The Promises of God fulfilled in Christ (Luke 1:68-73) part 5: The Kingdom of God
For the final part of this series I will be addressing the Kingdom of God and Jesus ruling from David’s throne. I will cover some misconceptions in the church today as well as what scripture has to say on these topics. As always this is not meant to be an exhaustive study but meant to give you a high level view of what scripture says on these topics. We will open with a scripture from Amos 9. “11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up
The Promises of God fulfilled in Christ (Luke 1:68-73) part 4: Israel of the Flesh an the Land
In part 3 of the study we discovered that Jesus Christ is the Seed promised to Eve and Abraham (Gal 3:16). We also saw that through faith in Christ anyone, Jew or Gentile, can become a child of Abraham (Gal 3:6-9, 14, 29). This left us with some questions. What about physical descendants of Abraham? How do they fit into this economy? We also need to take a look at the land promise and see how that plays out if the children of Abraham are spiritually made and not physically ma
The Promises of God fulfilled in Christ (Luke 1:68-73) part 3: The True Seed of Abraham
In the last part we laid out the fact that the promises to the fathers mentioned in Luke of a coming seed were not just physical in nature. There seems to be a deeper spiritual undertone to it all. We have seen how the fulfilment of the “seed of the woman” promised in Genesis 3:15 was Christ and in this part we will see if the seed promised to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and eventually David is also fulfilled in Christ. We will also dive into what the thoughts of the Jewish people
The Promises of God fulfilled in Christ (Luke 1:68-73) Part 2- A Physical or Spiritual Promise?
In the first part of this series I laid out a road map of the things we will be studying together. We looked at the first promise made about Christ in Gen 3:15. Now in part two of this series we will examine the promises made to Abraham in Gen 12:1-3, 7, 13:14-16, 15:1-6. We will be trying to use scripture to determine what the promises were that God made to Abraham and the fathers (Luke 1:72-73) and whether these promises were of a purely physical nature or of a spiritual na
The Promises of God fulfilled in Christ (Luke 1:68-73) part 1
Luke 1:68-73- “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; For he hath visited and redeemed his people, And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us In the house of his servant David; As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, Which have been since the world began: That we should be saved from our enemies, And from the hand of all that hate us; To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant; The oath which he sware to our father Abraham” For the
Why is this so offensive? (Part 6 of The true Jesus/gospel)
This is part 6 of a series. I would invite you to read the whole series before this final part. The other parts can be found by clicking the link below. https://www.modernberean.org/ Why is this Offensive? 1 Peter 2:7-8- 6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. 7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the s
The True Gospel (Part 5 of the series on the True Christ/Gospel)
This is part 5 in the series on the True Jesus of the bible and the True Gospel. I would highly recommend reading parts 1-4 before picking up here. https://www.modernberean.org/ In opening I will summarize what has been said before we see that because of the fall of Adam and Eve men are born spiritually dead, unable to do good, unable to please God, can not earn their own salvation, or make their own decision to come to faith (Eph 2:1-10, Rom 3:10-18). There is no religious r
What Jesus did for us (Part 4 of series on The True Jesus/Gospel)
This is part 4 of a series I am writing on the true Christ and the true gospel. I would invite you to read the other parts to the series before you read this part. part 1- https://www.modernberean.org/single-post/2018/10/24/The-True-Jesus-and-True-Gospel part 2- https://www.modernberean.org/single-post/2018/10/24/Making-a-Decision-for-Christ part 3- https://www.modernberean.org/single-post/2018/10/26/Mans-condition-and-being-a-good-person What Jesus did for us- We now underst
Man's condition and "being a good person" (Part 3 of the True Jesus/Gospel)
This is part 3 of a series I am writing. I would encourage you to read parts 1 and 2 before reading this one. The True Gospel, The True Jesus So now that we see that the Arminian gospel is not true we can dive into the true gospel and the true Christ and see why it is offensive to people. 1. Man's condition- We have already touched on it so this will be brief but the first part of the gospel that must be understood is man's condition. If we let the bible, both Old and New tes
Making a "Decision" for Christ (Part 2 of the True Jesus/Gospel)
Making a “decision” First I would like to address the idea that salvation is dependent on a decision that man makes. This is what all of Arminianism hangs on and what is rotting our churches and stealing God's glory today. The first part of scripture I would like to draw attention to is John 3:3-10- There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God:
