TEP Church
Church • Springfield, MA • 1 member
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Iglesia que busca salvar las almas del juicio venidero, y retener la Sana Doctrinal, y predicar el pronto regreso del Senor Jesucristo.
Follow- “One day, when the kingdom of heaven is consummated, when there is a new heaven and a new earth in which only righteousness dwells, when Jesus Christ himself appears, we shall be like him (1-). That is our long-range expectation, our hope. On this basis John argues, “Everyone who has hope in him [that is, in Christ] purifies himself, just as he is pure” (). In other words, according to John, the Christian purifies himself now because pure is what he will ultimately be. His present efforts are consistent with his future hope. The same theme is found in various forms throughout the New Testament. In one sense, of course, the demands of the kingdom do not change: perfection is always required (5:48). But from this it follows that the disciple of Jesus who looks forward to the kingdom as it will be finally perfected, is already determined to prepare for it. Knowing himself to be in the kingdom already, he is concerned with purity because he recognizes that the King is p…”Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount and His Confrontation with the World: An Exposition of Matthew 5–10One day, when the kingdom of heaven is consummated, when there is a new heaven and a new earth in which only righteousness dwells, when Jesus Christ himself appears, we shall be like him (1-John 3:2). That is our long-range expectation, our hope. On this basis John argues, “Everyone who has hope in him [that is, in Christ] purifies himself, just as he is pure” (1 John 3:3). In other words, according to John, the Christian purifies himself now because pure is what he will ultimately be. His...
- ouchAnd people say not to preach hard word.Acts 3:23The New King James VersionAnd it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’
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- Jacob R. has joined the group.