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One beggar telling other beggars, here is the heavenly bread, even Jesus, Who is the Christ!
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Romans 3:1-8 The Jewish Advantage
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Thursday, December 22, 2016
Romans 2:17-29 Self Righteousness Denied
Friday, December 16, 2016
Romans 2:12-16 No Escape for Sinners!
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Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Biblical Gospel
Friday, December 9, 2016
Romans 2:1-11 Vindication of God's Wrath
Saturday, December 3, 2016
Romans 1:18-32 The wrath of God is real, and it's NOT the gospel
Recall how Paul said, later in this letter, that where sin abounds grace much more abounds. By this he means grace is always more than sufficient, it outshines sin. In the same way, the holiness of God is better seen by us mortal when contrasted against our sinful nature – as when Isaiah was confronted with this contrast. So we have it here: the righteousness of YHWH is more clearly seen by us when we see a bit of His wrath. Christ Jesus suffered the wrath of God on our account so we would have His righteousness. The more clearly we see and understand His wrath, the more clearly we will comprehend the imputed righteousness we have been given and the cost paid for it by our Lord.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2016
TRADITION!
Tevye, Jewish
patriarch in Fiddler on the Roof...
It’s a very busy, tedious, hard-scratch
life in Anatevka. And how do we keep our balance? That I can tell you in one
word! Tradition!
Because of our traditions, we've kept our
balance for many, many years. Here in Anatevka, we have traditions for
everything. How to sleep. How to eat. How to work. How to wear clothes. For
instance, we always keep our heads covered, and always wear a little prayer
shawl. This shows our constant devotion to God.
You may ask, how did this tradition get
started? I'll tell you. I don't know.
But it's a tradition. And because of our
traditions, every one of us knows who he is and what God expects him to do. Without
our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as, As... As
a fiddler on the roof!
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Monday, November 28, 2016
Romans 1:1-17 Paul, an Apostle of Christ
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Evangelism by the Book
(Note: While listening to myself, I noted that about 11 minutes into this I said "God saves God from God." Stupid tongue. That should have been "God saves His people from Himself." Sorry about that, chief!)
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Introduction to Romans
To get the right understanding from a passage of Scripture, we need to have some knowledge of the historical and biblical context of the passage we are fixin’ to read. There is one over-arching narrative in all of Scripture, from Creation to re-creation, and that story is the gospel narrative – Creator God revealing Himself as such, contrasting His holiness with our sin, promising and providing a redeemer to reconcile sinful men to Himself and to ultimately make His home with us.
While not every passage in the Bible is part of the gospel, the tale of our Redeemer is the central focus of the whole of Scripture and every message taught from it must point to Christ. Further, one must determine the nature of the communication: is it historical narrative, prophecy, poetry, instruction? And we must know the audience of the passage and how we relate to them. Instructions written to those in the Mosaic Covenant have something to teach us, but not necessarily the same points or application as intended for them. The covenant you are in helps determine how to apply Scripture. Christians are in the New Covenant, not the Old one.
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