If you’re preaching physical obedience to the Ten Commandments, you’ve missed the point completely. You’re seeing physically, and not spiritually. What did Paul say they preached? “We preach Messiah crucified.” He didn’t say, “We preach obedience to the Ten Commandments.” The Ten Commandments are physical—they apply to the physical man, the flesh. They were only … Read more
Water baptism was a mandate under the law of Moses, and it symbolized cleansing from uncleanness, as one had to be ceremonially clean to enter the temple. Part of the requirement was that there be A witness with you, not to dunk you under the water, but to be able to testify, if asked, that … Read more
In Matthew 7:21-23, we see a group of people who are pleading with Messiah because they realize that things have not gone as they believed they would. They are getting ready to be judged by the Father, but they sense something is amiss with the One they thought would be their Advocate—their defense attorney. So, … Read more