In the previous articles in this series we have looked at the subject of the disciple’s relationship to the State in the Old Testament, followed by the comments of the Lord Jesus Christ, and then the conduct of the apostles in Acts. This article reviews the teachings in the epistles of the apostle…
Apostolic Comment in the Epistles Read More »
This title is taken from the Apostle Paul’s description of “that man of sin”, “the son of perdition”. He would arise after the apostolic period when Christianity was eclipsed by paganism. His ‘revelation’ was therefore in the time of Emperor Constantine. In a series of civil wars Const…
Doctrines of Demons Read More »
We have observed that the Law of Moses by its omissions and by its very provisions made it evident that it was unable to give life. It pointed out sin and magnified it; “by the Law is the knowledge of sin” (Rom 3:20; 7:7,13). It showed the way to something “better”. At the inauguration of th…
As Moses Lifted Up The Serpent In The Wilderness Read More »
In the year 1894 the North London ecclesia was the centre of a doctrinal controversy that not only split that meeting but had ramifications in the Brotherhood at large. In the United Kingdom, the United States and, to a lesser extent, other regions of the Brotherhood, the concepts of this tragic con…
“Andrewism” – What Does it Mean? Read More »
In the previous article in this series (January/February 2008), the line of thought of “Andrewism” was shown by a number of quotations from JJ Andrew’s writings. These quotations were from his book called “The Blood of the Covenant” and his magazine, “The Sanctuary Keeper”, which sough…
“By the Righteousness of One” Read More »
In the previous article we noted that Jesus was both Son of Man and Son of God. The fact that he was born of a woman did not detract from his unity and fellowship with the Father or the love and esteem that the Father had for him. For the Son of Man was also the Son of God, or as Yahweh so beaut…
Tempted In All Points Like As We, Yet Without Sin Read More »
“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him” 2 Corinthians 5:21
This phrase is so often discussed in the context of the Atonement that it may be helpful to first see how it fits in its own context as the last verse of 2 C…
This quotation is the summary in Hebrews of the weakness of the Law of Moses in respect to its sacrifices. It is one of several passages in which the Mosaic code of Divine worship is spoken of as a temporary tool of education and not intended to be the permanent institution. It was a shadow of the t…
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“I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me and before all the people I will be glorified” Leviticus 10:3
It is a curious matter that in discussions on the atonement there is little said about how the Lord Jesus saw it. Comment from the law of Moses is often made and reference to the writi…
The death of the Lord Jesus Christ challenges the thinking of all when they approach the waters of baptism. Why did God arrange the salvation of man in this way? Was there not another way that would not require the death of a sinless man, an “altogether lovely one”? If the principle of his death…
The Righteousness of God and the Love of God Read More »
