Posted: July 14, 2023
Did God reject the Jews? The Jews misunderstood why the need for the Messiah to come to earth. In self-pride, they concluded that the Messiah would be the final and enduring liberator of the Jewish Nation. A succession of foreign powers occupied Judah, so the Jews felt oppressed. However, the Temple in Jerusalem stood during
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Posted: July 8, 2023
Did God reject all of Israel? “Whoever, then, acknowledges me before people, I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven. But whoever denies me before the people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.” Mathew 10: 32 – 33, NET. Therefore, the Jews who accept Jesus Christ and acknowledge him before the
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Posted: June 30, 2023
Did God reject the Jewish people? “This means it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God; rather, the children of the promise are counted as descendants.” Romans 9:8, NET. God called Abraham, not because of who he was at the time of calling, but because of whom he would
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Posted: June 24, 2023
Did God reject the Jews? “I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed – cut off from Christ – for the sake of my people, my fellow countryman.” Romans 9:2 – 3, NET. Why was Paul so concerned about the people of Israel?
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Posted: June 16, 2023
Did God reject the Jewish people? In the first eight chapters of Romans, Paul presented the objective truth of the gospel logically and systematically. The objective gospel consists of what God accomplished on behalf of sinful humankind while he was in the body here on earth. The objective truth of the gospel includes the creation
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Posted: June 9, 2023
The conquerors in Christ. “And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose, because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son would be the firstborn among the many brothers and
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Posted: June 2, 2023
How does a believer respond to the Holy Spirit? The yielded believers possess the perfect and indestructible life of Jesus Christ. Therefore, virtuous living while still in sinful flesh is not their choice but an obligation. The perfect life of Jesus Christ is not an inheritance but an unconditional gift from God. Therefore, yielded believers
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Posted: May 26, 2023
Life of a believer and its demonstration. A person who has died to himself so that Christ can live in him has the assurance of a victorious eternal life. A yielded believer possesses a victorious life because God has delivered him from the power of sin through the body of Jesus Christ. Sinful human beings
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Posted: May 20, 2023
Life of a believer. In chapter seven, Paul stated that sin exploited a command to incite sinful desires in the sinful flesh. The sinful human spirit made the flesh weak and unable to resist sin’s influence. Therefore, sin employed what was good to produce undesirable results in the flesh. However, the law is not defective,
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Posted: May 13, 2023
The wretched man. The yielded believers have two natures. One is the sinful biological nature, the flesh, inherited from the first man Adam. The other is the new human spirit received from the second man – Jesus Christ. The yielded believers are guided by the Holy Spirit, whom the Father sent to dwell in them.
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