By confessing faith in Jesus Christ the believer lives, as soul, via the body (the mouth) in a relationship with God the Father. This is explained in the study ‘Conversion’. By giving Jesus authority over his life and being completely focussed on Him, the disciple lives, as a soul, via his spirit in a relationship […]

General remarks: In the study ‘The beginning and the end of the O.T. and the N.T.’  we explained that the New Testament is named after the ‘new covenant’ in the blood of Jesus. The New Testament begins in principle with the crucifixion, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ. The working of the Holy Spirit in […]

The Holy Spirit is mostly known about from the Scriptures of the New Testament. The Holy Spirit was also present in the world in the time of the Old Testament however. He has always been there, as the third person of the Divine Trinity. The Holy Spirit was present at creation. The Bible begins with […]

The working of the Holy Spirit in the world enters a whole new dimension with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, as the Book of Acts describes: When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind […]

    In the Bible text 1 John 5:18 John writes that a disciple of Jesus has nothing to fear from Satan, because Satan is no longer able to touch him. This is illustrated schematically in the study ‘Discipleship (1)’ by the thick black line that forms a barrier in the spiritual world between the […]

In the study ‘Discipleship (1)’ we explained what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ. Living according to the will of God, under the authority of Jesus, is strongly emphasized in this respect. In this study we throw light on how God comes to the aid of the disciple, by renewing his heart. […]

In the studies ‘Conversion’ and ‘Discipleship’ man is regarded as spirit, soul and body. Here we describe the changes that take place in the spiritual world as a consequence of the choices a person makes, and we present them schematically. In this short study we put the relationship of authority between a person and Jesus […]

In de study ‘Conversion’ we discuss what it means to believe in Jesus. In this study we explain what ‘discipleship’ means. The apostle John remarks: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.   (1 John 2:6) Paul experiences that it is impossible to accomplish this in his own strength. He writes: I […]

Detailed studies are to be written about conversion and what conversion means in a person’s life. This study is limited to the most fundamental significance of conversion however. When the Son of God, Jesus Christ, after a sinless life, died on the cross of Golgotha, He died as a substitute, as the atonement for the […]

In the studies ‘Discipleship (1)’ and ‘(2)’ we explained that Jesus expects people who are converted by faith in Him to put their life under His authority and become His disciples. John calls this: becoming a child of God at the beginning of his Gospel. Adoption into God’s family. John writes: Yet to all who […]