Simple Answers From Biblical Truths
When we consider the basis for the identity of the Church, we should begin with our identity as God's covenant people. Once we understand what it means to be God's covenant people, then we can understand what God's covenant people look like as his Church (i.e. Assembly). PAST COVENANT Deuteronomy 7:7-9 (CSB) “The Lord had …
Colossians 3:5 (NET) So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry. 1st Corinthians 6:9-11 (NET) [9] Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, IDOLATERS, adulterers, …
Close exegetical study of this passage will help us understand the principles that God has given to inform and guide the Church's love and compassion. 1 Timothy 5:3–16 (CSB) — 3 Support widows who are genuinely in need. 4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn to practice godliness toward their …
1 Corinthians 12:12–20 (CSB) — 12 For just as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of that body, though many, are one body—so also is Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and we were all given …
Verse 19a: The Antichrists Within They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us. To wrap our heads around this verse requires us to see the Church …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWhRsOF05tk Critical Apologetics Issues: The account of Noah and the flood is foundational. From baptism to the end times, the account of Noah and the flood is necessary to understanding God’s revelation in scripture to mankind. It is no surprise, therefore, that it has received such an array of critical attacks that need to …
I’ve had the privilege and challenge of preaching on this topic abroad in China and Stateside in the U.S. and have come to believe that this topic needs our renewed attention, not only from the standpoint of "orthodoxy", but also from the standpoint of "orthopraxy" - in other words, not just for the sake of …
IN HIM WE HAVE REDEMPTION These are the words that changed the universe forever: “It is finished” With extreme specificity and comprehensive thoroughness, Jesus came and accomplished the will of God on earth to perfection. This purpose is so powerfully articulated by Paul's words, “He emptied himself of all power and took on the form of …
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