Believers
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· 9 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 called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly: For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
See also Jn 4:39–42; Ac 16:15; Jas 2:1
OT believers looked forward to the NT faith
OT believers looked forward to the NT faith
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
See also Heb 11:39; 1 Pe 1:10–12
The church is referred to as the believers
The church is referred to as the believers
And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.
See also Ac 1:15; Ac 2:44; Ac 4:32; Ac 9:41; 1 Ti 4:12
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
And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
See also Ac 10:45; Ac 11:1–3; Ac 15:5; Ac 21:20–25
The term believer is synonymous with Christian
The term believer is synonymous with Christian
But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
See also Ac 15:2; Ac 16:1; 1 Co 6:5; 1 Co 14:22; 2 Co 6:14–15; 1 Th 1:7; 1 Ti 5:16
Believers are members of God’s family
Believers are members of God’s family
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
See also 1 Ti 6:2; 1 Pe 2:17