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 →
Believing - Receiving the Word
Volume 3, Number 76Believe in the Gospel of John; Part 2:Something to think about this Christmas:Our last study began an examination of the use of the Greek word translated “believe” in the Gospel of John where it’s found 99 times, more than in any other New Testament book. This study turns out to be apropos while most of the world celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ with the big exception of Muslims and Jews who don’t believe Jesus Christ was their Messiah. The second place the Apostle John used the word “believe” in his Gospel we find it teaches the elements or action... Continue reading →
Introduction of John - Jesus the Author & Finisher of Faith
Volume 3, Number 75Believe in the Gospel of John; Part 1:After having examined each occurrence of the words faith, believe and variations thereof in Matthew, Mark and Luke, we come to the Gospel of John, which is unique in many ways. For one thing, the Greek word Pistis, normally translated “faith” is not found in John but the Holy Spirit inspired the Apostle to use the Greek word “pisteuo” (Smith’s # G4000), usually translated “believe” some 100 times. This accounts for almost half the 248 occasions its used in the New Testament (NT). (Acts comes in second with 39 and Romans is third... Continue reading →
Introduction of John - Compared with The Other Three Gospels
Volume 3, Number 74Our last study finished an examination of every passage the Greek words listed below are found in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. We’ll now consider these words in the Gospel of John. The following recaps their use in Matthew, Mark and Luke compared to the Gospel of John:1. Pistis (Smith’s Greek-English Concordance # G4002.), usually translated “faith,”•Occurs 24 times in Matthew, Mark and Luke•Not found in the Gospel of John2. Pistos (Smith’s # G4003), usually translated “faithful,”•Occurs 11 times in Matthew and Luke•Used only once in John3. Pisteuo (Smith’s # G4000), usually translated “believe,”•Occurs 34 times in Matthew,... Continue reading →
The Unbelief of Jesus' Own Family
Volume 3, Number 73Unbelief in Matthew, Mark and Luke:Today we come to the last two in our study of all the Greek words meaning faith, believe, faithless, unbelief, etc., found in Matthew, Mark and Luke: 1) apistia, (Smith’s # G570) always translated “unbelief,” found 5 times in Matthew and Mark and 2) apistos, # G571) usually translated that believe not but sometimes as unbelieving, faithless, etc., found once in Matthew, once in Mark and twice in Luke. I find, however, that we’ve already studied all the passages/ incidents in which these two words are found when we studied the other words that... Continue reading →