God's law expresses the expectations for the moral and spiritual conduct of Israel and the church. It is the commands God has given to enable His people to live life as He created us to live. God's law is not a temporary law. It is in …
The magnificent epistle to the Hebrews reveals a great deal about our God and Savior's operations in spiritual activities in which He remains involved to this day. When He invites us into His church, we may know almost nothing that is …
The pages of history are amply sprinkled with records of clashes between church and state over who should bear the greater authority in the land. God's Word—if one is to take the examples of such men as Moses in his relation to his …
(1) Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? (2) Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? (3) Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?
In a broad sense, Paul is teaching that we are to learn to deal with situations as God would, and our training ground is here in this life and in the church. We are undergoing extensive hands-on training for the profession of judge, …
Simplifying Life (Part Three): Managing Human and Spiritual Relationships
Jesus teaches in the Sermon on the Mount: "Do not judge so that you will not be judged. For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive" (Matthew 7:1-2, New English Translation [NET]). "Do not judge." What does it mean? Most Bible commentators agree that He is warning us about a faultfinding spirit, a negative attitude that causes us to pick at others for the things we do not like in them. One word that sums it up is criticism. Criticism is a way of life for us, an integral part of our society. We have movie critics, music critics, …
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