Posted: June 17, 2022
The Good News, apart from human effort. The message Paul summarized in verses 3 and 4 in the previous blog was for him such good news that he abruptly ends his description of it with” Amen.” Paul stated, ‘it is so,’ ‘it will be so forever; therefore, he made it the core of his letter
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Posted: June 10, 2022
As stated in the previous blog, the Judaizers maintained that belief in Jesus Christ is not enough for our salvation. They insisted that faith in Jesus could only be the first step a sinner must take in the process of justification and salvation. Also, presently, some Christians maintain that the death of Jesus Christ on
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Posted: June 2, 2022
“I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are following a different gospel – not that there really is another gospel, but there are some who are disturbing you and wanting to distort the gospel of Christ.” (Galatians 1:6, 7, NET). Judaizers were
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Posted: May 28, 2022
The letter from the Apostle Paul to the churches in Galatia is a critical letter for the modern-day Christians also. The issues Paul addresses in his letter to Galatians exist in the Christian community today. Even the sincere believers are sometimes confused and misled by often a deliberate perversion of the gospel, the good news
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Posted: May 20, 2022
The new covenant. The covenants before Mount Sinai were God’s grants. They did not require a contribution or participation by the covenant recipients. However, the covenant made at Mount Sinai was not a grant. The covenant at Mount Sinai was an agreement between the people and God. The agreement was made at the request of
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Posted: May 13, 2022
The problem with the Old Covenant established at Sinai. The people’s agreement at Mount Sinai did not establish a method of salvation. It did not institute a way to God for sinful humankind. God only can establish the way to him for the created orders of intelligence. The covenant at Sinai represents a human effort
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Posted: May 6, 2022
The people broke the covenant. The agreement, the covenant that people made with God at Sinai, became ineffective. Why did the Old Scriptures covenant become useless? “For if there had been nothing wrong with the first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. But God found fault with the people and said: ‘The
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Posted: April 29, 2022
Sinai agreement continued. The ten statements (commands) that God gave to the people were not beyond people’s ability to obey physically or outwardly. However, the people were not aware that their sinful nature could not obey the spirit of God’s requirements. The New Covenant Christians have the same problem. Some of those who consider
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Posted: April 23, 2022
The agreement at Sinai continued. At Sinai, God reminded the people that He was the One who delivered them out of slavery in Egypt. Therefore, they should have no other gods besides Him. Exodus 20:2. God then spoke the first two commandments in hearing by the people. God’s voice and the display of His glory
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Posted: April 15, 2022
The covenants continued. The people of Israel were sincere in what they promised to God at Mount Sinai. The people thought that they could fulfill what they promised. They were certain concerning their promise because they did not know that they were sinners by nature. The people were not aware that their decision in the
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