Under Old Testament law many things could render you ceremonially unclean, including childbirth, skin diseases like leprosy, certain bodily discharges, and contact with unclean animals. To be unclean was to be unfit to participate in temple worship. Various ritual washings were required to restore a state of cleanliness. Being ceremonially unclean was not necessarily sinfulContinue reading “Jesus and the Red Heifer: He is the Only Sacrifice that Can Cleanse Us from Death. Numbers 19.”
Category Archives: Sin-Leveling/Not all Sins are Equal/sins are not equal
Is There Tension Between Law and Grace? Titus 2:14.
My friend Blake writes on Facebook that the Ten Commandments are irrelevant to Christians today. What do you think? I disagree. First, the obvious answer: nothing in the Bible is irrelevant. Second, there is something special about the Ten Commandments. First, God chiseled them on two stone tablets. After Moses broke the tablets in angerContinue reading “Is There Tension Between Law and Grace? Titus 2:14.”
Sorry is Not Enough. Matthew 27:4.
Did Judas go to heaven? “Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. ‘I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,’ he said. ‘What is that to us?’ they answered. ‘See to that yourself.’ So he threwContinue reading “Sorry is Not Enough. Matthew 27:4.”
SIN-LEVELING. Luke 10:13-14.
People say, “the ground is level at the foot of the cross.” It’s a nice reminder not to judge. True, we must ALL bow the knee. No one reaches Heaven without Jesus. But is the ground really level? Are Hitler and I equals apart from Jesus? NO. Hitler’s sin is extremely, almost infinitely worse thanContinue reading “SIN-LEVELING. Luke 10:13-14.”
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