Storming the Gates of Hell
We don’t always need to build siege engines or march around the walls to assault the Gates of Hell. Sometimes all it takes to rescue the people, whom God is calling, is a little patience, kindness, and understanding.
Archive of posts filed under the Grace vs Law category.
The End of the Law
Romans 10:4 says “Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.” Does this mean that Jesus canceled the Law for believers?
In Yeshua’s Instructions There Is Neither Jew nor Greek
Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:19 Some people insist that Yeshua’s (Jesus) words in this verse don’t …
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God’s Loving Graciousness
God is love. If you love me, you will keep my commandments. Love your neighbor as yourself. We hear these statements all the time. We smile, nod our heads, and enjoy the warm fuzzies. But do we know what they mean? We think we do. We assume we do…. But remember what happens when we …
God Hates His People
God hates his people. Or at least that’s what many churches teach. They quote Paul’s sermon on Mars Hill in which he said, “And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commands all men every where to repent.” (Acts 17:30) Then they quote Yeshua’s statements along the lines of “You have heard …
Why Do We Need Yeshua?
Let’s play a game. You’ve probably played this one before. It’s called word association. I’ll give you a series of words. After each word, you respond with a word of your own, the first word that comes to mind. Ready? Circumcision Law Commandment Precept Statute Obedience Fun, right? Well… that depends. If you’re like most …
Humility Before a Great, Incomprehensible God
There’s an interesting little chiasm in Leviticus 8:1-5. (See here for more information on chiasms.) Lev 8:1-2 – God instructed Moses on how to carry out the ordination of Aaron and his sons. Lev 8:3 – God told Moses to assemble the congregation at the entrance of the tent of meeting. Lev 8:4a – Moses …
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One Law or Two?
I teach that there is one Law for all citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven, that those who have been grafted into Israel are subject to the same statutes and moral standards as those who were born into Israel. One common–and reasonable–objection is that if the law didn’t apply to gentiles prior to Yeshua’s incarnation, …
What Purpose the Crucifixion?
Someone on Twitter recently told me that he is still not sure why the Messiah needed to die. My reply (brief due to the limitations of Twitter) was something like this: Something has to cover (atone) our sins before we can approach God. A precise understanding of how atonement works is probably beyond our comprehension, …
Enemies Within and Without
The enemy within your gates must be defeated before you can effectively engage the enemy without, but sometimes the enemy outside is sent to expose and defeat the enemy hiding within. In Psalm 86, David began with a parallelism that lays out a cause and effect relationship between the state of his heart and God …