In Rom.1:3-5 we read that according to the flesh Jesus was of the seed of David. But, that it was only the Son of God according to the Spirit and the power of the resurrection. We also see in Heb.2:14-16 that according to the flesh he took on him the seed of Abraham. And…
The beauty of our mortality is that in it, and by our own free will, we find reason to seek a relationship with God. This is why God set it up so that Adam would only be sent out of the garden after he had the knowledge of good and evil. And not before. Because armed with…
In 2Cor.3 Paul lays out the case for the glory of the Old Testament. And the much more glory in it’s successor The New Testament. He says in vs.7-9, “But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could…
Righteous and justified, in Hebrew yashar, and dikaios in Greek, carries with it the Biblical meaning of being right with God and in relationship with Him. And this right-ness with God is eternal life.
Just as life is the opposite of death, so righteousness is the opposite…
Do you remember the passage in Ps.91 that says “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty”? Well, that was Old Testament thinking that was motivated by their confidence in the law.
But, now we who have believed no…
“The lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world.” “He died for our sins.” “He will reprove the world of sin.” Do you know what these things mean? Well, for a start the word sin, hhatah in Hebrew and hamartia in Greek, means to miss the mark. Plain and…
In this time of passover we are reminded that Jesus’ death and resurrection was necessary from before God began His creation. In 1Peter1:20 Peter said God planned it that way from before the world was made. So the fact that Jesus HAD to die is and always has been a…
And what the christian response must be. Should it be for freedom too?
In his 1987 UN speech Ronald Reagan said the many sources of discord and conflict around the world “would [quickly] vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world.” Because under…
So why do so many teach it is man’s nature to sin when Paul says it is “against nature” to do so? Did you even know that this is what Paul taught? Or did you just believe your “pastor” instead when he told you the Bible says men sin because they all have a sin…