Believers
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· 4 viewsThose who have faith in God. After Pentecost, the term came to be used specifically to refer to Christians, that is, to those who believe and trust in God, as he has made himself known through Jesus Christ. The NT stresses that Jesus Christ brings the faith of OT believers to perfection and to its proper fulfilment.
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Believers as those who have faith in God
Believers as those who have faith in God
and Ahab had summoned Obadiah, his palace administrator. (Obadiah was a devout believer in the Lord. While Jezebel was killing off the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them in two caves, fifty in each, and had supplied them with food and water.)
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OT believers looked forward to the NT faith
OT believers looked forward to the NT faith
All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.
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The church is referred to as the believers
The church is referred to as the believers
The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon’s Colonnade.
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In the early church a distinction was sometimes made between Jewish and Gentile believers
In the early church a distinction was sometimes made between Jewish and Gentile believers
With them they sent the following letter:
The apostles and elders, your brothers,
To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia:
Greetings.
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The term believer is synonymous with Christian
The term believer is synonymous with Christian
To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.
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Believers are members of God’s family
Believers are members of God’s family
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.
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