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But that is not the way you learned Christ!— Ephesians 4:20 Light and dark are polar opposites. They cannot mix. The human heart, the human condition allows for things to get mixed up because of sin and deception, and again because of the human condition and the mortal nature of man. Because of this, weContinue reading “Called To The Light, 4”

They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity. Ephesians 4:19 Only God is holy and perfect. Only through His Son can we walk and live in the righteousness that God requires. Without Him, we are callous, sensual, greedy and impure. Through Him, we renounce allContinue reading “Called To The Light, 3”

They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. Ephesians 4:18 They. Those others. They are darkened. This can only refer to others when from the vantage point of the light. Only those in the light can seeContinue reading “Called To The Light, 2”

Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. Ephesians 4:17‭ There are two ways to live. There are only two ways to live. There is the way of the majority, that is to say all people, the nations,Continue reading “Called To The Light, 1”

ἀνόητοι, ἄστατοι, ἄστοργοι, σκληροί, ἀνελεήμονες, ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ 1:31 NTV First of all, I always remain amazed that there are so many hundreds, thousands of translations, yet all continue to use the one and same albeit surprisingly and noticeably awkward in many places chapter and verse division by the one Stephen Langton. I understand, for exampleContinue reading “Forgotten covenants”

The first time Eusebius really came to my attention was probably about fifteen years ago, sometime around the year 2005 or so. I first read his ecclesiastical history, thinking of it as the sort of next in history update to Luke’s history of Acts. This was around the time and was likely through my readingContinue reading “Discovering Eusebius”

It’s so amazing that JESUS demonstrated full power and authority yet never exalted himself or his own position or declared himself as having received the high position he would receive before God exalted Him. But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest said to Him, “I adjure You by the living God, that You tellContinue reading “Submitted & Exalted”

Yod י v Niqqud ·Iota ॱ kai Keraiah ‘ For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one י or one · shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Matthew 5:18 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one ‘ of the lawContinue reading “Yod or Niqqud”

Some sects encourage membership. Others require it. In God’s economy, membership may be permitted but is not required. In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions (Gr. schismata)Continue reading “Membership Permitted”

Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. Psalms 51:5 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, butContinue reading “Original Sin”