by admin | Jun 19, 2017 | Chapter 15, Romans, Section Four
So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.[1] Initially I took this to mean that Paul’s boast was about what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed, in the power of signs and...
by admin | Jun 5, 2017 | Section Four, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?, Who am I?
I wrote: It’s axiomatic to me that Jesus didn’t utilize his own godliness, but trusted the Holy Spirit that descended like a dove from heaven, and…remained on him.[11] Otherwise, Jesus’ invitation and command, Follow me,[12] is little more than a cruel joke. And: As...
by admin | May 27, 2017 | Paul's Religious Mind, Section Four
In another essay I began “to consider what I called ‘Paul’s religious mind’ through the lens of Jesus’ teaching” in Matthew 18:15-17 as ballast for my own bias toward mercy. Originally, I was concerned about Paul’s judgment from a distance of the man who had...
by admin | May 16, 2017 | Section Four, To Make Holy
Paul wrote the church at Thessalonica (1 Thessalonians 5:12-18 NET): Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who labor among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them most highly in love because of their work. Be at...
by admin | May 13, 2017 | Section Three, Sowing to the Flesh
“Satan deceives people with the Progressive Sanctification heresy, which means that sinners gradually become holy after they believe in Jesus… The crux of this theory is gradual sanctification. It sounds great that man can believe in Jesus and gradually become a...
by admin | May 10, 2017 | Section Three, Sowing to the Flesh
We religious folk of a Christian persuasion are fixated on life and death, heaven and hell. Jesus was fixated on fulfilling the Scriptures. How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?[1] (πληρωθῶσιν, a form of πληρόω) He asked...