Wednesday Evening Bible Study 121411

GRACE: NOT BY MAN The Law and the Promises of God - Galations 3:21-29 Verse 21 -  Since the gift of God is "by grace through faith" (Ephesians 2:8-10), what is the purpose of the law (v. 20)?  Does the law nullify the promise?  Is law and faith in competition? The purpose of the law …

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Wednesday Bible Study 101911

GRACE: NOT BY MAN Five Questions Paul Asked - Galations 3:1-6 The five questions asked by Paul was reflective of the disobedience of the Galation Christians.  Questions are often asked to get one to think.  The questions are rhetorical designed to cause one to think.  The word "rhetoric" is "the art of oratory" or "the …

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Wednesday Bible Study 091411

GRACE: NOT BY MAN Dead To The Law - Galations 2:15-19 Verse 15 - Peter had endeavored to keep the hearts of the Judaizers toward himself, thus, had acted in in contrary way to the gospel of Christ.  He had given place and accredited the law as important toward salvation; nullifying grace; in the minds …

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071711 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law

"So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.  For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, 'Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.'  But that …

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071211 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people…

"And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up: and Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and …

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062311 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body…

'...That ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.  Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.   For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under …

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020311 …To make a difference between the unclean and the clean…

"Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.  For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner …

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020111 …The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar…

"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 'Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.  And the priest shall put on …

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