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As Paul tells it, I have been crucified with God. And he confesses he never saw Christ Jesus after the flesh. He knows the whole drama was within himself. And because it took place within himself, he would not confer with flesh and blood. And all these are the great traditions put int...
For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage. Behold, I Paul say unto you, that,...
Paul’s point in Ephesians 1:4-5 is that when we join with Christ by faith in Him (Eph 2:8-9), we automatically become connected with the eternal and divine purpose of God in Jesus Christ so that we can perform the good works He has prepared in advance for us to do (Eph 2:10)...
whose blood once saved the people of Israel from death in Egypt and whose bones were not to be broken (Exodus). Jesus is called the Passover Lamb by Paul in 1 Corinthians and the Gospel of John details how Jesus’ bones were not broken during his crucifixion, as was the common practice...
Here Jesusapparently compares his message to a hidden meaning as revealed in Mysterycults to the initiated but not to outsiders.35The apostle Paul, too, occasionally uses Mystery terminology,36but some-times at key points in his Letters. In theFirst Letter to the Corinthianshe usesmystêrionfor...
5And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. 6He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 7And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead;...
Jesus did it all on the cross; we only have to accept His perfect obedience to be saved.” This tract argues that Christ’s work is not finished until Christ has brought the believer to the cross with Him, and Christ is reigning in the heart of the believer. After all, a crucified ...
And In Your eyes I can seeAnd in Your arms I will beI am not just a man, vastly lost in this worldLost in a Sea of FacesYour body’s the bread, Your blood is the wineBecause you traded Your life for mine You are more, and Jesus traded His life for you. So if today you fee...
While Jesus was resurrected by Saturday evening, there is no known early document (such as prior to the 3rd century) that states that Peter changed the Passover observance (a time to proclaim “the Lord’s death” per the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 11:26) from the 14th of Nisan to ...