GRACE DEFINED The Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible has 152 references to “Grace” in the New Testament. There are 51 references in 512 pages of the non-Pauline writings and 101 in 156 pages of the Pauline letters. There are no...
February 2008 Archives
LAW VERSES GRACE Listening to sermons, I am getting the impression that Grace has replaced the Law. It should be of interest that we have no records of Jesus having used the word grace, except by those that wrote about...
BLASPHEMY Blasphemy is the Greek equivalent for the Hebrew words that stand for contempt for God, cursing, irreverence, profanity, reviling and slandering. For instance, calling a brother a fool shall end the reviler in hell (Mt.5: 22). It was...
WORK LIBERATES In 1939 Poland fell into the hands of the Germans and Russians. We ended up under the Soviets. In January 1940, being Germans, the Soviets loaded us in boxcars and shipped us off into German territory. From there...
DELAYED Peter was asked why the Lord delayed His return and he wrote, “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone come...
MELTDOWN Much is being said about earth heating up. This concept is not new. We find it in Psalm 97: 4-5; in Isaiah 13: 13, 24: 18-20, 34:4; in Amos 09: 5-6; in Joel 2: 11, 31; in Nahum...
GOSSIP The Ninth Commandment is against bearing false witness (Deut.5: 20). To gossip is bearing false or unnecessary information. It is idle chatter, endless repetition and aimless indulgence in the mishaps or misfortunes of others. A new politician entered...
IN GOD'S OPINION What does the Bible tell us how God feels when a people disobeys His laws? Here are some quotes from Leviticus 26. "If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, I will send...
JONAH Jonah refused to go to Nineveh, but why? He had just finished a mission in Samaria with the Hebrew king and failed. Samaria did not repent (II Ki.14: 23-25). Why would Nineveh listen to Jonah and repent? It...
CONFESSION A television speaker declared firmly: “Christians not unbelievers are told to confess their sins.” I cannot join in the applause. Everybody must confess now, even daily and on judgment day (Ro.14: 11; Phil.2: 9-11). We must not just...
