The written code, as we know, is the Ten Commandments and the other 600+ specific commands documented by God in Torah. In Romans 7:4-6, the Law doesn’t die, WE do! To what? To the Law. Why? To be able to be joined to Another. To Whom? To Christ! Hang on to your hats fo...
Thus the scribes or “lawyers” were scholars and teachers of Scripture, the custodians of Jewish traditions and experts in the study of the law of Moses (the Torah). In Jesus’ day, they were usually associated with the Pharisees (Matthew 12:38; Mark 7:5; Luke 6:7) and the Sanhedri...
“Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and ...
We aren’t being taught that we have also been made in the image of God in his generosity.We have settled for the ‘safe’ requirement of knowing how much to give instead of the ‘dangerous’ method of giving as we determine in our hearts to give (which means to give not only as yo...