Posts Tagged ‘obedience’
Why didn’t the Jews believe Jesus?
Question: Why didn’t the Jews believe Jesus? Answer: It is a curious thing, is it not, that the Son of God came to live among men (John 1:14), and yet he is rejected by the very people who had been expecting his arrival for thousands of years. “He was in the world, and the world…
Read MoreIs the Spirit only given to the obedient?
Question: In your study on Cornelius, you indicated that receiving the Holy Spirit did not necessarily indicate that a person believed or was saved. You cited the examples of Saul and Balaam as proof, but doesn’t Acts 5:32 contradicts this? Answer: The study being referred to is “Cornelius Received the Holy Spirit.” Acts 5:32 states, “And we…
Read MoreThe Scheme of Redemption in Perfection and Presentation
by Bryan Vinson via The Preceptor, Vol. 1, No. 12, October 1952. In the survey thus far of the development of God’s purposed and planned redemption of man from sin, we have reached the point wherein the promised Messiah has come in fulfillment of Divine prophecy. While here on earth, prior to His death, He very…
Read MoreObedience Is Not Enough
by Jeffrey W. Hamilton I. Ps. 110:3 – God’s people will be volunteers A. A reference to this age and to this people assembled here B. What does it mean that you are volunteers? 1. Today, we have a president interested in increasing volunteers 2. He is even willing to compensate them, but that is not what being a volunteer…
Read MoreIf I do all the commandments, when will I do enough?
Question: If I do all the commandments, when will I do enough? Answer: In asking this question, you have started off in the wrong direction. Essentially you have asked what is the minimum that I can do to be pleasing to God. Yet God doesn’t want our minimum effort. When a lawyer asked Jesus what…
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