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“God’s people” have always been the people of promise. First, they were found among the Jews. Now, they are found only in Christ. Christ, the many-membered Body, consists of both Jews and non-Jews.

But some will say, “It’s all about loving your neighbor.” Jesus actually gave us a new commandment about love: "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love...

So, very plainly: the 10 Commandments and the Law gave birth to bondage. And Paul further writes that because of Sinai all of earthly Jerusalem and her children remain in bondage under the 10 Commandments and the Law. Let’s continue: “..but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of...

It should be noted that a bondwoman is not a woman under sin. She is simply bound to something. In this state she is a slave. Paul also used this term to describe himself: “slave to Christ” or a “bondservant”. When you are a slave to someone or you are bound to something you are not free to be...

This is the lynchpin of the issue, and a large reason there is much confusion about scripture: God only has two sons: one born of flesh and corruption and one born of Spirit and promise. Abraham was given the covenant of circumcision to show that the promises secured by the Spirit would in no...

No. I agree with you.

Right. People make the error thinking that “holy brethren” (Hebrews 3) can come from any other place save for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit (resurrection of the dead). Furthermore, that God, after the ascension of Christ, actually speaks to man in any other way but by “Son” (eternal...

Absolutely true. One of the reasons the church does not progress is because many believers are not properly taught the elementary doctrines. This is a consequence of rejecting those who are gifted in teaching foundational kingdom principles and knowing applications of grace among the believers.

Oh, you think we‘re not currently at war. Interesting.

Right?! I mean, they say crazy things just like that! :D Who were you quoting?

Since we've all concluded that there will be no pre-trib rapture, because the Lord is able to keep His own safe even within fire and the worst of circumstances, can we move on now? And we are absolutely correct: it's silly to suggest that the Lord will withdraw the troops just prior to victory...

I meant to type: By their doctrine, living people, not ”principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places” became their enemies.

Eternal judgement, an elementary doctrine, is seeing things from an eternal perspective: God’s. Eternal judgement tells us that Christ, through His people, conquered the Roman Empire from within even under extreme and sanctioned persecution. They did this not by fighting the Romans but by...

Sandwiches.

Wow, I need a better editor. What I meant to write: Be wary of the "gun and rights cult" that has emerged from the American church. Like the Romans, they've mixed men's traditions with religious teachings. All kinds of abominable ideas have been born from that joining.

If the church properly taught eternal judgement (judgement from an eternal perspective) the answers to questions like these would be easy to ascertain. Killing people in the name of Christ was never done, by either Christ or His disciples. For the people who think otherwise, they are on the...

Christ gave us greater commandments than those in the law.

No. Those were still in the old law. It is helpful for us to compare between the old commandment and the new. The reference to a “new” commandment by implication implies that there was an “old” commandment. So what is the “old” commandment? The “old” commandment is found in Matthew, chapter...

People don’t get it. There is lawful, lawless, and then a third way: being led by the Spirit. And you are so right, sis: the law was a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ. Now we are in Christ and follow the Spirit of God. When we hear people say “Well, now that I am in Christ I can follow the...

We haven’t even started on Hobbes. Oh you just wait, Hobbes’ll get his comeuppance.