Posted: December 16, 2022
The Mercy Seat – continued. “God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed.” Romans 3:25, NET. The literal rendering of the Greek text is: “Whom set forth God a mercy seat
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Posted: December 10, 2022
The Mercy Seat. “God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed.” Romans 3:25, NET. Paul, in Romans 3, refers to Jesus Christ as the atoning sacrifice, how the atonement is accomplished,
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Posted: December 1, 2022
The Mercy Seat. We have learned thus far that whole of humankind became an irrevocable sinner in the garden of Eden. There are no exceptions. Also, there are no privileged people in the eyes of God. All are sinners, unable to do anything about it through their effort. However, because God loves humankind, he justified
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Posted: November 25, 2022
How did God justify sinful humankind? Continued. “And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.” 1 John 4:14, NET. God the Father commissioned Jesus to the earth and redeem humankind from slavery in the kingdom of sin and darkness. And to save it
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Posted: November 18, 2022
“By his grace,” what does it mean? “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” Romans 3:23, 24, NET. Traditionally, “justified by his grace” presented a problem when determining its true meaning. The difficulty results
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Posted: November 11, 2022
How did God make humankind righteous? In Romans chapters 3 through 7, Paul presents the very core of the good news, the completed and perfect salvation in Christ Jesus. God made us righteous in Jesus. He did not declare us righteous by covering our sinfulness. He removed our sinfulness from us and thus made us
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Posted: November 4, 2022
The core of the problem. Why was sinfulness such an insurmountable problem for humankind? God created Man in his image. However, humankind sinned in the first man Adam. Therefore, Man became unrighteous and lost the image of God. Humankind should have died forever the instant it sinned in the garden of Eden. However, God established
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Posted: October 28, 2022
What shall we conclude? In the first two chapters of Romans, Paul established that Jews and Gentiles are sinners, and neither has an excuse for it. Neither one has an advantage concerning righteousness from God. However, God loves the equally. The Gentiles, despite having testimony by nature, did not seek God. Jews, even though they
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Posted: October 21, 2022
Why the law? “What, then, was the purpose of the law? It was added because of transgression until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. The law was put into effect through angels by a mediator.” Galatians 3:19, NIV. “The law was added because of transgressions,” why? Paul answers, “The law was added
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Posted: October 14, 2022
Jews and the law. “You who boast in the law dishonor God by transgressing the law?” Romans 2:23, NET. While those who were not Jews had an implicit knowledge about God in what was created, the Jews had a direct revelation. Because they received the oracles of God, Jews bragged about their self-perceived advantage. The
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