The last piece of the puzzle which we have to solve is whether or not Jesus, having descended into the lower parts of the Earth, then took the Old Testament saints, who'd been waiting in sheol, to heaven.
Spirits in Prison – Part 2
Left Their Own Abode
Now we can see that all previous theology and apologetics has been framed by the parameters of the SciPop paradigm. The ungodly have been telling the Godly what and how to think about God.
Where are We 2020?
The big news for the first half of 2020 is COVID-19 and the impact that it's having on all of our lives. We're still spiraling down the rabbit hole of the pandemic and no one knows how deep it goes.
A Tree is Known by its Fruit
If a tree is known by its fruit then avoid trees with bad fruit. Stay away from people if you know they're going to swear. Don't engage with people if you know that they're going to emit a stream of verbal effluence.
A Pure Heart
When we get saved we're indwelt by the Holy Spirit, and that cleanses us of whatever other spiritual problems we may have been facing. That's when we're ready to stand before the Lord because we're in Christ Jesus.
Out of the Heart
Thoughts and intents proceed out of the heart, and we use these as two categories into which we separate the various characteristics of the heart that we find in scripture.
Be Merciful
Some folk just aren't up to speed. Go easy on them.
One Life to Live
Adam and Eve were created to populate the earth with their offspring, until there was a body for each soul that God had created. This is why God is longsuffering: every soul has not been given a body yet.
The Multitude Kept Silence
Open Door Baptist Church Acts # 40 - 15:12-21 12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them. 13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me: 14 Simeon …
The Sect of the Pharisees
Open Door Baptist Church Acts # 39 - Acts 15:1-11 1 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. 2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul …