Dead from sin – freedom through identification with Christ
1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? 3 Or do you not know…
Do we have a problem with too much ”cheap grace” in church?
Occasionally preachers complain about that we have too much “cheap grace” in our churches today. The intentions behind such statements are often good, as these preachers would like to see…
The key to fearing God: Jesus – the mystery of godliness
Do we have to have the law of Moses – i.e., the five Mosaic books including the 10 Commandments – in order to live holy? The question is rhetorical, and…
The function of the law of Moses today
8 But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully, 9 knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners,…
All that can be shaken will be shaken
“Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven.” 27 Now this, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things…
Servants of the New Covenant
5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, 6 who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the…
How to overcome temptation
We all get to face temptation in life in different forms; sexual temptation, temptation to trust in money rather than in God, temptation to quit believing and give up on…
Why do we celebrate Easter?
In the Christian faith, Easter is the most important celebration, held in memory of Jesus’ death and resurrection. Jesus Christ, God’s son, was falsely accused by the religious elite of…
Grace – God’s unmerited favour
God’s grace is undoubtedly the most important subject in the entire Bible and in our Christian lives. Without grace, we would not have the “gospel of grace” through which we…
The tree with knowledge of good and evil – a picture of the law
Throughout the whole Bible we find two different covenants representing two different ways by which we can approach, and relate to, God. One is the Old Covenant, based on the…