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The Shelter of the Word The ninth commandment Exodus 20.16; Deuteronomy 5.20 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.” Psalm 12.6, 7 “The words of the, LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the…
Everyone Lies, Right? The ninth commandment Exodus 20.16; Deuteronomy 5.20 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.” Psalm 12.1, 2 “Help, LORD, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of…
The Grace of the Law The eighth commandment Exodus 20.15; Deuteronomy 5.19 “You shall not steal.” Exodus 22.6 “If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed,…
Why We Don’t Do What We Should The eighth commandment Exodus 20.15; Deuteronomy 5.19 “You shall not steal.” Exodus 22.6 “If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field…
What We Might Have Done The eighth commandment Exodus 20.15; Deuteronomy 5.19 “You shall not steal.” Exodus 22.6 “If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed,…
What We Did The eighth commandment Exodus 20.15; Deuteronomy 5.19 “You shall not steal.” Exodus 22.6 “If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, he who…
Isn’t This Backwards? The eighth commandment Exodus 20.15; Deuteronomy 5.19 “You shall not steal.” Exodus 22.6 “If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, he who…
Stealing, Pure and Simple The eighth commandment Exodus 20.15; Deuteronomy 5.19 “You shall not steal.” Exodus 22.6 “If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, he…
Hno. y Hna. en la Fe: La humanidad ha pecado en Adan. Por consecuencia somos culpables de maldición, muerte y condenación eterna. Dios no habría hecho injusticia a nadie si hubiese querido dejar a todo el género humano en el pecado y la maldición y condenarlo por esto, según expresión del Apostol Pablo "... PARA QUE TODA BOCA SE TAPE, Y QUE TODO EL MUNDO SE SUJETE A DIOS: POR CUANTO TODOS PECARON, Y ESTÁN DESTITUIDOS DE LA GLORIA DE DIOS;" Romanos 3:19,23 y "PORQUE LA PAGA DEL PECADO ES MUERTE: MAS LA DADIVA DE DIOS ES VIDA ETERNA EN CRISTO JESÚS SEÑOR NUESTRO." Romanos 6:23
Esta es una historia muy peculiar. ¿Porqué escribió esto Lucas? ¿Y a quién? Habían pasado aproximadamente 60 años desde la muerte de Jesucristo. Lucas inspirado por el espíritu Santo, escribe particularmente a Teófilo, (representando a la iglesia gentil); El libro de los hechos es un recuento de los orígenes del cristianismo, con ello deseaba fortalecer la fe de los gentiles.