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The Parables of Jesus
The Parable of New Wine in Old Bottles In Luke 5:27-28 we have the call of Matthew or Levi, who was a tax collector (or publican): After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow…
The Church - An Extension of Christ
12 – None Excluded This study on the early church is really a continuation of the last study, the times of the Gentiles. One of the big arguments among Bible scholars is when the gospel was first brought to the Gentiles. Did the first b…
Romans: The Clearest Gospel of All
#16 – Not Under Law – Under Grace I was at a conference and, during a short break, I ran up to Pastor Eva and whispered, “Look, I have a concern. I won’t be there [at the next Adventist Annual Conference] to bring it up but I would like…
The Saviour of Mankind
7 – Objections Considered Those who teach that Christ took a sinless human nature at His Incarnation, the spiritual nature of Adam before the Fall, object to the truth that Christ assumed our sinful nature, the post-Fall nature of Adam…
Saviour of the World
Chapter 15 — Objections Considered (Part 1) Those who teach that Christ took a sinless spiritual human nature at His incarnation — the spiritual nature of Adam before the Fall — do so out of a sincere concern to preserve the perfect sin…
Saviour of the World
Chapter 16 — Objections Considered, Part 2 In this chapter, we will continue looking at the objections raised by sincere Christians against the idea that Christ assumed our fallen human nature when He became a man. As outlined in the pr…
Gospel Issues in Adventism
#2 – Objective & Subjective Salvation Introduction Out of the Reformation of the 16th Century developed two main distinct concepts of salvation that has since dominated Protestantism. The most popular one today is the Calvinist concept…
The Holy Spirit
2 – Once Saved, Always Saved Hebrews 10:35-39: So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. For in just a very…
Revealing the Gospel in Galatians
3 – Only One Gospel Galatians 2:1-10: Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also. I went in response to a revelation and, meeting privately with those esteemed as leaders, I…
The Church - An Extension of Christ
16 – Our Highest Priority According to the apostle Paul, every Christian has been baptized into the body of Christ by the Holy Spirit: 1 Corinthians 12:13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body — whether Jews or Greeks, sl…
The Sermon on the Mount
16 – Perfect Love Matthew 5:43-48: “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He cau…
The Church - An Extension of Christ
18 – Powered by the Spirit Our last two studies on the Church as an extension of Christ has been focusing on its Highest Priority: it is “Christ in you, the hope of glory.” When God created our first parents, He created them in His imag…
Study of Hebrews
Preeminence of Christ’s Priesthood I hope you had time to read this whole chapter, because I’m going to deal with the whole chapter in one study. Part of it is mainly relevant to the Jewish Christians of Paul’s day, but there is a very…
Built Upon the Rock
Preface Christians doctrines live and bear fruit only while connected to the Vine, Jesus Christ. John 15:1-5 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that…
Saviour of the World
Prologue About the time that the Seventh-day Adventist Church was arising in mid-nineteenth century America, the doctrine of dispensationalism was also being formulated. Popularized by the Scofield Bible, this teaching went on to become…
Ephesians, Queen of the Epistles
#12 – Putting on the Whole Armor We come now to our very final study of this tremendous epistle of Paul to the Ephesians, what many scholars call “The Queen of the Epistles,” the crowning climax of Paul’s theology, the sublimest communi…
Saviour of the World
Chapter 9 — Redeemed from the Law of Sin When the Bible writers wrote the Scriptures, they did not include any chapter or verse divisions. These were added in the fifteenth century to make Bible reading easier. But sometimes, in order t…
The Sanctuary
2 – Redemption Unfolded Exodus 25:1-9 The Lord said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from everyone whose heart prompts them to give. These are the offerings you are to receiv…
The Church - An Extension of Christ
13 – Releasing God’s Power In our last study of the early church, we saw that the power behind God’s people — men like Stephen, Philip, Peter, Barnabas, Paul, etc. — was the Holy Spirit. This same power is available to us today and all…
Ephesians, Queen of the Epistles
#1 – Riches in Christ We will study one of Paul’s great epistles, his letter to the Ephesians. This is one of Paul’s best-loved epistles. Read what some of the commentators have to say about this epistle to the Ephesians. One commentary…
Dynamics of the Everlasting Gospel
Chapter 6 – Righteousness by Faith In studying Chapter 3, we defined the gospel and looked at salvation mainly as an objective fact, what God has prepared and provided for sinful mankind in Jesus Christ. That study showed us that in Chr…
Romans: The Clearest Gospel of All
#5 – Righteousness by Faith I want to begin this very important study by asking you a question, and that is, “Has the law silenced your mouth? Has it made you speechless? Or are you still talking?” Now for those of you who haven’t studi…
Ephesians, Queen of the Epistles
#6 – Rooted & Grounded in Love We are studying together the book of Ephesians and we have now come to the second half of chapter 3 of Ephesians, verses 13 to 21. We have already seen that the whole plan of salvation was fulfilled in the…
Saviour of the World
Chapter 1 – Salvation Defined Sad to say, the Seventh-day Adventist Church today is polarized over the issue of the human nature of Christ. One camp affirms that Jesus came in a “sinless” nature — the spiritual nature Adam possessed bef…
