Question of the Week: Was the Bible originally divided into chapters and verses?
Verses: 2 Timothy 3:16

The short answer is no. The long answer is that the introduction of chapters and verses were introduced at later dates for the purpose of assistance in personal bible study. Finding a passage by looking through scripture one book at a time would be a time-consuming task, so chapter divisions were introduced by Stephen Langton in 1227AD. The first bible to use his chapter divisions was the Wycliff English Bible published in 1382. Later on, these chapters were also narrowed down to verses in 1448 by Rabbi Nathan to assist those who were studying the Old Testament. This was applied to the New Testament in 1555 by a man named Robert Estienne. These chapter divisions are not divinely inspired nor ever claimed to be. They were simply introduced as tools to assist those who wanted to dig deeper into God’s word.

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Question of the Week: What is the doctrine of immanency?
Verses: Matthew 24:44

The End Times have been an area of scripture under attack since the moment they were written down. People have claimed the Rapture would happen on a certain date in the first century, and will continue to claim it in the 21st century. What can we do to make sure we aren’t swept up with every wind and wave of false doctrine that predictably flows through the church? Remember the doctrine of immanency. Jesus said that His coming would take place at an hour we would not expect. Therefore the Christian life isn’t one looking for what hour to expect Him, but living in light of the reality that we could be taken home by the Lord at any moment.

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Question of the Week: What did the Bible mean when it called Jesus The Prophet?
Verses: Deuteronomy 18:15-16, Mark 6:15, John 7:40,

In the Old Testament, the Jewish people were promised that a prophet would come who was like Moses. Moses was unique from any other prophet in that he spoke to God directly as a man speaks to his friend, and also was there when God spoke directly to the nation of Israel from Mount Sanai when they received the Law. This was a prediction of the coming of the Messiah who wouldn’t just be another prophet, but would be known as The Prophet. The one who would speak God’s word first hand. All prophets before Jesus physically came to this world spoke to Israel as God spoke to them. They were His representatives, but not God Himself. When Jesus came, it was God directly speaking to His people. That’s why when the crowds called Him The Prophet, it was recognizing His words were God’s and that He was the fulfillment of the promise that God would one day visit and speak to His people again.

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Question of the Week: Why were animals sacrificed by Israel to God?
Verses: Hebrews 10:1-10, Romans 6:23,
The animal sacrifices were not meaningless, but served the purpose of pointing Israel to what would result in their salvation. When an animal was sacrificed on behalf of someone’s sins, even the Old Testament is clear that it only provided a covering rather than actual redemption. However, this is the way salvation has always worked. Just like we look back and remember what Jesus has done for us to forgive us for our sins, the Old Testament sacrifices put into the minds of Israel not only how serious sin is, but how seriously it needed to be dealt with. This animal substitute would place the hope in the hearts of Israel that God would cover their sins. While it wasn’t going to be through the animal, the animal’s death wasn’t in vain. It pointed the Old Testament saints to salvation.

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Question of the Week: Are Mediums Inspired by Satan?
Verses: 1 Samuel 28:7-15, 1 Samuel 2:6, 1 Samuel 16:7, Acts 16:16-19, John 8:44

People need to be careful when they form conclusions about the spiritual realm when you only have one historical event to go on. Mediums are very rarely inspired by the demonic. The act of a medium is literally the same term that we would use for a ventriloquist act. Someone who speaks from their belly isn’t necessarily speaking at the same time from the enemy. We know from scripture that the heart and soul of the enemy is that of a liar, and the abilities of the enemy aren’t even close to God’s. It’s this information and more that people so often overlook in order to come to more dramatic conclusions about their circumstances. Satan certainly is a liar, but he doesn’t need to take over someone’s body to give them the power of lying. People do that all the time. The issue isn’t the effect or presentation, but the message that makes it a lie. A medium knows how to put on a show, but the only thing they really have in common with the demonic is that they are both lying to you. The solution to this isn’t an exorcism, but to know the truth and avoid those you know don’t have it.

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