Wednesday 01/17/18 Message – Tabernacle in the Wilderness Pt. 1 Series: Thru the Bible – Exodus 25-27 ***Video is HERE*** Tabernacle in the Wilderness Exodus 25 God had Moses tell Israel to give towards the construction of the tabernacle as they feel led within their hearts. (Echoed in 2Cor. 8 & 9 for the Gentiles to give towards the needs of the church in Jerusalem and Judea who were in famine – specifically 2 Cor. 9:5-8) God was specific concerning what was allowed to be given: gold, silver, and bronze blue, purple, and scarlet yarn fine linen […]
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God Explains the Law
Wednesday 01/10/18 Message – God Explains the Law Series: Thru the Bible – Exodus 21-24 ***Video is HERE*** God Explains the Law These are some difficult laws to get through but it is important to realize even as I said last week – that all of these laws are given DIRECTLY from God and are not the result of various cultural influences. To think these are the product of natural cultural influences is to rob the Word of God from it’s source and inspiration being God Himself and reduce it to nothing more than a collection of human […]
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The Giving of the Law
Wednesday 01/03/18 Message – The Giving of the Law Series: Thru the Bible – Exodus 19-21 ***Video is HERE*** The Giving of the Law Exodus 19 Vs. 1-6 They departed from Rephidim and came to the Wilderness of Sinai. Israel camped before the mountain. God uses the “fear of the Lord” as a basis for Israel’s obedience. God uses His mighty acts as the basis for Israel’s respect (fear). Special Treasure – The primary meaning of the word theologically is its designation “unique possession.” God has made Israel His own unique possession (Exod. 19:5). Israel holds a special […]
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Do James and Paul disagree?
This is a topic which has become near and dear to my heart, first as a seeker and lover of the truths of the scriptures and secondly as a pastor. I have met MANY believers who have nearly been shipwrecked in their faith or have fallen into serious error due to misunderstanding what Paul and James were actually saying. Some of this is due to “little-to-no” actual studying of the passages in question. Other times it is due to bringing to a study, preconceived ideas which blind us to what is actually being taught. Taken together with these two problems […]
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The Law and the New Covenant
Many today struggle with a misconception of how Paul saw the law and the New Covenant. Most of these misconceptions are easily addressed when one calmly approaches the passages and reads them in their given context without superimposing a bias upon them. So far as I can tell, in the writings of Paul alone there were 107 clear citations to the Old Testament. Many of these are easily identified by phrases such as… “as it is written,” “for the scripture says,” “for [prophet] says,” or “according to the law.” In addition to these 107, there are many more that are […]
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