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The admonition touches in how one should conduct oneself with others. Basically it is a caution against trying to get someone to understand something of which they are not capable. The bible describes some who are "brute beasts" and some who are "lewd fellows of the baser sort". These would be...

It can be a little bit confusing when one takes what was written to those of Israel under the kingdom gospel and try to apply it to us today under the grace gospel. Those of Israel were not saved as we thing of it today. If the followed the law they could look forward to the resurrection of the...

Mankind has always been made right with God on the basis of faith, not Law. Eze 18:21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. Israel was always to obtain...

Here is a blog post from christianpioneer.com that may give some light on creation; If You Were God It has been an interesting thought experiment throughout the ages to ask oneself,”If I were king”,or “If I were president”... These thoughts are often a response to some egregious policy or...

For Israel their redemption lay in keeping the law so that they could look forward to the resurrection of the just and then eternal life. Their law had provisions for what to do when they broke the law. They they could not keep the law was understood. One can read the frustration of Paul...

At the tribal level slavery also provided care for the women and children of the vanquished. At the level of the Roman Empire slavery was mostly augmentation of family business with the vanquished. The Romans did try a sort of industrial or barracks slavery (similar to out plantation slavery)...

Technically being born again is what is in store for Israel when the faithful remnant enters the earthy kingdom. The description of this in Ezekiel 36 is what Nicodemus was supposed to have known. Christians are regenerated when they receive eternal life by being placed into the body of Christ...

Eph_4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 1Co_12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. The "one baptism" for those saved by the gospel of grace is the baptism...

The purpose of church is to teach us how to mature in our faith and become like Jesus; Eph 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: In this almost every church is a...

Some confusion about when salvation can occur if one confuses the gospel of the kingdom for the nation of Israel with the individual gospel of grace for gentiles and Jews. Those of Israel would look forward to eternal life at their resurrection. Those that come to salvation by the gospel of...

Evolution: Nothing existed and then it blew up and became everything which then organized itself into us. It does not matter that there is no evidence to support his. It does not matter that it is foolish. What matters most is that people can cling to an excuse (no matter how thin) to reject...

The bible describes homosexuality as a judicial punishment from God for worshiping the creature more than the creator (Rom 1:25) There are additional pathways to homosexuality. One can be raised in a culture like ancient Greece where it was an accepted cultural practice. One can be introduced...

Light revels what is true. Those who are of the truth respond. Joh 18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one...

Christians today are "translated" into the heavenly kingdom. After Christ rules on earth, both the heavenly kingdom and earthly kingdom will be under Christ. Eph_1:10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in...

The establishment of a category can be seen as the foreknowledge that some would enter this category.

They say that he was just poured out during apostolic times Those of Israel under the kingdom gospel would have the holy Spirit pour out on them to testify to the truth of the offer of the kingdom. That this was temporary can be seen in Hebrews; Heb 6:5 And have tasted the good word of God...

The Old Testament is mostly the history of Israel and her failures. While showing God's forbearance, and mercy. Salvation there lies in becoming a Jew and keeping the law so that one could be resurrected unto salvation and eternal life. Even the first four gospels in the New Testament are about...

It is interesting to consider possibilities. For example, if Eve had responded; Hath God truly said... I can't remember exactly, let's ask him. or What if Adam saw what she did and asked God what could be done and he paid for her sin by (being so far sinless) being put to death and resurrected.

You might consider the example of Jesus. There were times when he sought to rest. The bible does not paint a picture of frantic activity. Rather, slow and consistent work seems more guided by the Spirit as both frantic and lazy activity seems more inclined to the flesh.

As Israel grew from essentially a tribe to a nation in numbers, the food they consumed would be required to be paid for in labor. This would over time come to be seen as slavery. What is not often appreciated with the exodus is that in spite of supernatural demonstrations of power, people want...