The Messiah means the anointed one. And several times it is used in the Old Testament, 28 of those times it refers to kings. So the anointed one mostly referred to kings but also referred to priests and prophets. You can just file this in your mind, many messiahs in the Old Testament. Everyone who was anointed into a mediating of position in the theocratic kingdom of Israel could be called a messiah, with a small m. A messiah is one who has been anointed. He has been chosen for a very high
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entire life. It was not until I was ten years old that I chose to commit my heart to Him and follow and serve Him in a more intimate way. Up until that point I went to church I would say all the Christian things and acted the Christian way, because that was how I was raised. When a counselor at a Christian children’s summer camp explained to me it didn’t matter that I was born into Christianity, but that I must accept Christ in my heart and acknowledge His sacrifice of giving up His son, Jesus, for
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TIMELESS YOUTH MINISTY [pic] A Paper Presented to Professor Geukgeuzian Liberty University [pic] In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for YOUT 301 [pic] by Brandon Smith Bgsmith1@liberty.edu 1 February 2015 Chapter 1 1. “Our politics, religion, news, athletics, education and commerce have been transformed into congenial adjuncts of show business, largely without protest or even much popular notice.” (Page 3-4) • This statement really jumped out at me because
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INVESTIGATING DANIEL 9:24-27 Lloyd Bell Bible 450 April 17, 2013 INVESTIGATING DANIEL 9:24-27 To say that Daniel 9:24-27 is one of the most discussed four verses in all the bible would be a great understatement. Dr. Ray Prichard when describing Daniel 9:24-27, went as far as to write, “It is the key to prophetic interpretation and the backbone of biblical prophecy.” So what then would merit such a statement? How can four verses be so important? Concerning the importance of this passage
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Read the stories/passages before (Matt 24:36–44) and after (Matt 25:1–13) the text you chose and write out their main messages. This story in Matthew 24:45-51 tells us that Jesus wants us to represent Him in everything we do. Sometimes we as Christian can become lazy and tend to slack off on being examples of Christ. I believe this scripture verse is also telling us about the second coming of Christ. We need to always be ready for when the time comes, because we as humans have no idea when the
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Haunted by Premarital Sex How we found healing after four years of marriage Brian and Heather Jamison Due to the downplay of the negative effects of consensual premarital sex by both the secular world and well-meaning Christians, its consequences are often ignored and allowed to wreak havoc in marriages and other relationships over extended periods of time. As time moves forward, it can be difficult for a couple to dig down to the heart of the problem. But intimacy in marriage can be reclaimed
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Justification by Faith By Russell D. Stalvey Introduction A statement that is ancient but also timeless and just as relevant for today’s believers is that we are justified by faith. The Apostle Paul gave insight to this statement very distinctly and in great aspect but to completely understand the statement, we first must possess a foundational comprehension of what it means to be justified. In understanding justification we will see that it is inseparably interrelated to faith, but not
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Jonathan Edwards’ Theology One cannot study church history without looking at the key figure, Jonathan Edwards. One very significant aspect of Edwards was his theology. This is beneficial for us to study for a few reasons. The first being Jonathan Edwards’ view of his own sin, second, Edwards’ example of preaching both God’s wrath and love, and finally, Edwards’ held to a healthy balance of Calvinistic theology. Edwards was very aware of his own sin. He is quoted saying, "I know not how to
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LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Witnessing Report Number Three Submitted to Dr. Gene Jeffries in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of the course, EVAN 525-B08 Contemporary Evangelism By Stephen Mark Hayes March 6, 2016 This encounter happened two days ago. A nonbeliever friend of mine at work named Mike and I struck up a conversation while we were attending a class. We had talked some months earlier and I found out that he studies fourteen
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Wanted Christian Bale In Batman V Superman, But Not As The Dark Knight Gregory Wakeman 15 hours ago image The biggest hurdle for Ben Affleck as Batman in ‘Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice’ is going to be not just matching but eclipsing Christian Bale’s turn as the Dark Knight in Christopher Nolan’s beloved trilogy. But before the rather divisive decision was made to cast the former ‘Daredevil’ actor as Bruce Wayne it was widely speculated that Zack Snyder was hounding Christian Bale to
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