Law
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The use of God’s Word is akin to a sharpened two-edged sword (cf. Heb 4.12). Either it will cut you to the quick in a temporal sense; or, it will cut you to the quick in an eternal sense. In other words, one will find, when confronted with God’s whetted blade, that they readily confess…
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Theonomy is a dirty word. For the uninitiated the term is the combination of two Greek terms: Theos (God) and nomos (law). “So then,” you might be wondering, “how is it a dirty word?” How indeed! Sometimes I’m a bit naive and I make assumptions of others that I learn later were in error. Over…
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My previous post was in many ways a bit redundant, as it is a carry-over of things I have discussed before. However, my concern was establishing the right perspective in order to properly view things disclosed in the Old Testament. Difficulty understanding certain biblical passages arises because of an incorrect outlook. Some examples we might…
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Today, I want to deal with the legal relativist. You know the Christian who says, “Well, that Law was valid back then in that time, in that place, but not so today.” I want to pick on the Paul Copan’s of the world, men and women who are extremely talented Christians that have a strong…
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“For sin [i.e. law-breaking] will have no dominion over you, since you are not under the law [i.e. curse for disobedience] but under grace [i.e. free gift of God’s mercy]” (Rom 6:14; ESV). Thus, the Christian outlook is no more law-breaking (sinning against God), because we desire to resist giving our bodies over to be…
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