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Moral Perfection
I believe that a major misunderstanding exists among some Christians and among many non-Christians. I am speaking of the need for moral perfection, flawless performance of God’s law, or absolute sinless living. When a Christian has this misunderstanding, the consequences … Continue reading
Posted in Dedication, Faith, Sin
Tagged 1 Peter 1:15-16, 1 Peter 1:3-4, 2 Samuel 11-12, adam clarke, agape, be holy as I am holy, be perfect as I am perfect, David, flawless performance of law, Galatians 2, Galatians 6:14, Hebrews 12:14, living by faith, love, Matthew 26, Matthew 5:48, mature love, model or standard of life, moral perfection, peter, Philippians 3:9, Psalm 32, pursue peace and holiness, repent and pray, sinless perfection, teleioi, wayne jackson, what does God expect?, willful sin
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Missed Opportunity
“The harvest is past, The summer is ended, And we are not saved!” (Jeremiah 8:20). These are extremely sad words. Judah was not in a saved condition. There are two common interpretations of this verse. Wayne Jackson comments, “This may … Continue reading
Posted in preparation, prophets, salvation, Textual study
Tagged 2 Kings 25:1-3, Acts 24:24-25, adam clarke, almost but lost, almost persuaded, babylonian captivity, balsam, exile, felix, Genesis 37:25, gilead, hananiah, harvest is past, jeremiah, Jeremiah 28:1-11, Jeremiah 46:11, Jeremiah 8:19, Jeremiah 8:20, Jeremiah 8:22, keil delitzsch, Luke 12:16-21, medicine, missed opportunty, neglect, no balm in gilead, no physician in gilead, opportunites, opportunity, p.p. bliss, physican, procrastination, robert taylor jr., siege of jerusalem, song almost persuaded, summer is ended, The Great Physician, the rich fool, time, wayne jackson, we are not saved
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The Truly Wise
“Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom” (James 3:13). The truly wise demonstrate their wisdom in two ways. (1) They demonstrate it by good … Continue reading
Posted in christian growth, Christian Influence, Preachers, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged adam clarke, asv, bitter envy, christian living, demonic, diakritos, earthly wisdom, education, eirenike, eleous, envy, epieikes, epistemon, eritheian, esv, eupeithes, foy valentine, full of good fruit, full of mercy, gentle, good conduct, good fruit, good works, Guy N. Woods, hagne, how to show wisdom, hupokritos, IQ, James 1:22, James 3:1, James 3:13-18, jealousy, jj turner, Matthew 7:24, meekness, mercy, nasb, peaceable, poor teacher, pure, r.l. whiteside, rubel shelly, self seeking, sensual, sophos, teacher, thayer, unwavering, varience, vines, willing to yield, Wisdom, wisdom from above, wise teacher, without hypocrisy, without partiality, zelon
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Better Than The Work of Levitical Priests (Part 3)
The work of Jesus is superior to the work done by Levitical priests. This is set forth in three chapters (Hebrews 8-10). In this writing, we will consider Hebrews chapter ten. 1. Shadow v. Very Image “For the law, having … Continue reading
Posted in Hebrews, Jesus, Textual study, Type/Antitype
Tagged aaronic priesthood, access into presence of God, adam clarke, animal sacrifices, annual sacrifices, ashes of animals, baptism, better, better work, blood, blood of bulls and goats, bodies washed, boldness to enter by Jesus, change of covenant, consciousness of sin, daily sacrifices, daily v. once, devin dean, eikon, establish the second, full assurance, God's will, hearts sprinkled, Hebrews 10, Hebrews 10:1-3, Hebrews 10:11-12, Hebrews 10:19-22, Hebrews 10:4, Hebrews 10:8, Hebrews 10:9-10, Hebrews 4:16, Hebrews 8-10, invitation, Jesus came to do the will of the Father, Jesus superior sacrifice, kevin rhodes, let us draw near, levitical priesthood, once for all sacrifice, perfect conscience, Psalm 40:6, Psalm 40:7-8, pure water, reminder of sin every year, sanctify, santification, sat down right hand of God, shadow, shadow v. very image, sincere faith, skia, sprinkling in Hebrews, take away the first, the gospel journal, tom wacaster, true heart, veil of flesh, vine's
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Better Than Levitical/Aaronic Priesthood (Part 3)
Jesus’ priesthood is more comparable to that of Melchizedek’s than it is to the priesthood which existed under the law of Moses. It was prophesied that He would be a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek (Psalm 110:4 … Continue reading
Posted in Hebrews, Jesus, Phrase Study, Textual study, Type/Antitype
Tagged a.h. sayce, aaronic priesthood, abraham paid tithes, adam clarke, ametor, ancus marcus, apater, archaeology, better, blessing and tithes, character, cornicularia, de ebriet, ebed-tob, Genesis 14, Hebrews 7, Hebrews 7:1-2, Hebrews 7:11, Hebrews 7:3, Hebrews 7:7, Hebrews 7:9-10, heteron, Jesus priesthood, king of peace, king of righteousness, king of salem, lesser blessed by better, levitical priesthood, livy, melchizedek, melchizedek priesthood, no begginning or days or end of life, no term limit, Numbers 20:22-29, perfect, perfection, pharaoh, philo, predecessor and successor, priest of the most high, Psalm 110, Psalms 110:4, robert milligan, sarah, seneca, servius tullius, tell el-amarna tablets, titus livius, tom wacaster, type/antitype, uru-salim, wayne jackson, without beginning or end, without father and mother, without father or mother, without genealogy
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Your Brother’s Bloods
God said to Cain, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground” (Genesis 4:10). The literal language is “bloods” (plural), not “blood (singular). What is the significance? (1) Does it refer … Continue reading
Jesus: The Son of God
Jesus is described as “the Son of God” about 30 times in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Mark’s account begins, “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God” (Mark 1:1). Demons, or unclean spirits, are recorded … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, Jesus
Tagged 2 Samuel 7, Acts 13:33-34, Acts 9:20 cf 9:22, adam, adam clarke, Angels, apologetics press, bablyonia rulers, babylon, blashphemy, brad bromling, canaanite rulers, christians are sons of God, deity of Jesus, Demons, divine nature, egypt, Ephesians 6:1, Father greater than Jesus, fufilled, God's family, guy n.woods, Hebrews 1:5, Hosea 11, israel, Jesus, John 14:28, John 5, John 5:30, John 6:38, kevin moore, kmooreperspective, Luke 1:26-35, martha, Matthew 2:13-15, peter, peter's confession, Phrase Study, Psalm 2:6-7, roman centurion, roman rulers, Romans 1:3-4, rome, rulers at cross, saul's preaching, series Jesus:, son of God, son of God as object of God's love and care, son of God as the Christ, son of God by birth, son of God in submission, son og God as king, spiritual family, those in authority, unclean spirits, zondervan's pictorial pictionary
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Better Than Joshua
Israel had some great leaders in their past, men such as Moses and Joshua. Moses led them to the edge of the promised land. Joshua led them into the promised land. However, Jesus is so much better. Let’s consider how … Continue reading →