No more consciousness of sins
“For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually…
How and why we can love God
35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” 37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with…
Do we rob God if we don’t give tithes?
8“Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings. 9 You are cursed with a curse, for you have robbed Me,…
Sanctified by grace
Is God’s grace a subject we pick up from our “spiritual tool box” in order to win people and get them saved, while we mainly should focus on other subjects…
What true love is
Sometimes we Christians have a tendency to over-focus on how much we love God and how good we are at living closely to Him. But true love is not about how much we love…
Should Christians hunger and thirst for righteousness?
Jesus said in his famous sermon on the mount: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled” (Mtt. 5:6). Thus, we are often told…
How can we live holy?
Holiness and a holy lifestyle are without question very important for us who are Christians. However, regarding the question how we are to get there, the opinions differ. A major…
Jesus fulfilled the law
7 Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. 18 For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and…
The law was nailed to the cross
What was it that was nailed to the cross? Most Christians would answer “our sins”, while others might say that it was not only our sins, but also our sicknesses.…
Righteousness – the core of the gospel
Have you wondered why preachers who focus on the gospel of grace and the new covenant in their teachings always seem to end up talking about righteousness – that we…