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Category Archives: The Old Testament Law
3 Quick Reminders about Homosexuality
One of the rationalizations that homosexuals use for their sin is, “If homosexuality is a sin, why didn’t Jesus preach against it?” The implication of this question is that all those “non-Jesus” Bible passages that condemn homosexuality aren’t as perfectly … Continue reading
Posted in Choices, God's Word, Homosexuality, Scripture, Sex, Sin, The Bible, The Old Testament Law, The Sermon On The Mount
Tagged Bible passages that condemn homosexuality, Did Jesus preach against homosexuality?, Homosexuality, homosexuality in the law and the prophets, What did Jesus teach about homosexuality?, what Paul taught about homosexuality
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A Little Taste of the Law
The Old Testament Law (post #4) This post will finish up our short series on the Old Testament law. I make no claims that the series has been particularly thorough, but I trust that I’ve at least provided some help … Continue reading
Posted in Adultery, Bestiality, Capital Punishment, Choices, Christian Liberty, Disobedience, God's Word, Homosexuality, Making Restitution, Obedience, Series: "The Old Testament Law", The Death Penalty, The Old Testament Law
Tagged capital punishment in the Old Testament law, death penalty crimes in the Mosaic law, kosher food according to the Old Testament law, some strange laws from the old testament, The Old Testament Law, the year of Jubilee, what the Jews could and couldn't eat under the law
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The Sacrifices Required by the Law
The Old Testament Law (post #3) Any Jew today who desires to keep the Old Testament law faces an unscalable mountain of a problem. The problem is, the law required five types of sacrificial offerings that were to be offered … Continue reading
Jesus & the Law
“The Old Testament Law” (post #2) The Old Testament law was not a failed experiment. It did exactly what it was supposed to do. Don’t think that God the Father sent God the Son (Jesus) down to earth as a … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Liberty, Doing Good, God's Work, Ministry, Salvation, Series: "The Old Testament Law", The Old Testament Law
Tagged Christ's relationship to the law, Jesus didn't come to destroy the law, Jesus fulfilled the law, Jesus kept the law perfectly, love your neighbor as yourself, The Jerusalem Council, The Jerusalem Decree, the law as a tutor, the new covenant, the old covenant
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What Was the Law & Why Did God Give It?
“The Old Testament Law” (post #1) A chicken and an elephant were locked in a cage together. The chicken turned to the elephant and said, “We need to set a few ground rules. First, let’s not step on each other.” … Continue reading
Israel & the Old Testament Law
M.R. DeHaan was a well known pastor, author, and Bible teacher. He spoke to millions each week through his Radio Bible Class radio ministry. In his Studies in Galatians commentary, he offers a wonderful illustration to explain why God gave … Continue reading
Posted in Belief, Christ's Death, Eternity, Forgiveness, God's Holiness, Good Works, Heaven, Salvation, Sin, The Gospel, The Old Testament Law
Tagged M.R. Dehaan, Radio Bible Class, salvation by works, The Old Testament Law, the purpose of the Old Testament law, why did God give Israel His law?
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God’s Opinion of Virginity
Suppose a man marries a woman, but after sleeping with her, he turns against her and publicly accuses her of shameful conduct, saying, “When I married this woman, I discovered she was not a virgin.” Then the woman’s father and … Continue reading
Posted in Capital Punishment, Children, Current Events, Fatherhood, God's Judgment, Lust, Marriage, Motherhood, Parenting, Personal Holiness, Sanctification, Sex, Sin, Singleness, The Death Penalty, The Old Testament Law
Tagged premarital sex, sex and young people, the National Center for Health Statistics, the need for virginity, virginity, What percentage of people have premarital sex?, what the Old Testament law taught about virginity
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Those Children of Israel
In Deuteronomy chapter 5, the elderly Moses calls all of Israel together for an assembly and recites again to them The Ten Commandments that God had given them many years earlier at Mount Sinai (5:1-22). Not only did those Commandments … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Character, Children, Commitment, Doing Good, Faithfulness, Family, Fatherhood, God's Work, Motherhood, Parenting, Personal Holiness, Repentance, Righteousness, Sanctification, Sin, The Old Testament Law, Youth
Tagged Are Christians required to keep the Sabbath?, Children, funny story about Sunday School, Parenting, teaching your children God's commandments, The Ten Commandments
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God’s Chemistry
My yard is currently covered in snow. Living where I do, I’m quite used to the stuff. But there is one thing about snow that always, without exception, takes me by surprise: how bright it is. Every time I pull … Continue reading
Posted in Belief, Christ's Death, Confession, Depravity, Forgiveness, God's Holiness, Personal, Sacrifice, Salvation, The Old Testament Law
Tagged blood, chemistry, cleansing, definition of believe, definition of confess, Forgiveness, Salvation, snow, the Greek word homologeo, the Greek word pisteuo, though your sins are like scarlet they shall be white as snow, wash me and I will be whiter than snow
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The Disciple's Road 