Before the coming of this faith,we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed. So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith. (Galatians 3:23-24, NIV) Don’t suppose that I came to do away...
In all the editions of the "Toledot" the doctrine of Jesus is summed up in the statements that he was the son of God, born of a virgin mother, a descendant of David and the promised Messiah; this he proved from passages of Scripture, in the rabbinic-Talmudic manner. In connection with...
for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. 9.) The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,”“You shall not murder,”“You shall not steal,”“You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself...
name of Bar Abbas was also "Jesus," although it may have disappeared from the chief manuscripts, partly from feelings of reverence, partly from the mistaken fancy of Origen that we find no sinner among all those who had borne the name. But the name, though common, was meant to be deeply...
History has shown that the violent usually get what they want, but it doesn’t last. The first response has to be to uphold the rule of law, without fear or favour. When the rule of law is not upheld, as is the current trend in western countries, then it’s the end of that civil...
Romans 13:9-10 The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself." 10) Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is ...
12 All who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. 13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified. 14 When Gentiles ...
my heart. Today I will be still and know that You are God. I will listen and know that You are Love. I will hear with the ears of the new man. I will obey your commands, knowing that they are not difficult, heavy, or confusing. Your commands can be summed up in one word: ...
The Greatest Commandment 33When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.34And whenthePhariseesheardthatJesus had silencedtheSadducees,they themselves gatheredtogether.35One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:… ...
The point of the title of this section is perhaps summed up in the 4th. paragraph – "Thus our historical criticism is followed up by dogmatical criticism, and it is only after the faith has passed through both these trials, that it is thoroughly tested and constituted science."]...