Tag: Righteousness by Faith
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Where There Is No Law
(Romans 4:13-15) Here is an interesting question worth considering, because it goes to the heart of what the New Covenant is all about. Do you need the law? Man reveres law because they seek order and structure. We see this reverence for law in the way that the law and lawyers are depicted in books,…
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God’s Promise To Everyone
(Romans 4:6-12) When God originally chose a people to be his own special people He made a distinction and selected the people of Israel. He took these people as His own and He blessed them mightily so that they had a standard of living that was far greater than any of the other nations. But…
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Free Gift From God
(Romans 4:1-5) There is a chorus we sing in church on a regular basis which goes like this: For from Him and to Him and through Him are all things… The chorus was written around the words in Romans 11:36, but if ever a piece of scripture bore out those words it is this section…
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Righteousness of God
(Romans 3:21-22) The righteousness of God does not depend upon, nor is it based upon works of the law. As I showed in my last post, the law served to show what sin is and to give man the knowledge of sin. The law is NOT sin but it showed sin up for what it…
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What Is Sin?
(Romans 3:19-20) These two verses hold some very interesting and important information, not the least of which is the question that is the title of this post. What is sin? The verses read as follows: 19 Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that…
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None Are Righteous
(Romans 3:9-18) The opening verse of this section poses both a question and it's answer as Paul writes in verse 9, What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin, Every person born into this world has been…
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Keeping the Law of Moses
(Acts 15:1-5) Here we see one of the stark contrasts between the teachings of the old covenant and the new covenant and as it says in verse 2 of this chapter, it caused a great argument and “No small dissension” between the two opposed groups. There were some men, and I must point out here…
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Baptising the Ethiopian
(Acts 8:26-40) Philip had spent some time in Samaria but was then directed by The Lord through the Holy Spirit to move on. He was instructed to go down the road from Jerusalem to Gaza as there was more work for him to do. This was a significant road and there were people moving along…
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Holy Spirit Convicts
(John 16:8-11) This scripture looks at how the Holy Spirit convicts or convinces the world of three important matters. When Jesus left the world He said that it was to our advantage for He would send the Holy Spirit to us and the Holy Spirit would convict and convince the world concerning sin, righteousness and…
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The Will of the Father
(Matthew 21:23-27 – The Will of the Father) What is the will of the Father? Do you know what the will of the Father is in the first place to be able to do it? Jesus shows us what it means to be doing the will of the Father in this section of scripture. The…
