Demanded by Us
While the Gospels clearly and consistently reveal that the death of Jesus was at the hands of men to please and appease religious and political rulers and satisfy an angry…
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One of Us
By His life and example, Jesus shows that there is no human mediator between God and man, and that God has not separated Himself from mankind because of our sin,…
A Substitute
While it is true, according to the New Testament, that Jesus is our substitute, the important point in the New Testament is that Jesus did not die “in our place…
The Kind of God He Is
To begin with, let us state the obvious: Jesus Christ was sacrificed. As many Old Testament Scriptures prophesy and many New Testament Scriptures explain, the death of Jesus was a…
Away from Law, Into Love
In His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus is providing a description of what life looks like for the person who will follow Him. Since the average Jewish person listening to…
The Fulfillment of the Law
One interesting note about Jesus’ fulfillment of the law is that there is no recorded instruction from Jesus to His own disciples for them to obey and follow the Law…
The Goal of the Law
Though many people assume that the primary message of the prophets was to call the people back to obedience of the law, the real message of the prophets was to…
True Relationship
Yet even though “Love God and love others” is a good summary of the law, this statement is still a law, and Christians are not called to live according to…
Saved from Sin
Matthew 1:21 is a prophecy spoken by an angel to Joseph about the son that would be born to Mary. The angel tells Joseph that Mary’s son will be called…
God Is Not Angry at Us for Our Sin.
First, God is not angry at us for our sin. While sin is a serious thing, God is not concerned about sin simply because it is sin. That is, God…