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Further Thought: Read Ellen G. White, “Christ the Center of the Message”, p. 388 , in Selected Messages , book 1; “The Call of Abraham”, pages 125-127 ; “The Law and the Covenants,” pages 363, 364 , in Patriarchs and Prophets ; “The Sermon on the Mount,” pages 307, 308 ; “Controversy,” p
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We often hear folk say that in the New Covenant the law has been abolished, and then they proceed to quote texts that they believe prove that point. The logic behind that statement, however, isn’t quite sound, nor is the theology. Read 1 John 2:3-6 , 1 John 3:4 , and Romans 3:20 . What do these texts tell us about the relationship between law and sin?
Read more at the source: Thursday: The Law and Sin
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As we saw yesterday, Paul showed that God’s dealings with Abraham proved that salvation comes through the promise of grace and not through law. Therefore, if the Jews wished to be saved, they would have to abandon trust in their works for salvation and accept the Abrahamic promise, now fulfilled in the coming of the Messiah. Image © Lars Justinin Goodsalt.com It’s the same, really, for everyone, Jew or Gentile, who thinks that their “good” deeds are all that it takes to make them right with God. “The principle that man can save himself by his own works lay at the foundation of every heathen religion. .
Read more at the source: Wednesday: Law and Faith
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I want to share two passages, that many claim contradict each other. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law. Romans 3:28 NKJV You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. James 2:24 NKJV When I run into apparent contradictions in the Bible, I eventually realize I was reading something into one of the passages that wasn’t there, or was missing something that was there. James 2:33 offers something that may have been missed. Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect
Read more at the source: Faith Does all the Work
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Read Romans 3:31 . What’s Paul’s point here? Why is this point important to us as Adventists?
Read more at the source: Sunday: The Law
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