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NT Doctrine — Hebrews 9
The author lays out his core argument: The Covenant of Christ is an eternal covenant rooted in Heaven, not a national covenant rooted on earth, as the Covenant of Moses was. Having just declared that a new covenant was necessary, … Continue reading
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NT Doctrine — Hebrews 5
The Covenant of Moses was not the root of divine revelation. It was a distinctly temporary arrangement, solely for the Nation of Israel during a specific period of time until things were ripe for the ultimate revelation in Christ. Thus, … Continue reading
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NT Doctrine — Hebrews 3
I’ll share here my previous commentary on this chapter. The Exodus was the very foundation, the defining event of Israel. If the Exodus was a myth, so was Israel as a nation. While they pointed with some smugness to their … Continue reading
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NT Doctrine — Galatians 5
In the previous chapter, Paul pointed out that we should not seek to place ourselves under the guardianship of the Law. Christ died on the Cross to claim His inheritance, and that’s you and I. He ended the Law and … Continue reading
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NT Doctrine — Galatians 1
The label “Galatia” refers to the first few churches Paul established in what we now call Central Turkey: Derbe, Lystra, Iconium and Pisidian Antioch, and any satellite churches those congregations may have established later. This is Paul’s earliest letter, likely … Continue reading
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NT Doctrine — 2 Corinthians 3
The previous chapter ends with Paul contrasting his ministry against that of the hucksters. Did that sound like a sales pitch? Those same hucksters were fond of pieces of paper that recommended them to the next church they visited: letters, … Continue reading
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NT Doctrine — Acts 6:1-8
There’s a lot of background to this lesson that is not obvious to casual readers. First is that local Judean people were clannish. Despite the urbanization around Jerusalem, and the significant influx of Gentile influences through first the Greeks, and … Continue reading
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New Testament Doctrine — Matthew 5:21-26
Historical context: The Covenant of Moses allows for a judgment seat at the household level with the head of household. This comes with a burden of the shepherd’s moral obligations. Sometimes the jurisdiction is above the household, because it involves … Continue reading
Nothing Else Matters
I’m not the first to discuss this: The Old Testament makes mention of spiritual birth. When Nicodemus interviewed Jesus in John 3, we see the elder man’s confusion over the concept of spiritual birth. But Jesus answered from within the … Continue reading
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Tagged covenants, divine election, fallen nature, human futility, Law of Moses, New Testament, old testament
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NT Doctrine — Acts 21:15-40
The rest of the voyage to Jerusalem was uneventful. The only thing Luke remarks on were the two more times people made it a point to warn Paul that he was heading for trouble in Jerusalem. The last was Philip … Continue reading →