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THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF FIRST CORINTHIANS G. LACOSTE MUNN  |   SOUTHWESTERN JOURNAL OF THEOLOGY VOL. 3 - FALL 1960 An understanding of historical background is essential in the interpretation of any document, biblical or otherwise. The degree of significance is determined by the extent to which the document deals with the specific problems of a particular situation. Consequently, this factor plays a larger role in the interpretation of some books of the New Testament than it does in others. Romans is one of those books where an understanding of historical background is essential, but not to the extent that it is in others. In Romans Paul is writing to a church which he did not establish and which he had not visited at the time of writing. As a result, the teaching here is the closest thing that Paul ever wrote to a summary of Christian doctrine, and there is less reference to local problems. However, Paul was intimately involved with the church in Corinth. He had led...

  Are you “familiar” with familiar spirits?  Jesus spent at least a third of His time on earth healing and casting out demons. Spirits can gain access to people, affecting their personalities, words or actions. When there are spirits that go from generation to generation, manifesting on a piece of land, or in an actual family or bloodline, those spirits are called familiar spirits. So where should you start ? Ask yourself these questions and receive the authority you have in Christ:  1. “What generational patterns are at work in my life?”  What kind of spiritual forces have been in your lineage, family, and bloodline for many years? The Bible speaks about familial or familiar spirits.  There are spirits that are familiar with your life journey, perhaps from generation to generation.  Many believe that trauma can induce the transfer of spirits from parent to child. Addictions, poverty, and divorce are examples of patterns that can pass from generation to gen...

 As I have been praying for someone, I was lead to pray for their fallow ground to be unearthed. Why? This person needs to be restored, and only God can do it. This person has fallen prey to the enemy scheme unaware. No one corrects this person and when confronted, no one is let in or believed. So thoroughly deceived by the enemy's tactics.  These are days of much deception, we need to be grounded in the simple Gospel of Jesus Christ.   We need to seek first His kingdom and His righteousness. We need to be in fellowship and we need a pastor who will guide us and speak truth into our lives.  We need correction. We should realize that we need to be planted in a church and grow. One problem I had was when the enemy hit me, I did not have a pastor, just leadership, in my church.  This person in leadership,  kick me off church property, I was not acting right, I was being weird.  I got no help, and because of that I left. Because of that, I was separated ou...