By Edward O’Hara
Fruit is not works and works are not fruit. So when you read Mark4 or Mt.13 or Luke8 where Jesus taught about the sower sowing the word, or anywhere fruit is spoken of in the Bible in regard to what believers are expected to produce, we need to be…
By Edward O’Hara,
Many people have difficulty understanding how the law is both spiritual and temporal. In this study we will see why this is true. And how this spiritual law is a ministration of death and condemnation. A “spiritual law” that can never give…
In our last look at Rom.11 I referenced Rom.12 saying that when we get to it we will read where Paul would begin to address some things about behavior as it relates to believers. And we will see now that he does. But, it’s probably not what most people think of when…
When Heb.2:14 says “through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil”, we see how God delivers mankind from him that held the power of death. That it was God’s plan to have a deliverer save us from that power.
This is why in the…
By Edward O’Hara
Or is there a different and more Biblical way of interpreting what Paul was teaching here in Rom.3? Is Paul trying to tell us when he writes that all have sinned means that all those who have sinned have sinned? Or is he saying all men that have…
HNewsWire: The protesters are playing right into the government’s hands. They want an excuse to lock-down the nation and throw the switch to all-out martial law. They want a reason to make the police state stronger…
Corruption is a state of decay, pollution, or…
As in all of Paul’s letters, here too he is emphasizing that salvation is by grace and not by works. Doing so because the flesh naturally gravitates toward works when trying to attain anything.
So the problem with the flesh is that it works to attain what it wants. And…
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By C.A. Skeet, As a boy growing up, I was taught that there are certain rules one adhered to during a physical fight with another boy. The first rule was that you and your friends never team up against a solitary enemy. That’s what gangbangers do. But if…
In today’s study we are going to take a detailed look at sin. And specifically how we define sin. And the sin that separates men from God. And that which blinds us to the righteousness unto eternal life.
As a person who sees the problems with the false original sin and…
