A Lengthening of Prosperity Uses of the Law: A Foundation for Justice and Salvation (3) “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 your prosperity.” ...
The Destruction of Nations Uses of the Law: A Foundation for Justice and Salvation (2) 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 violation of the Law ...
What Nations Desire Uses of the Law: A Foundation for Justice and Salvation (1) “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 is a wise and ...
To Teach the Generation to Come Uses of the Law: To Guide Us in Doing Good (7) He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise ...
Mostly Saved? Uses of the Law: To Guide Us in Doing Good (6) For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead. James 2:26 I laugh every time I hear Billy Crystal, in The Princess Bride, explain that Wesley is only “mostly dead.” ...
Ready for Every Good Work Uses of the Law: To Guide Us in Doing Good (5) Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work.… Titus 3:1 When I played college football we spent an awful lot of time preparing for contingencies, based ...
Do Not Grow Weary Uses of the Law: To Guide Us in Doing Good (4) And let us not grow weary of doing good.… Galatians 6:9 We have been redeemed to do good works. The Law of God defines, explains, and illustrates the form those good works should take. God has prepared ...
Just like Jesus Uses of the Law: To Guide Us in Doing Good (3) “…you yourselves know what happened throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good.…” Acts ...
The Greatest Good Uses of the Law: To Guide Us in Doing Good (2) And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like ...
Why We Have Been Redeemed Uses of the Law: To Guide Us in Doing Good (1) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10 You cannot be a Christian and be indifferent to doing good. Jesus ...