The Daily Dose of Discipleship

That in the early 2nd century A.D., there was a Christian sect known as the Marcionites? They were Docetic ( they disbelieved in Christ's humanity). According to their branch of religious philosophy, material/physical matter was evil.. while spirit alone, was good/holy/sacrosanct. If Jesus was the Christ, He could NEVER therefore have possessed a physical body. He had only appeared to.

Obviously, then, the birth, crucifixion, a...

That one iota does sometimes matter? Let me explain. There was a popular preacher in Alexandria, in the early 4th century A.D. named Arius.. who taught that Jesus Christ was NOT eternally God. Christ was, he believed, a creation of God the Father, who was Not derived of the same substance of the Father, but, as the first 6 highest of God's creations, became the instrument of ALL the rest of creation. The opposition and wholesa...

That all of the Apostles of Jesus Christ, except for the Apostle John... were martyred? Yes, they all were. According to tradition, James was killed by the sword in 45 A.D. Peter was crucified ( tradition has it... upside down in 64 A.D. ). Thomas was burned alive in 70 A.D. Even the Apostle Paul was beheaded in 69 A.D. John... the beloved Apostle... was the only one to die a natural death. How dearly did these stalwarts of sanctit...

That Jesus Christ came from an entirely different tribe, than did all the priests of the Old Testament? The priestly class of the Old Testament, came from the tribe of Levi. Christ (Our GREAT HIGH PRIEST), came instead from the line of Judah. This ended a period of more than one thousand years of the Levitical priesthood's reign in matters sacerdotal... and ushered in the eternal High Priesthood, of our LORD, Jesus the Christ.