Samaritan Woman at the Well
Volume 3, Number 86Believe in the Gospel of John; Part 12:The Gospel and the Samaritan Woman at the Well - Part 2:Many confuse the Gospel Jesus presented during His earthly ministry with the Gospel of the Grace of God that brings salvation today. This study examines the Gospel to the Nation of Israel, including those living during Jesus’ earthly ministry. Future studies will examine the distinct Gospel we are given to believe today, which the Lord Jesus Christ revealed from heaven to the Apostle Paul.The thought conveyed by the word “gospel” itself is sometimes misunderstood. There are two forms of the Greek translated... Continue reading →
Samaritan Woman at the Well
Volume 3, Number 85Believe in the Gospel of John; Part 11:The “Gift” to the Samaritan Woman at the Well; Part 1:Dateline: Ocean Shores, Washington(Correction in the last Faith Study; it appears the difference between the births of John the Baptist and Jesus must have been a few months instead of the 1 ¼ to 1 ½ years as stated.)Continuing our study of the Greek word “pisteu’o,” translated “believe” in the Gospel of John we come to John 4:5 - 42 where its found 4 times in the context of Jesus’ contact with the Samaritan woman at the well and His subsequent ministry to... Continue reading →
John the Baptist - Barren Jewish Women
Volume 3, Number 84Believe in the Gospel of John; Part 10:God’s Gift of Life - John the Baptist:We’ve covered the first 14 occasions the word “pisteu’o,” translated “believe” is used in John; seven in the 1st and 2nd chapters and seven in the record of Jesus’ dialog with Nicodemus in the 3rd chapter. Today we come to its 15th appearance, that being in John 3:36 where we find the only record of it being spoken by John the Baptist: “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of... Continue reading →
The Pharasee Nicodemus
Volume 3, Number 83Believe in the Gospel of John; Part 9:The Pharisee Nicodemus, a Chief Ruler of Israel - Continued:We’ve studied 7 instances where the Greek word “pisteu’o,” translated “believe” is used in the 1st and 2nd chapters of John. In our last study we started in the third chapter and covered the first part of Jesus’ dialog with Nicodemus, John 3:1 - 10. In review - after Jesus told Nicodemus he must be born from above in order to see the Kingdom of God, John 3:3, Nicodemus asked how that could be, could he enter his mother’s womb to be born again?... Continue reading →
The Pharasee Nicodemus
Volume 3, Number 82Believe in the Gospel of John; Part 8:The Pharisee Nicodemus, a Chief Ruler of Israel:To date we’ve studied 7 instances the Greek word “pisteu’o,” is used in the 1st and 2nd chapters of the Gospel of John (its found a 100 times in John; translated “believe” 99 times and “commit unto” once in the King James Version). As we continue into the 3rd chapter we find “pisteu’o/believe” 8 times, 7 of which were uttered by Jesus Himself after the Pharisee Nicodemus came to Him one night. In order to put Jesus’ encounter with Nicodemus into context its necessary to go... Continue reading →
Jesus, The Son of Man & Other Titles
Volume 3, Number 81Believe in the Gospel of John; Part 7:Our last study brought us to the 7th occasion the Greek word “pisteu’o” is used in the Gospel of John (where its found 100 times; translated “believe” in 99 cases and “commit unto” once in the King James Version). I purposely skipped over something Jesus said to Nathaniel in John 1:51 with the intention of coming back to it. In response to Nathaniel’s statement: “Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel,” John 1:49b, “Jesus answered and said unto him, because I said unto thee, I saw thee... Continue reading →
Nathaniel & Signs in John
Volume 3, Number 80Believe in the Gospel of John; Part 6:“And other words specific to this Gospel”Last November we began a study of the Greek word “pisteu’o” in the Gospel of John where it is used more often than in any other New Testament book. (I’ve incorrectly stated in the last few studies that it’s found 99 times in John. It actually occurs 100 times but is translated “believe” 99 times and “commit unto” once in the King James Version.) So far we’ve covered the first two occasions it appears; in Vol 3, No 75 we observed the first occasion where it’s used... Continue reading →
The miraculous Signs in the Pentecostal Church
Volume 3, Number 79Vol 3 - No 79, April 18, 2014Believe in the Gospel of John; Part 5:“After Passover (Easter) the Miraculous Sign Gifts in the Church at Pentecost”Our last few studies examined statements the Apostle John wrote in his Gospel, as well as in 1 John, specifically those where he describes the believers to whom he addressed as having been “born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” John 1:13 (see also 1 John 5:1); that unless a man is born again (born from above) or of the Spirit he... Continue reading →
Born Again or From Above in John
Volume 3, Number 78Believe in the Gospel of John; Part 4:The Greek word translated believe is found 99 times in the Gospel of John, more often than in any other New Testament (NT) book. Two studies ago we came to its second appearance where John writes “He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of... Continue reading →
Belief & Being Born of God
Volume 3, Number 77Believe in the Gospel of John; Part 3:We are studying the word “believe” in the Gospel of John where it’s found 99 times, more often than in any other New Testament (NT) book. Our last study brought us to its second appearance where John writes, “He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man,... Continue reading →