COMPLETE SURRENDER

Saints of God, we all as Christians are feeling this tremendous burden. My prayer is that we are separated to the Lord our Savior. It’s hard to bear and I find myself always sitting in front of a TV or computer or radio trying to ignore it, but all this does is make it more grieving. We should surrender to Him completely. 

We always have our Christian radio and our Christian books and our Christian conversations which are important but it is a time that there are no more substitutes

SYNONYMOUS (Equivalent in meaning; Expressing or implying the same idea)

Oh, what confusion and contention we do earn for ourselves when we make synonymous those Bible terms that may be related but are by no means equivalent in their meaning, nor do they sometimes even imply the same idea.

If Pastor and Elder are biblically synonymous terms, then all Elders must pastor (verb: shepherd and feed) a body of believers and all Pastors must be male Elders (overseers) of the flock.  The term “Pastor” identifies the shepherding and feeding (Pastor-Teacher) ministry gift that Jesus gave (and presently gives) to the Church.  Along with Apostles, Prophets and Evangelists, the Pastoral-Teaching gift is

A Scripture Study of the Holy Ghost

A BIBLE  STUDY

The following is a scripture study of the Holy Ghost.  Of course, such a brief document could never be close to exhaustive.  However, it will give us a basic Bible understanding of the ministry of the Spirit of God within the life of the believer.  I have emphasized some words and phrases to help with the study.  Some words that I want to stress and connect within the passages are in bold type.  The italicized words in brackets are