Now let us have David’s inspired explanation of this matter. “Even as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God reckons righteousness without works, saying, Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord ...
• View | Thesis 91: The Unconverted In the “Millennium” This point is important as an explanation of why a Biblical society can be held in place without the institution of "The State." Social pressure provides real incentives without coercion. • View | Thesis 92: The Last Acts of ...
``one verse says, "how beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings", (xyvmh Klmh vryp) , "the explanation", or meaning is, the King Messiah:'' and some of the more, modern ones F4 of them, own these words are, (xyvmh taybw hlwagh Nynem) ...
There are so many things to love in all this: the Noah’s Ark story, and the toys of it that delight children; the beauty of rainbows themselves; the alternative explanation that Irish leprechauns make rainbows to mark where they bury their gold; the Biblical suggestion that water droplets d...
For Paul, this objection is in the last analysis a manifestation of human insolence, and his “answer” is less an explanation of God’s ways than the rejection of an argument that places humanity on a level with God. At the same time, Paul shows that God is far less arbitrary than ...
There is a wonderful verse in Matthew chapter 16, verse 24 that will help us: 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. (Then the Prophet Joseph gives us this additional explanation): And now ...
In chapter 12 Paul had instructed those who named the name of Christ as Savior to avoid retaliation and repaying evil for evil. The Christian is to leave room for divine retribution (12:19). Verses 1-7 of chapter 13 are a partial explanation of Paul’s instruction, for we are informed...
(Kind of smells like antinomianism) And not only so he proposes that there is no other explanation and that no one should even try to understand this further. This is not the kind of hermenuetic the Bible advocates, nor the kind of justice and holiness characteristic of God in the Bible...
Verse 12 concludes:"...and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned." (5:12)This can be understood in two ways. Just be aware that the easiest explanation may not be the one that Paul is teaching here."All sinned," that is, everyone sins on his own. He doesn't ...
it is not exhaustive in dealing with the entire chapter. Romans 9:11-18 is also confusing to many in stating that God will have “mercy on whom he will have mercy” (v. 18). For an excellent explanation of this passage (as well as more on the Potter), we highly recommend Adrian Ro...