Playlist: Law, Curse of (topic)
The Cursed Redeemer
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThe Law concerning the curse of hanging, as outlined in Deuteronomy 21:22-23, addresses the treatment of a person executed for a capital crime. If a man commits a sin worthy of death, is put to death, and is hung on a tree, his body must not remain there overnight but must be buried that day to avoid defiling the land which the …
Curses
Sermonette by Martin G. CollinsCurses have long been pronounced upon others with the intention of inflicting penalty or retribution, and the Bible warns of severe consequences for pronouncing a curse upon one's parents, the handicapped, the king, or God, which is punishable by death. Pronouncing a curse on God's people was forbidden, as when Balak asked …
God's Law Is Eternal
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsThe source treats the curse of the law only briefly, as part of its larger argument that God's law is eternal and was never abolished. Citing Galatians 3:13 and Isaiah 53:6, it says Christ redeemed believers from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for them, bearing the penalty the law demands. Having embodied the law …
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Twenty-Six)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe curse of the law is the death penalty, and in Galatians 3:10 Paul says all who rely on works of the law to justify them remain under it, citing Deuteronomy 27:26: "Cursed is every one that continues not in all things which are written in the book of the law." He aims this at Gnostic-influenced Jewish teachers who claimed …
A Conversation With Paul
Sermonette by Craig SablichAn imaginative, story-driven narrative on the apostle Paul's true teachings about law, grace, and obedience, clarifying misunderstood scriptures.
Leadership and Covenants (Part Nineteen)
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)The seven 'I will' promises Got made to Abraham were truly foundational promises, impacting the lives of multiple billions of people up to the present day.
Acts (Part Fourteen)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughThe people of Lystra and Derbe mistake Paul for Hermes and Barnabas for Zeus. When Paul convinces the crowds that he and Barnabas are not gods, they are rejected.
Our Part in the Sanctification Process (Part Ten): Cultivating the Fruit of Self Control
Sermon by David F. MaasIt is impossible to cultivate self-control unless one uses God's Spirit to reprogram the desires of the heart from self-centeredness to submission to God.
Psalm Genres (Part Two): Imprecatory Psalms
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughPsalms of Imprecation consists of calling on God to judge one's enemies, not as personal vengeance, but for God to act against evil.
Redeemed, But Waiting for Redemption
Sermonette by David C. GrabbeRedemption is a continual spiritual process not completed until the end of the sanctification process. Passover commemorates what Christ's death set in motion.