Your kingdom come. Your will be done, Matthew 6:10 NASB Your will be done – “I’ll be there tomorrow G_d willing.” He replied, “Insha’Allah, ‘by the will of God.’” “Instead, you ought to say, ‘If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.’” Judaism, Islam, Christianity—all use the expression “the…
more desirable than gold, than much fine gold; sweeter than honey, than drippings of the honeycomb Psalm 19:11 Jack Riemer Sweeter than honey – I am often amazed at the ignorance of biblical scholars—on both sides of the aisle. Christian scholars for centuries completely misunderstood the importance of Moses in the background of the Messiah. …
For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under [a]the Law but under grace. Romans 6:14 NASB Not under the Law – Martin Luther’s mistake cost all of us centuries of spiritual deprivation. Luther read Paul’s words and concluded that the Law no longer applied to the faithful. He did just what the translators of the…
Do your duty to the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, to [a]keep His statutes, His commandments, His ordinances, and His testimonies, according to what is written in the Law of Moses, so that you may succeed in all that you do and wherever you turn, 1 Kings 2:3 NASB What is written – Yesterday, we learned that…
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Deuteronomy 6:5 NASB Shall love – How are we supposed to express our love toward God? You will notice that I did not ask, “How are we supposed to express our love for God?” That is the…
Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Psalm 34:11 NASB Fear – There are basically two kinds of ethical systems in the world. They both have long histories. The first is the one we are most familiar with in the modern world, although it is not the most ancient…
For when Gentiles who do not have the Law instinctively perform the requirements of the Law, these, though not having the Law, are a law to themselves, Romans 2:14 NASB A law to themselves – We’ve spent a lot of time looking at Paul’s idea of nómos, or perhaps more accurately, his ideas about all the variations encompassed…
But sin, taking an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me [m]coveting of every kind; for apart [n]from the Law sin is dead. Romans 7:8 NASB Is dead – Want the absolutely guaranteed way to stop sinning? Die! Problem solved. Oh, wait. That’s not very convenient. Paul offers another “solution.” Live apart from the Law. Apart from the Law, sin is dead. …
Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you also were put to death in regard to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. Romans 7:4 NASB Raised from the dead – Just when we thought we’d finally…
What then? Are we to sin because we are not under [a]the Law but under grace? [b]Far from it! Romans 6:15 NASB Not under the Law – When we took a long look at Romans 6:14 (March 12 and 13), we discovered that the English translation reveals serious theological bias. There’s that capital “L,” the treatment of nómos…
