[6] Nicodemus professes a measure of faith in Jesus based on his signs (3:2, repeating the σημεῖα ποιεῖν of 2:23), but has not yet crossed the threshold into discipleship;1 he is at most a representative of some open-minded dialogue partners in the synagogues (hence...
19:6 as fulfilled in the church indicates that the church now continues the true Israel as the inheritor of God’s promises and as His covenant people, while unbelieving Jews are described not as true Jews but as a synagogue of Satan (2:9) Beale, G. K., & Campbell, D. H. [9] ...
that God is also said to “drive them out”, that much of what we’re dealing with is Ancient Near Eastern rhetorical exaggeration, and so forth. For
Therefore, the Christian pastor to faithfully fulfill the calling of a Christian pastor he must preach aChristian sermon. As has been pointed out, a Christian sermon is distinct from what you’d hear in a Synagogue, or a Mosque. If the sermon (with a word or sentence or two changed here...
"Doctrine must be straight as a plumb line, sure, and without sin. Therefore nothing must be preached in the Church except the sure, pure and one Word of God. Where that is missing, we no longer have the Church, but the synagogue of the devil." ...