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SACRIFICES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

08/30/2021Uncategorizedanimals, animals sacrifices, atonement, blood, blood cries, brother, Cain, Christ, commanded, core, cross, dead, death, died, died on the cross, dwelt, effects, English bible, Faith, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Hebrews, human, humans, innocent, Israel, jesus, Jesus accomplished, Jesus Christ, Leviticus, Matthew, new testament, obedience, Old Testament, origin, paul, places, repentance, Romans, sacrifices, Sin, sinned, sister, tabernacle, Torah, trust, two parts, wages of sin, William Tyndale, word, wordsabarkley8

The idea of sacrifice is at the core of the Christian faith. The sacrifice of Jesus Christ is one of the central truths of the gospel. However, this important element of the Christians faith finds its origin and explanation in the sacrificial system of the Old Testament. It is true that Jesus’ sacrifice has made obsolete the Old Testament sacrificial system (Hebrews 10:1-18). However, the original readers of the letter to the Hebrews knew and understood the sacrificial system of the Old Testament. From that knowledge, they were able to more fully understand Jesus’ work on the cross.

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DEFINITION OF THE DAY (BLOOD OF CHRIST-MEANING AND EFFECTS)

08/24/2021Uncategorized1 Peter, 2 peter, analogies, animals sacrifices, atoning, blemish, blood, blood of christ, blood sacrifice, both lega, Christ, cleanses, covenant, death, defect, definition of the day, definitions of the day, died, effect, Ephesians, God, God the Son, God-man, HCSB, Hebrews, jesus, Jesus Christ, justification, lamb, law, laws, legal transactions, Matthew, meaning, new testament, odds, offering, priest, propitiatation, redeemer, Revelations, Romans, sprinkle, sprinkling, sprinkling of bloodabarkley8

The term “blood of Christ” designates in the NT the atoning death of Christ. Atonement refers to the basis and process by which estranged people become at one with God (atonement=at-one-ment). When we identify with Jesus, we are no longer at odds with God. The meaning of Christ’s death is a great mystery. The NT seeks to express this meaning in

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THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

08/23/2021Uncategorized1 john, 1 Peter, 2 John, 2 peter, 3 John, bad deed, bad deeds, Christ, circumstances, deed, deeds, desires, Deuteronomy, Ephesians, Exodus, Ezekiel, faithfulness, forbearance, fruit of the spirit, Galatians, generosity, gentleness, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, good deed, good deeds, Goodness, happiness, harmony, Hebrews, humility, Isaiah, James, jesus, Jesus Christ, John, joy, kindness, love, Luke, Matthew, meekness, nehemiah, new testament, Old Testament, outward, paul, peace, peter, Proverbs, relationships, reliability, Romans, sacrifical, self-control, severely, Sinful, spirit, Titus, tried, trustworhiness, victory, Zechariahabarkley8

The aspects of the fruit of the Spirit advocated by Paul in Galatians 5:22-23 occur not only here but also elsewhere in the Scriptures. Most of the attributes are those by which God himself lives.

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HOW CAN SALVATION BE CALLED A FREE GIFT?

08/23/2021Uncategorizedamount, bore, candle burning, charitable giving, Christ, cost, daughter, death, died, element, eternal, free gift, free lunch, God, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, good living, Holy Justice, jesus, Jesus Christ, kid, kids, Matthew, new testament, Old Testament, passed, passes, price, Romans, salvation, satisfying, Sin, sinned, sinner, Son, wages, winner, winningabarkley8

“There’s no free lunch” speaks to the truth that things that might appear to have no cost often carry a huge price tag. Indeed, that proverb describes salvation, too. To the recipient, the gift of salvation is free. People cannot buy any element of salvation. No amount of good living, candle burning, charitable giving, or caregiving can contribute even a fraction to the cost.

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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (VINE SYMBOLISM)

08/11/2021Uncategorized1 corinthians, 1 Timothy, 2 Corinthians, 2 Timothy, adorned, angrily, bunch, Christ, customs, Deuteronomy, disadvantaged, Disciples, drink wine, drunken with wine, ecclesiastes, evil, front exterior, fruit, furits, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, God's vine, God's vines, grape, grapevine, Isaiah, jesus, John, Judges, Leviticus, manners, manners and customs, Matthew, nazirite, Numbers, Old Testament, passages, pharisees, presence of God, priests, Psalm, Romans, sanctuary, Satan, Synagogue, thanksgiving, tithe, Titus, true vine, vines, vineyard, vineyards, wine, wine drinking, wine titheabarkley8

The vine was of great importance in the religion of Israel. It was used as a symbol of the religious life of Israel itself, and a carving of a bunch of grapes often adorned the front exterior of the synagogue. The symbolism was based upon passages such as Psalm 80 and Isaiah 5:1-5 where Israel is God’s vine.

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SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY (ROMANS 15:1-12 “LIVING TO PLEASE OTHERS”)

08/09/2021UncategorizedChrist, circumcision, confess, Edification, Esaias, Father, gentiles, glorify, glory to God, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Grant, hope, infirmities, Jesse, jesus, Jesus Christ, laud, Matthew, miinister, new testament, Old Testament, please ourselves, received, rise to teign, Romans, scripture of the day, sing, strong, truth of God, weakabarkley8

1.We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

²Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

³For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

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EVERYDAY BIBLE LIFE (CRUCIFY)

06/29/2021UncategorizedAngel, carbon dioxide, Christ, clear, crime, crowd, crucify, dead, death, Emmaus, everyday bible times, facts, form of public execution, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, greeks, hill, humiliating death, Jerusalem, jesus, Jesus Christ, Jewish leaders, jews, lifeless, Luke, lungs, Matthew, narrator, new testament, Old Testament, Persians, Phoenicians, pilate, road, Romans, several days, sights, smells, soldiers, sounds, victim, wide, witnessesabarkley8

The sights, sounds, and smells of any form of public execution are never pleasant, but it is hard to find a method of execution more disturbing than crucifixion. The notion of crucifixion seems to have grown from the practice of impaling lifeless of living persons on a post. This practice morphed into crucifixion and was employed by the Persians, Phoenicians, Greeks, Jews, and eventually Romans.

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BIBLE CUSTOMS & CURIOSITIES (NEW TESTAMENT WATCHERS)

06/17/2021Uncategorizedacts, adopted, Christ, cock crows, Crow, dawn, Disciples, Exodus, four watchers, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, jesus, Jesus Christ, Matthew, midnight, new testament, night, night watch, night watchers, Old Testament, Roman pattern, Romans, rooster, sunset, theologians, theologically, theologyabarkley8

During Old Testament times, the Jews divided the night into three “watchers” or divisions of time (read Exodus 14:24). But after the Romans occupied their territory, they adopted the Roman pattern of the four-watch night.

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GOD’S HOSPITAL

05/20/2021Uncategorized1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, acts, church hospital, God, God's Hospital, Hosea, Hospital, jeremiah, John, Lord, Luke, Mark, Matthew, philippians, Romans, soul, souls, Sunday Morning, temporary, theologians, theological, theologically, theology, theoriesabarkley8

“Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise” (Jeremiah 17:14).

When our bodies are injured, we know to go to the nearest hospital for help. When our souls are sick, where do we go? We will find no help at the Regional Medical Center. Only God can help the soul and His hospital for the sin-sick is the church. Eugene Peterson was right when he said, “The Sunday morning congregation is a hospital” (Hos. 6:1; Mk. 2:17; Lk. 4:18). How is the church like a hospital?

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SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF THE BIBLE (CIRCUMCISE)

05/19/2021Uncategorized1 corinthians, 2 Corinthians, acts, bible signs and symbols, circumcise, circumcised, circumcision, circumcision of the heart, council, Faith, Galatians, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, Jesus Christ, jews, John, John the Baptist, judaism, King Antiochus IV, language, liberty, Luke, Mark, new testament, Old Testament, pagan order, paul, philippians, practice, Romans, savior, seleucid, the New Testament Church, theologians, theological, theologically, theology, uncircumcisedabarkley8

The matter of circumcision became a contested issue as the early Christian church was finding its feet. To appreciate why, we first need to understand that this had grown to be a most important element within Judaism. Between the time of the Old and New Testament, Seleucid King Antiochus IV attempted to stamp out Judaism, in part by forbidding the practice of circumcision among the Jews. This rite had become so vital to the identity of God’s people that they chose to die rather than yield to this pagan order.

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