A New Creature. . . an Apostolic Pentecostal blog

Faith goes far beyond hope. Faith is the evidence of things hoped for. . . Hope has no power. Faith moves mountains and casts them into the sea. . . While Jesus spoke of faith on many occasions, he only uttered the word 'hope' once: (Luke 6:34) And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. As if to illustrate the powerlessness of hope. When you lend someone money, all you can do is hope that they pay you back. They have the power. . . they have the money and can decide whether to repay you. You have nothing really.  Rather than clinging to faint and powerless hope. . . come to Jesus and appropriate for yourself a great measure of saving faith. . . (Luke 7:50) And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace. . .

What does the Bible say about a righteous man? (Psalms 37:16)  A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. (Proverbs 10:11)  The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. (Proverbs 12:10)  A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. (Proverbs 13:5)  A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame. (Proverbs 21:12)  The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness. (Proverbs 25:26)  A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. (Isaiah 41:2)  Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. (Ezekiel 3:20) ...

What does God know? What does the Bible say? I searched the Bible for words containing 'know', this included 'knoweth', 'knowing', 'knows', 'knowledge'. This search came back with over 500 New Testament verses. I then looked at each verse to see if it was God who was doing the knowing. It was a very fascinating and powerful study for me. (Matthew 6:8)  Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 1. God knows what you need. (Matthew 6:31-32) Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?  (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 2. God knows your physical requirements (Matthew 9:4)  And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? 3. God knows the thoughts of men. (Matthew 11:27)  All t...

I'm doing another Bible word study, looking for all those that Jesus touched. My search terms were for any verse containing the words: 'hand' and 'touch'. I was very surprised to find that, with that criteria, the Gospel of John contained no verses. I arbitrarily included John 13:5 (Jesus washed the feet of the disciples) and John 13:23 (John leaned upon Jesus breast at the last supper) I don't quite understand yet the significance of this finding (if any). . . it may have to do with the Gospel of John's focus upon the divinity of Jesus and maybe it was the humanity of Jesus with which He touched men's bodies physically. . . and by the divine nature of Jesus, He touched men's spiritual side. . .thereby touching their eternal souls. . . something to pray about and to ask the Lord for more clarity on. . . (Matthew 8:3)  And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed...