Dying
There is a dying that leads to life, to God who is the God of the living and not the dead. This death is the dying that occurs IN THE LORD from this moment on (Steve Farrar). YLT Gen 2:17, “and of the tree of knowledge of good and [...]
It has been said that the best soldier is one that has already died in his own mind. Matthew 16:25, “For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.” So I can be dead and alive at [...]
It has been said that the best soldier is one that has already died in his own mind. Matthew 16:25, “For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.” So I can be dead and alive at [...]
Psychologists generally define forgiveness as a conscious, deliberate decision to release feelings of resentment or vengeance toward a person or group who have harmed you, or that you perceive to have harmed you, regardless of whether they actually deserve your forgiveness. God’s Forgiveness The vast majority of the original [...]
Which is true, Scripture or science? Which can be disproved? Science has provided much in terms of modern accomplishments because of its system of being able to replicate observable experiments. However, when discussing origins, science cannot replicate those observable experiments. An honest investigation of the science of beginnings shows [...]
Once again, our English words seem to fail to explain the many nuances that our Hebrew and Greek scriptures express. Even in our own culture we use the word ‘heart’ with different meanings in different situations. Is it a muscular blood-pump? A mystical crucible for holding warm-fuzzies? The central [...]
Grace has been defined as: a : unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification. b : a virtue coming from God. c : a state of sanctification enjoyed through divine assistance. a :approval, favour, stayed in his good graces b archaic : mercy, pardon. c : [...]
We are all familiar with the statues, carvings and paintings depicting various gods from different cultures. In the West the gods of Olympus, Rome and Egypt have shaped and guided our psyche for millenia. Other cultures such as the sub-continent, mesoamerica and the orient all have their own, though [...]
Conditional or Unconditional Which of these covenants described above were conditional? Though Noah was required to ‘build an ark’ antediluvian, and Abraham was required to love his wife, and the Israelites needed to cover their lintels with blood, it is easy to see that God provided for and fulfilled [...]
Kingdom And yet our Lord gave us but one ‘law’, though in three parts: “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with [...]
Christian So, if Israelites were separated by the 10 Commandments from the Gentiles who have only 7 Laws, how should the two groups relate to each other, or even within their own differing cultures, especially for the new group called Christians. In Acts 15:22-29 we find that James proclaims [...]
Davidic In 2 Samuel chapter 7 God makes a covenant with David. There is nothing David needs to do to be a beneficiary of this covenant, nor does God threaten him with losing any benefits because of any of his actions. The covenant covers 7 blessings God promises to [...]
Mosaic In the 6th chapter of Exodus, verses 6 to 8, we read, “Therefore say to the children of Israel: ‘I am the Lord; I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with [...]
Abrahamic Genesis 12:1-3 lists the 3 promises God made to Abram. These being the promise of land, seed and blessings. The formalizing of the contract is reported in Genesis 15, with God declaring “I will” and moving between the carcasses as Abram slept. Thus making this an unconditional covenant, [...]
Postdiluvian f. Sign Genesis 9:12-17, “And God said: “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the [...]
Noahide We are all familiar with the story of Noah, the flood and the ark to some extent, yet how much of the true story and its impact do we really know? We may have some perception of God’s promise after the flood, but how much of that promise [...]
Postdiluvian Genesis 9:1-17, “1 So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on [...]
Adamic In Genesis 1:28, God made an agreement with Adam, and in him Eve, where God declares that Adam would be in His image and likeness, was to subdue the earth, and have dominion over it. The part of the covenant between God and Adam about being in His [...]
Covenant / Law Matthew 26:28, “For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” Mark 14:24, “And He said to them, “This is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many.” Luke 22:20, “Likewise He also [...]
Judgement tree revisited, courtroom no 2. Now satan’s goose is cooked, or at least it has been declared by God to be forthcoming (Genesis 3:15, Isaiah 14, Revelation 12). He now knows that his end will be at the hand of the seed of Adam, and so he goes [...]
When we talk about ‘the fall’, immediately the story of the forbidden fruit comes to mind, and disobedience. But was eating the fruit the main issue here or was there something else. Let’s go back to the very beginning, we have to go back before the creation itself as [...]
Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, “Which is the first commandment of all?” Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. And [...]