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Your cart precedes your horse.

The last two words in my writing holds the key.

A right thing done in the wrong way, is wrong. A wrong thing done in the right way, is wrong. A right thing must be done in the right way, which is- God’s way.

From the Anchor Bible Dictionary Range and Meaning of Terms Words deriving from the root ṣdq occur 523 times in the OT: verbal forms 41 times, the nouns ṣedeq 119 times, and ṣĕdāqâ 157 times, the adjective-substantive ṣaddı̂q 206 times. Well over half of the occurrences of the nouns are in the...

It seems to me that many are overly concerned with what we can do for God, when the Gospel is primarily about what God does for us.

May I offer this exposition by one of my favorite authors, Spiros Zodhiates- The Blessing of Temptation Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. —James 1:12 This verse should...

Amen, I think many want to judge others by God’s commandments without taking into account God’s mercy.

Walvoord, as noted in the first line, along with Roy B. Zuck.

Since you insist, I refer you to an older commentary by Walvord: a. The historical facts (4:21-23) 4:21. The Galatians had not yet submitted to the bondage of the Law but they desired to. Paul desperately wanted to stop them and turn them back to a life under grace. As a transition to what would...

I hesitate to add commentary to words that seem plain to me.

It’s all laid out within the Scriptures. A simple search will accomplish what you ask.

Galatians 4 21Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.b 23His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was...

It is good to “Study to show thyself approved.” I venture to say that many here have been forced to change their understanding of some aspects of Scripture as weeks turn into month, months into years, and then decades. When I was first called “Dogmatic” many years ago, I had to look up the term...

Only 15 paragraphs, you’re slacking up.

So, to be clear. Your opinion is that God requires people to gather every Saturday to worship? Do you consider not doing this as something that could call into question someone’s salvation? (Please don't post 16 paragraphs-just a simple yes or no)

So, we are saved by not sinning?

Once we have that hope through Jesus, it is hard not to share it. It sure makes life easier with that new perspective.

2Cor. 3: 4 Such is the confidence we have toward God through Christ. 5 Not that we are adequate in ourselves so as to consider anything as having come from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God, 6 who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for...

Are you saying that the rest spoken of is a shadow of a current and future reality?

I’ve had a few conversations with atheists over the years. One series of discussions involved a former coworker. I got to know him a little before engaging in any substantial conversations. He had been deeply disappointed by a religious family member in his youth. I find that is a common...