Posted: January 7, 2023
An illustration of justification. Paul employs the example of Abraham for additional clarification of justification. “What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, has discovered regarding this matter? For if Abraham was declared righteous by works of the law, he has something to boast about – but not before God.
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Posted: December 31, 2022
The wonderful exchange of life on the cross “’ And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.’ Now he said this to indicate clearly what kind of death he was going to die.” John 12:32, 33, NET. “Draw all people to myself” does not mean that each
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Posted: December 24, 2022
How could Jesus be all-in-one? To understand how Jesus could be the sacrifice for sin and the scapegoat in his body, we must accept Jesus’s definition of life. “The spirit is the one who gives life; the flesh counts for nothing; the words I speak to you, are spirit and life.” John 6:63, From a
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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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