Results for “Collection for the Church in Jerusalem”
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- Family WorshipWorship & Rites
Family worship is worship that a family offers together at home, typically consisting of hymn singing, Scripture reading, and prayer. In Korean Protestant churches it is widely practiced, including on traditional holidays in connection with memorial services, and serves as a setting for faith education.
- John WimberPeople
John Wimber (1934–1997) was an American pastor and musician. He is regarded as the founder of the Vineyard Movement and became widely known for "power evangelism," which emphasized signs and wonders, divine healing, and the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
- Philippians 3:13–14Bible Verses
In this passage the apostle Paul confesses that he has not yet been made perfect and says that, forgetting those things which are behind, he presses on toward the prize of God's high calling. Because of its image of "the mark," it is frequently quoted in connection with spiritual progress and new beginnings.
- 2 Corinthians 12:2–4Bible Verses
In this passage Paul recounts, in the third person, an experience from fourteen years earlier in which he was caught up to the "third heaven" and into paradise, where he heard "unspeakable words." It is frequently discussed in connection with Paul's visionary experience, the meaning of heaven and paradise, and whether it can serve as a basis for testimonies of visiting heaven.
- 1 Corinthians 6:11Bible Verses
A verse in which Paul tells the Corinthian believers that, in contrast to their sinful past, they have already been washed, sanctified, and justified. It is frequently cited in discussions of the relationship between justification and sanctification, the verse's connection to baptism, and the transformation of life.
- 1 Corinthians 16Bible
The final chapter of 1 Corinthians. Paul requests a collection for the saints in Jerusalem, outlines his travel plans, commends his coworkers, and closes the letter with exhortations and greetings.
- 2 Corinthians 9Bible
2 Corinthians 9 is the chapter in which Paul urges the Corinthian believers to prepare in advance the collection for the saints in Jerusalem, and explains cheerful giving and the thanksgiving it produces.
- 2 Corinthians 10Bible
2 Corinthians 10 is the chapter in which Paul defends his apostolic authority against those who disparage him as weak. It speaks of the weapons of spiritual warfare, of authority given for building up, and of glorying in the Lord.
- HillelPeople
Hillel was a Jewish teacher of the Law, active from the late first century BC to the early first century AD, and the founder of the School of Hillel. He is known for the prosbul, a legal instrument connected with the release of debts in the sabbatical year, and for a teaching that resembles the Golden Rule.
- Leviticus 6Bible
Leviticus 6 contains regulations for the trespass offering that makes restitution for wrongs against a neighbor's property, together with the ordinances the priests were to observe when presenting the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the sin offering.
- Dead Sea ScrollsBible
The Dead Sea Scrolls are ancient Jewish documents discovered beginning in 1947 in caves around Qumran, northwest of the Dead Sea. They include the oldest extant Hebrew manuscripts of the Old Testament and are an important resource for the study of the biblical text.
- Leviticus 17Bible
Leviticus 17 requires that animals used for sacrifice be slaughtered and offered at the tabernacle of the congregation, and it forbids the eating of blood because the life is in the blood.
- Deuteronomy 24Bible
Deuteronomy 24 contains laws protecting households and neighbors, including the prohibition against remarrying a former wife after divorce, the exemption of newly married men from military service, rules on pledges and wages, the principle of individual responsibility, and the leaving of gleanings for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow.
- Psalm 108Bible
Psalm 108 is a psalm of David that opens with early-morning praise and then seeks God's help, holding fast to his promise that he rules over the land and the surrounding nations. It combines portions of Psalms 57 and 60.
- Deuteronomy 15Bible
Deuteronomy 15 is a chapter of law containing the ordinance for releasing debts owed by fellow Israelites every seventh year, the command to open one's hand to a poor brother, the law for freeing in the seventh year a Hebrew servant who has served six years, and the law for consecrating the firstborn males of cattle and sheep.
- Deuteronomy 16Bible
Deuteronomy 16 sets out the laws for keeping Israel's three pilgrimage feasts: Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. It also commands the appointment of judges who are to judge justly and forbids setting up Asherah poles or sacred pillars.
- Jeremiah 48Bible
Jeremiah 48, part of the oracles against the nations, laments the destruction of Moab. It names Moab's pride and its worship of Chemosh as the reasons for judgment and closes with a promise of restoration in the latter days.
- 2 Corinthians 9:7Bible Verses
A verse in which Paul instructs each believer to give as he has decided in his heart, "not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver." It is a key text on the proper attitude toward giving and is cited in the tithing debate as a basis for voluntary offerings.
- Psalm 121:1–2Bible Verses
Psalm 121 opens with the psalmist lifting his eyes to the hills and asking where his help will come from, followed by the answer, "My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth." The psalm celebrates God's protection along the road of travel and pilgrimage, and interpreters differ over what the "hills" signify.
- Luke 23:34Bible Verses
Luke 23:34 records the prayer Jesus offered on the cross for those who were crucifying him: "Father, forgive them." It is traditionally counted as the first of the Seven Last Words from the Cross. The verse also raises a textual question, because the prayer is absent from some early manuscripts.