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Teachings of Jesus — John 8:13-20
When the members of the Sanhedrin brought before Jesus the woman caught in adultery, they weren’t the only critics around. After the accusers all left, there were still several Pharisees observing this whole scene. After Jesus turned and told His … Continue reading
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Tagged Court of God, divine justice, Jesus reinforced Moses, John's Gospel, Messiah
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Theology and Practice: Justice
The Law of God, expressed in His Covenants, is the measure of justice. The fundamental question is: Who has been offended? When one has answered this question, all other issues have already been decided. Once we as children of His … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, Covenant of Noah, divine justice, divine revelation, eldership, heart-led, restoring justice
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Death Is a Reward
The otherworldly orientation is the only one that makes any sense given the full truth of things. A major element in the online chatter about the mosque shooting in New Zealand is the repeated question: How do we stop this … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, Biblical Mysticism, divine justice, Garden of Eden, human intellect, otherworldly, the Fall
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The Edges Will Always Be Frayed
The path of Biblical Law will isolate you from the fallen world. And the Book of Revelation makes it quite clear that humanity will gradually decline into a more fallen condition, falling farther and farther below the grace of God. … Continue reading
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Tagged church history, divine justice, Early Church Fathers, Greco-Roman Civilization, Jesus Christ, spirit realm, the Fall, Two Realms, western civilization
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Teachings of Jesus — Luke 18:1-14
Luke pulls these two parables together, showing that the issues are related. There’s nothing remarkable about either one and both are among those parables most easily understood in almost any language. There was a judge, mostly likely a Sadducee by … Continue reading
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Tagged divine justice, faith, jesus parables, Luke's Gospel
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Ask Yourself: Where Is His Glory?
Tonight I had a conversation with a friend about abortion. This is something where we can apply the biblical process of multi-level moral reasoning. Reduced to it’s bottom line in Biblical Law, it’s nobody’s business but the mother and her … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglo-American culture, Biblical Law, convictions, divine justice, family, law, otherworldly, reason
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Teachings of Jesus — Luke 10:25-37
The entire identity of Israel was bound up in the Covenant. It was not in just the Law as written by Moses, but all of the implications of that Law. Further, it was not found in Hellenistic analysis underlying the … Continue reading
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Tagged divine justice, Jesus Christ, Law of Moses, Luke's Gospel, shalom
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For Everything a Season
An issue in the mind of Simon the Pharisee in Luke 7 was that of defilement. For him, keeping oneself ceremonially clean was equivalent to holiness, and the key to God’s favor. Since he was scrupulous to maintain that ritual … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, convictions, divine justice, heart-led, human government, moral purity, penitence, rituals
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Biblical Law Is Organic
It’s alive; it is the Person of Jesus Christ. Westerners struggle with any use of “law” in the context of the Bible. Automatically the Western mind imposes the image of law as objective truth, when there simply is no such … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, Creation, divine justice, reality, sin
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Whose Law?
Hear now the Word of the Lord. God’s favor does not depend on adherence to US Law. It is a matter of Biblical Law, not as Americans tend to imagine it, but as God declared it in the context of … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, divine justice, prophecy, war
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