Public and Private The Law of God: Questions and Answers Of what use, really, is the Law of God? For Herod had seized John and bound him and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, because John had been saying to him, “It is not lawful for ...
A Check on Hubris The Law of God: Questions and Answers Of what use, really, is the Law of God? Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last. Acts 12:23 Few vocations seem more designed ...
Prosperity for Now The Law of God: Questions and Answers Of what use, really, is the Law of God? "Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of ...
The Judgment of Nations The Law of God: Questions and Answers Of what use, really, is the Law of God? Thus says the LORD: “For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment….” Amos 1:3 We have noted previously in this series that “transgression,” in Biblical language, indicates any ...
Envy of the Nations The Law of God: Questions and Answers Of what use, really, is the Law of God? “Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and you understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes will say, ‘Surely this great nation ...
A Sincere Faith The Law of God: Questions and Answers The aim of our charge is love that issues in a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. 1 Timothy 1:5 Of what use, really, is the Law of God? A “sincere faith” is, literally, a faith without hypocrisy, a ...
A Good Conscience The Law of God: Questions and Answers The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience… 1 Timothy 1:5 Of what use, really, is the Law of God? The third facet of sound doctrine–with a sound mind and a pure heart–is a good ...
A Pure Heart The Law of God: Questions and Answers The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart… 1 Timothy 1:5 Of what use, really, is the Law of God? The first facet of the jewel of sound doctrine is right understanding of the Word of God. Knowing God’s ...
Aimed at Love The Law of God: Questions and Answers The aim of our charge is love… 1 Timothy 1:5 Of what use, really, is the Law of God. Jesus taught that all the Law and the Prophets find their proper expression in the two-fold commandment of love for God and neighbor (Matt. 22:34-30). ...
Guided by Faith The Law of God: Questions and Answers As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine, nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from ...