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BIBLE COMMENTARY
All verses are from the King James Version of the Bible unless otherwise noted.
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WHO IS SAVED?
The New Testament and the teaching of Jesus himself maintain a division of people between the wicked and the righteous. This division has nothing to do with belief in Jesus, because it’s a teaching that begins in the Old Testament. It is also supported by the standard dictionary definitions of the terms righteous and wicked. In the original Greek New Testament the word asevis, translated as disrespectful is often used in the place of the word wicked or ungodly. In the epistle
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FAITH
All Christians believe in Jesus Christ, but what is the real faith? In Hebrews 11:1 a definition of faith is given "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” It does not refer here to a simple matter of faith that Jesus Christ is the Son of God who was crucified and resurrected for our sins, nor to a supernatural ability to move mountains or have prayers answered. The true Christian has faith and hope in things not seen. They are the th
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JESUS
Jesus the Word Jesus is the Word (John 1:1,14, 1 John 1:1) and is the Word of life (1 John 1:1). The words of Jesus are (Holy) Spirit and are (eternal) life (John 6:63,68). Obedience is referred to as the keeping of the words of Jesus (John 14:24 Revelation 3:8) which are the words of the Father, and if you keep them it means you love Jesus (John 14:24, 1 John 5:2,3). The righteous people obey God because the words of Jesus are in them (John 8:37, 15:7). John 8:37 shows that
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