Tag: New Covenant
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Setting an Example as a Christian
It is not enough to call yourself a Christian without setting an example as a Christian. How you live your life in Christ is important.
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A New Creation In Christ Jesus
(Galatians 6:11-18) When we come to Jesus we learn that we are new creations; the old has passed away and the new has come. But often we do not live as the new creations that we are. Often we continue to live in the old ways of the world having missed the point of the…
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There are two types of Christians, which are you?
(Galatians 4:21-27) There are two groups of people among the ranks of Christians, and the distinction between them is what Paul discusses in this section of his letter to the Galatians. The first group are like the Galatians church. They are seeking to be justified under the law. They believe they are under law and…
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Why The Law?
(Galatians 3:19) We know as Christians that God promised to Abraham that he and His offspring would inherit the world. This covenant, based on the righteousness by faith that Abraham had, was the covenant that we hope to attain today. In fact, that covenant to Abraham forms and underpins what we know as the New…
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Ratifying the New Covenant
(Galatians 3:15-18) A covenant is the same thing as a will. It is put in place to define what will happen after a certain condition or situation occurs. To ratify something is to bring it into effect. In the case of a will, the condition that ratifies the will is the death of the individual…
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The Glorious Gospel
(2 Corinthians 3:7-11) Sometimes it is easy to become complacent about the wondrous opportunity we have been given by God in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Sometimes we take it all for granted, not realising how truly blessed we are to live in this age where we can receive the gospel of Jesus Christ. This…
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Mystery Revealed
(Romans 16:25-27) The gospel that was to come through Jesus Christ and the teachings of the new covenant were a mystery to all those who lived before His first coming. But no longer. The mystery has been revealed. These are the final words Paul wrote to the Roman church as he finished this most informative…
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Love: The Great Commandment
(Romans 13:8-10) What is the ultimate expression of the faith and beliefs of a Christian? Is it good works? Is it giving a helping hand when needed? Is it showing our faith is real through the things we do, our behaviours and where we stand when the going gets tough? Well, all of these things…
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Mystery of the New Covenant
(Romans 11:25-27) The new covenant was a mystery to the Jews prior to the coming of Jesus Christ. There was much written about it in the law and prophets but it was not understood and revealed in its fullness until Christ came to fulfill the prophecies and to explain the new covenant. One of the…
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Chosen by Grace
(Romans 11:1-6) The foundations upon which the new covenant rests are twofold. First there is the principle of faith. To receive the gifts of God and to enter the kingdom of God requires faith. You cannot receive or achieve anything from God on the basis of works alone, but only through faith for that is…
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Children Of Faith
(Romans 9:6-13) When Abraham walked the earth he lived a righteous life. He chose to follow the ways of God and he believed that God could do anything. He understood that when God was testing him by asking that he offer his son Isaac, through whom he had been told by God that his descendants…
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Choose Christ
(Romans 9:1-5) This section of scripture looks at the issue of choices. It considers the choices God made and the choices that people made in biblical times, which carry through to today. God chose Israel to be His chosen people and in other places He calls Israel the “Apple of my eye”. It was God's…
