Yom Kippur

Then he shall slaughter the goat of the sin offering which is for the people, and bring its blood inside the veil and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and in front of the mercy seat. Leviticus 16:15 NASB For the…

“But I didn’t mean to”

“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If a person sins unintentionally in any of the things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, and commits any of them,” Leviticus 4:2 NASB Unintentionally – Why must we atone for something we did in ignorance? Atonement seems to imply that there was some deliberate…

Dwight Pryor on Sinful Nature

nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will…

Ignoring the Truth

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. 2 Corinthians 5:10 NASB All – What do you suppose Paul meant when he said “we must all appear”? Do you…

Makes You Free

“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”  Mark 10:45  NASB Ransom – The question before us is not, “Did Yeshua die as an atonement for us?”  That fact is made as clear as it could be in Scripture. …

Life Without Guilt

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.  Psalm 51:17  NASB Sacrifices – “T’was the night before Christmas” and most of us struggled with our guilt.  The pagan world went off to party.  The Christian world went to church.  But none found relief…

Hitting the Nail on the Head

having cancelled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us and which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.  Colossians 2:14  NASB Nailed it – In the June 18,2011 edition of Today’s Word, we examined this verse and discovered that what…

Problem Pronouns

For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.  Colossians 1:13-14  NASB He/his – In recent dialogue these verses were used to prove that Yeshua’s death on the cross was for the atonement of our sins. …

Hebrew Shorthand

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day, according to the Scriptures, . . . 1 Corinthians 15:3-4  NASB For our sins – Just suppose for…

Calendar Questions

“So I will establish my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the Lord. Then, when I make atonement for you for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your humiliation, declares the Sovereign Lord.”   Ezekiel 16:62-63  NIV Then – When did…