Our message today comes from Acts 15.22-29, the text that includes the letter from the Jerusalem Council to the church in Antioch. In this letter, the Council expressed its hearty support of Paul and Barnabas as well as its repudiation of those who taught a faith+works message of salvation. Proposition: The repudiation of Judaizing firmly supports the doctrine of salvation … [Read more...] about April 19, 2020 – Formal Repudiation of Judaizers
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Wednesday, April 8 – Discerning between Truth and Error
1 John 4.4-6 -- John gives us a second tool for discernment. The first tool is the confession the true teacher upholds: Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. The second tool is the reaction offered by those who are from God and those who are from the world. If the world applauds the preacher, there is something wrong with his confession. Discerning between Truth and Error 1Jo … [Read more...] about Wednesday, April 8 – Discerning between Truth and Error
Sunday, April 5–Zoom Bible Study: Old Testament Prophecy Lesson Two
We are working through a Bible Study on prophecy in the Old Testament. In this lesson, we discuss one of the major themes of OT prophecy, the Kingdom, and start describing what a prophet is. Old Testament Prophecy Lesson Two … [Read more...] about Sunday, April 5–Zoom Bible Study: Old Testament Prophecy Lesson Two
Sunday, April 5–The Wisdom of James
Returning to our series in the Book of Acts, we look at “The Wisdom of James” found in Acts 15.19-21 Act 15:19 "Therefore it is my judgment that we do not trouble those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles, 20 but that we write to them that they abstain from things contaminated by idols and from fornication and from what is strangled and from blood. 21 … [Read more...] about Sunday, April 5–The Wisdom of James
Wednesday–April 1, The Test of the Spirits
Our 1 John study continues, today “The Test of the Spirits” from 1 John 4.2-3 1Jo 4:2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; 3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the … [Read more...] about Wednesday–April 1, The Test of the Spirits