“IF, WHILE WE SEEK TO BE JUSTIFIED IN CHRIST, IT BECOMES EVIDENT THAT WE OURSELVES ARE SINNERS, DOES THAT MEAN THAT CHRIST PROMOTES SIN? ABSOLUTELY NOT! IF I REBUILD WHAT I DESTROYED, I PROVE THAT I AM A LAWBREAKER. FOR THROUGH THE LAW I DIED TO THE LAW SO THAT I MIGHT LIVE FOR GOD. [...]
8Nov09
I am Crucified with Christ
8Nov09
Christ, Our Final Sacrifice
Hebrews 9:11-15 WHEN CHRIST CAME AS HIGH PRIEST OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY HERE, HE WENT THROUGH THE GREATER AND MORE PERFECT TABERNACLE THAT IS NOT MAN-MADE, THAT IS TO SAY, NOT A PART OF THIS CREATION. HE DID NOT ENTER BY MEANS OF THE BLOOD OF GOATS AND CALVES; BUT HE ENTERED [...]
8Nov09
Not Under Law, Under Grace
Romans 6:11-14 IN THE SAME WAY, COUNT YOURSELVES DEAD TO SIN BUT ALIVE TO GOD IN CHRIST JESUS. THEREFORE DO NOT LET SIN REIGN IN YOUR MORTAL BODY SO THAT YOU OBEY ITS EVIL DESIRES. DO NOT OFFER PARTS OF YOUR BODY TO SIN, AS INSTRUMENTS OF WICKEDNESS, BUT RATHER OFFER YOURSELVES TO GOD, AS [...]
Date: 12-21-1998 If the Israelites had not made their sacrifices would they have been saved from God’s wrath? The NT speaks of faith and not sacrifice that is the basis of righteousness.
7Nov09
How The Law Brings a Curse
Galatians 3:10 10 For as many as are of the works of the Law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, to perform them
7Nov09
The Law and Righteousness
Deuteronomy 6:25 25 And it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to do all this commandment before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us. It is important to note that this chapter starts out qualifying the works with fearing God. Fear in the OT is very similar if not synonymous [...]
Deuteronomy 6:24 24 The LORD commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the LORD our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today.
6Nov09
Sacrifices Cannot Save
Hebrews 10:1-4 1 For the Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very form of things, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually year by year, make perfect those who draw near. 2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, because [...]