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…3:7-11 Sometimes I feel like Christ and God are interchangeable, but it does not seem so in Paul’s letters. He mentions both, God and Christ Jesus. Please clarify this for me, because I don’t want to live a life neglecting my Savior. Tim’s Answer Thank you for your question about prayer. If we follow the pattern set forth in Scripture, we should pray to the Father, as Jesus taught us both in Matthew 6 and as He taught by example…

…never mentioned after Acts 18:4 except for Paul stating at Colossians 2:16 that we should not allow ourselves to be judged according to Sabbath days and except for Hebrews 4:9 “Sabbath rest,” if that word is taken to refer to the Jewish Sabbath (I note that there are different ways this passage is interpreted). Outside of Colossians and the possible exception of Hebrews 4:9, there are no direct references to the Sabbath in any of the Pauline, Petrine, Johannine, or…

…Colossians 2:11; Galatians 5:2). If the sign of the Abrahamic Covenant is not for us, then on what basis can we say that the sign of the Mosaic Covenant is for us? We certainly are not under the Mosaic Covenant (Romans 6-7; Galatians 3-5; I Timothy 1; Hebrews 8). That covenant was with Israel, not with the church. In Acts 15, during what is commonly known as the Jerusalem Council, there were some believers of the sect of the Pharisees…

…to Jesus, God’s Son. In Hebrews 1, Scripture plainly states that Jesus is superior to the angels. And, as previously stated, Gabriel is never called an archangel in Scripture. Although many today believe Gabriel is an archangel, their belief is without any Scriptural support. The idea that Gabriel is an archangel appears first in two books of the pseudepigrapha, 1 Enoch and 2 Enoch (In 2 Enoch 21:3, he is called an archangel). We are uncertain when these books were…

…Christ died once for the sins of the whole world. Just as the sins we now commit are covered by that one death, so the sins previously committed are covered by that one death. As Galatians 4:4-5 states, Christ came to redeem those who were under the law. Hebrews 9:26 tells us that the one sacrifice, at the end of the ages, put away sin. As stated in the previous verses, there is no need for the sinless Messiah to…

…is powerful (Hebrews 4:12) and pure (Psalms 12:6) and true (John 17:17). But the church can and does make mistakes. Even Peter made mistakes and at one point the Apostle Paul had to rebuke the Apostle Peter (Galatians 2:11-14). Yet, Peter and Paul remained jointly committed to the Word of God and the building up of believers (2 Peter 3:14-18). Because I find the Scriptures to be authoritative, I will always gauge all churches and doctrines in light of what…

…Romans (21 times), the noun “faith” is never found in John but is found in Romans 40 times, more than in any other book (Hebrews 32 times, 24 times in Hebrews 11). The term “gospel” (10 times) is found here more than in any other book. The book of Romans is a theological masterpiece of logic. After a brief introduction, Paul begins to develop his great argument. He begins with the strongest indictment found in Scripture against humanity, concluding that…

…on the cross went to heaven though he never confessed to those whom he had wronged. Though the forgiveness of God is sometimes stated to be dependent on whether we are willing to forgive another (see Matthew 6:14-15;18:21-35), it is never stated to be dependent on the confession of our own sins to others. God’s forgiveness is given when we confess to Him. Nevertheless, I believe there also is a role for confession of sins to one another. In Luke…

…tells us in 1 Peter 1:22 that we are to purify our hearts by obeying the truth so that we may love one another without hypocrisy. The author of the book of Hebrews tells us to focus on Jesus (Hebrews 12:2). Paul tells us in Colossians 3:1-3 to set our minds on heavenly things, and tells us through the rest of the chapter how to do this. We must always begin by refocusing the mind. But what does this look…

…relationship with the living God. He is the one who can meet the emptiness in our lives. I encourage you to look to Jesus (Hebrews 12:2). Set aside some time to re-establish your relationship with Christ (1 John 1:1-3). Relationships take time and conversation. Having been away for awhile, it may be helpful to set aside the next year or two to focus exclusively on getting to know Jesus, deepening your love for Him, re-establishing a vital prayer life with…