Justification by Faith

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Reflections The apostle Paul goes to great lengths to explain how God is able to justify – declare as righteous – the sinner through Jesus Christ. He discusses the moral and legal issues involved. But all of this teaching leads to one Truth: Jesus Christ IS our righteousness. He is the only righteousness we have. Jesus Christ dwells in the believer — and because He is righteous, He IS our righteousness. Or, as Paul says, “We are the righteousness of God IN HIM.” Righteousness and life go hand in hand. God does not simply declare me righteous. That alone would …

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The Deity of the Messiah (Hebrew Moshiach)

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The Deity of the Messiah (Hebrew Moshiach) First Fruits Being Offered to Hebrew Priest. The Messiah is our First Fruit!       Within the Jewish Writings (Non Christian) Most of the Jewish writings (noncanonical) from which these Messianic expositions come are found in the following broad categories: Pseudepigraphical Apocryphal Mishniac Midrasic Haggadahic Gemmaric Talmudic Kabalistic Medieval Rabbinic Modern Rabbinic The word Messiah in Hebrew means the Anointed One. In the Jewish writings the Messiah was described as a person of the line of King David (a “ben yishai” – son of Jesse, father of David) who will return the …

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We have an opportunity to build a new coalition against Iran’

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IDF Chief of Staff speaks with Saudi newspaper, says Israel and Saudi Arabia see eye to eye on Iranian threat. Arutz Sheva Staff, 16/11/17  IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot gave a rare interview Thursday to Elaph, a Saudi newspaper based in London, in which he called for a new regional coalition to counter Iran’s growing influence and threats in the Middle East. “The State of Israel is now in its best position militarily,” Eizenkot said at the beginning of the interview. “We have developed a lot, we have the military force, the intelligence, the air force, the infantry that is in …

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Handwritten

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Dr. Mike Murphy MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN I can only imagine what it must of been like that night so many years ago for Daniel to see these words. The thoughts that must have come to his mind as he read those words. And the reality of what speaking those words to the king must have told him. Belshazzar had grown up in the palace, and probably thought he had seen it all. But nothing could have prepared him for what he saw that night. Belshazzar was the grandson of Nebuchadnezzar, the long ruling king of Babylon. His father, Nabonidus, …

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Praying With Faith

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Mark 11:20-24 20 And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. 21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. 22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. 23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever …

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Tearing Of The Temple Curtain: Why Was This Significant?

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by JACK WELLMAN When Jesus died on the cross, the temple curtain (also known as the temple veil) was torn. Why did this happen? What was the significance of the veil being torn and why was it torn from the top down? The Temple Curtain’s Purpose The veil was a long, woven curtain that was purple, scarlet and blue. This curtain or veil was for the purpose of separating the Most Holy Place which held the Ark of the Covenant and the Mercy Seat. Sitting on top of the Ark was a gold lid. This was the place for the …

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Does God Let Your Prayers Go Unanswered?

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In my fifty years of leadership and teaching at Dallas Theological Seminary I saw many dramatic answers to prayer. But I have also seen many of my prayers go unanswered. The answered prayers have built my faith, strengthened my walk with God, and given me hope in the midst of perplexing problems. But the silence of God creates tension for me. I find God’s silence difficult or sometimes impossible to explain. Is God Really Silent? Because of this tension, I have done a great deal of thinking and a great deal of Scripture-searching. I want to know why the same …

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Spirit and Truth

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Reflections The hour comes and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeks such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. (John 4:23-24) What did Jesus mean when He said that God must be worshiped, “in Spirit and in Truth?” He was answering a question. The woman at the well had just asked Him which was the right place to worship: Samaria or Jerusalem? (John 4:20) Jesus insisted that the group to which we belong, or …

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The Fullness of the Gentiles 

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Pete Garcia   For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery– so that you will not be wise in your own estimation– that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in;  Romans 11:25 How do we know we are living in the last days?  Aside from negative effects of sin being unleashed and amplified across the planet, there is the ‘body of Christ’ itself as a testimony to the times in which we live. Theologians and Bible scholars have long debated what exactly the ‘fullness of the Gentiles’ meant, as …

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