as words, main clauses, or sentences.  Specifically, "but" presents a contrast or exception.  Not left...

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Tags: church, law, fulfil, but, fulfill, grace and truth, matthew 5:17, john 1:17
in Faith, Torah Truths, Love

"Good Eye" vs. "Bad Eye"

The Jewish idiom of the "good eye" refers to loving and taking care of your neighbor, while the idiom of the "bad eye" refers to being selfish and not loving your neighbor. This can be seen in the words of Yeshua: MATTHEW 6:19 "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 "but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 "For where...

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Tags: love, neighbor, treasure, good eye
in Salvation, New Testament, Law of God

Can Believing mean NOT Doing?

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"John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." Believing means what? Few verses later... "John 3:20-21 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who DOES THE TRUTH comes to the LIGHT, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.” Those who hate the light do not come to the light. But...

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Tags: jesus, love, salvation, truth, word
in Salvation, New Covenant, Torah Truths, New Testament, Law of God

Good Friday is a Myth

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119 Ministries is not the author of this article. This article is originally found at:  http://ad2004.com/prophecytruths/Articles/Prophecy/3days3nights.html Jesus Died On A Wednesday!! by Roy A. Reinhold I was quite blown away recently to hear Hal Lindsey state on his national radio program that he has come to believe that the scriptures show a Wednesday crucifixion. Perhaps you ought to examine the evidence and decide for yourself; be like the Bereans who were complimented in...

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Tags: christian, passover, resurrection, 3 days and 3 nights, three days and three nights. jesus rose on wednesday
in Going Deeper, Salvation, New Covenant, Torah Truths

Is Our Copy Really The Word Of God?

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119 Ministries is not the author of this article. The original can be found here: http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/bibletru.html For more on this topic, please see our video teaching, "Why the Bible is God's Word". The Proper Cure for the Disease John Warwick Montgomery tells us a parable: A great king (God) had a son (mankind) who had grown up out of contact with his father. While journeying in a distant province the son fell seriously ill. The doctor accompanying him...

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Tags: christian, james, jesus, josephus, history
in Faith, Just Thinking, Misconceptions

Is Our Copy of the Bible a Reliable Copy of the Original?

119 Ministries is not the author of this article. The original may be found here and is authored by Rich Deem: http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/bibleorg.html Is Our Copy of the Bible a Reliable Copy of the Original? OLD TESTAMENT How do we know the Bible has been kept in tact for over 2,000 years of copying? Before the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls our earliest Hebrew copy of the Old Testament was the Masoretic text dating around 800 A.D. The Dead Sea Scrolls date around...

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Tags: is our copy of the bible a reliable copy of the original?, can we trust our bible translations?, how do we know our bible is accurate?

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