The man with the mind of the Spirit understands that Christ Crucified, the Word of the Cross, is the Power and Wisdom of God.
Overused by the Church and society, the English term ‘spiritual’ has become meaningless. To some, it is synonymous with religion. To be religious is to be spiritual. To others, it refers to supernatural things not of this physical universe, creatures that are otherworldly, noncorporeal, invisible, and live beyond the realm of time.
Continue readingJesus is the High Priest of the greater sanctuary “made without hands” foreshadowed by the Ancient Tabernacle.
Jesus is the High Priest who serves in the “True Tabernacle pitched by the Lord and not man” and foreshadowed by the religious structures and rituals of Ancient Israel. The Son of God has become our “priest forever” who ministers for us “at the right hand of the Throne of the Majesty in the Heavens” – (Hebrews 8:1-2).
Continue readingSalvation includes the bodily resurrection of the saints and life in the New Creation, which will occur when Jesus arrives.
Central to the doctrine of salvation is the promise of redemption. God will not abandon what He first created, and both the term and the concept mean the recovery of what was lost. The universe is enslaved by sin and condemned to decay and death. In God’s redemptive plans, the end state of redeemed things and persons is vastly superior to their original state, and this principle is epitomized in the promises of bodily Resurrection and New Creation.
Continue readingThe Gift of the Spirit demonstrates beyond question who belongs to the Holy Covenant Community of Jesus, and who does not.
In the assemblies of Galatia, “false brethren” were preaching “another gospel,” pressuring Gentile believers to adopt circumcision and conform to other regulations of the Mosaic Law. Paul repudiated the very idea and sent the Galatians a series of arguments demonstrating why Gentiles need not be circumcised.
Continue readingThe promises, types, and shadows of the Hebrew Bible are fulfilled by the Son of God and Messiah of Israel, Jesus of Nazareth.
An accusation commonly heard in popular preaching is ‘Replacement Theology.’ This seemingly dreaded label is hurled against anyone who claims a promise from the Hebrew Bible made to Ancient Israel finds its fulfillment in Jesus and his Church, but this silly exercise in name-calling misses the point – The New Testament focuses on Fulfillment, not Separation or Replacement.
The New Testament teaches neither ‘Replacement Theology’ nor the idea that God has two distinct covenants and peoples, each with a separate eternal destiny and means of achieving it.
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