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The Gospel: Entrance Requirements and Expected Outcomes
I have at least one more post (number 9) in the series, “Textual Variants, Preservation of Scripture, and the Westminster Assembly” (parts one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight), one more part for the two part series, “Making Heaven Crowded By Diminishing Biblical Gospel Expectations” (part one), at least one more post in […]
How Jesus Relates Persecution to the Gospel in the Sermon on the Mount and His Example to Us In Doing So
In what is called “the Sermon on the Mount” in Matthew 5-7, Jesus preaches salvation to a Jewish crowd of people and pulls down with supernatural wisdom and authority their unique strongholds. For instance, in the very first statement, one of the Beatitudes, He says, “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the […]
The Circularity and Wholeness of the Beatitudes As a New Covenant Corollary to God’s Law
Part One God is One and His Law Is One. One could say the Old Covenant is One. The New Covenant doesn’t differ than the Old Covenant. It is a corollary to it, so in the same way the Law is circular and whole, the Beatitudes of Jesus are. The New Covenant assumes that man […]
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