When Jesus died on the cross, type met anti-type and the schoolmaster of the sacrifices ceased. Its job of teaching of the coming of Christ through actual practice was over. We no longer need to practice it, but we can learn much about the plan of salvation through it. We now understan...
True teachings always aim to bring people to Christ. Someone can love Jesus and not have all the doctrines straight in their mind. In other words, let’s not be too quick to judge another person’s experience because they may have different nuances in their Christian beliefs. Thespiritof de...
II. We are not Guaranteed Salvation; We Hope For Salvation Heb. 7:27, 9:12,26;10:10; 1 Pet 3:18 – Jesus died once and redeemed us all, but we participate in the application of His redemption by the way in which we live. Heb. 9:12 – Christ’s sacrifice secured our redemption...
Unlimited atonement is the biblical teaching that Jesus died for everyone. Through His sacrificial death on the cross, Jesus bore the wrath of God by taking upon Himself the sins of all humanity and bearing the punishment that was due for our sins. His death on the cross paid the price for...
Romans 5:1″ Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:” Justified is much more than forgiveness, being justified before God means all that was once against us has been removed. Our faith itself is a gift from God. Eph.2. Reply Mike ...
What was His death for ? Again you said that all the people in the world had their sins forgiven (past, present and future) by God through the death of Jesus Christ. Why are people still required to believe in Jesus Christ to have eternal life, if their sins have been forgiven? Why ...
“Dear Lord Jesus, please, please forgive me once again for finding it so hard to share my faith with others. Help me to be able to witness freely about You and Your strength. Don’t give up on me. Try me one more time. Amen and Amen. ...
In order to mediate our salvation the Lord Jesus did the following: He was born under the law and perfectly fulfilled it; He underwent and suffered the punishment deserved by us, being made sin and curse for us; He was crucified and died; He arose on the third day with the same body ...
6.) Paul tells us that we are not to mourn for those who die in the Lord as those who mourn and have no hope. Hope in the coming of the Lord and our resurrection. 1 Thess 4: 13 7.) Our comfort concerning those who have died and slept in the Lord is that Jesus will come aga...
It is commonplace for Bible scholars and theologians to take church tradition as their starting point and assume that the Gospel parables actually originated as stories told by the historical Jesus in more-or-less the same form we read them today. How they found their way into the Gospels —...