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Law & Grace: Part 2

Yesterday in Part 1, I have dealt with the following issues regarding Law & Grace:

  • You will not understand Grace without Faith and vice versa.
  • The Law had no mercy for violators
  • That Jesus Christ completely redeemed us from our own sin (both purposefully and in ignorance). 
  • The Law and Grace cannot be combined in the same dispensation of time and not in the Church – or in other words, the Kingdom of God.
  • God is definitely not impressed by your personal performance to keep specific denominational laws made by man.  

In the second Part of this study, I would like to discuss the Law a bit further.   How is it possible to bring the Law and Grace in the same context?

First of all; I am not an advocate for you to keep the Law (10 Commandments or the Sabbath) as some still do, but read further and listen to what the Spirit of God will reveal to you.  The Law was up to John and the prophets and was intended for the people of Israel and not for the Church.   

  • Luk 16:16  “The law and the Prophets were prophesying until the time of John. Since then, the good news about the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is trying to enter it by force. (ISV)

Secondly, you will never understand the true meaning of faith and grace if you are not aware of the letter of the Law and how it was applied.  It is also through the study of these blood sacrifices and ultimately the sacrifice of Jesus Christ that teaches us the true meaning of the Righteousness of God – which is a complete study in itself.

In Galatians Paul writes the following:

  • Gal 3:24- 25   Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.  But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. 

Scripture clearly teaches that sin was revealed through the Law, and from the verse above we see the Law was also our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, so that we might be justified by faith now and no longer because of the obedience of the Law.  In the same sense that sin was revealed through the Law and that it brought death with it, the Grace of God and new life was revealed by the death of (more…)

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Law & Grace – Part 1.

A few years ago, I read the book “What’s so amazing about Grace?” by Philip Yancey and it completely changed my life and my ministry.   All this happened even in the first half of the book before sowing it to another pastor.  A few months ago I bought myself another copy and will read it from the start with a fresh perspective and understanding. 

During our Tent Crusade in September, one of our Partners ministered on the subject of Grace and once again it stirred something in my spirit and soul.    As children of God we know that two of the most important words in the New Testament are Faith and Grace, and you can only receive the latter through the former.  When the knowledge and understanding of these two aspects in our local church were tested, the results (somewhat shocking) showed that almost everybody don’t have a clue of even the basic meaning of these two words according to the Word. 

Through regular postings on this website, I intend to reveal the depths and true meaning of these two words according to the Word and what the Spirit of God will open up to us.  It is completely not my intention to say that I know everything about the subject, but just the other day I heard a proverb that goes more or less like this:  “The teacher teaches while learning himself”  

First of all, you will never receive (nor understand) Grace without Faith!  Faith grows from the Word of God in the same manner as a plant grows from its seed in the ground!  And Faith without Grace is impossible. These two (more…)

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HALLOWEEN – Right or wrong?

HALLOWEEN AND THE BIBLE
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“Test all things; hold fast to what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.” 1 Thessalonians 5:21 – 22

A Celebration of Evil : Halloween is a religious day, but it is not Christian. Tom Sanguinet, a former high priest in Wicca has said: “The modern holiday that we call Halloween has its origins in the full moon closest to November 1, the witches’ new year. It is a time when the spirits (demons) are supposed to be at their peak power and revisiting planet earth… Halloween is purely and absolutely evil, and there is nothing we ever have, or will do, that would make it acceptable to the Lord Jesus.”
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HALLOWEEN – Reg of verkeerd?

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Jy het seker ook al gewonder of Halloween reg of verkeerd is? Daar is stories in omloop dat Halloween duiwels is. Vir baie kinders is dit egter n prettige aand waarop hulle kostuums en maskers aantrek en met ‘n trick-or-treat, ‘n vet klomp lekkers in die hande kry! Hulle voel dat ouers net pret uit hul lewens wil wegneem en/ of dat daar maar weer net ˜n duiwel agter elke bos uitgeskop word.

Maar wat is die feite? Waar kom Halloween vandaan en hoe moet jongmense wat kinders van die Here is daaroor dink?

WAAR KOM HALLOWEEN VANDAAN?
Halloween het sy oorsprong by ˜n fees van die Druide. Die Druide was ˜n geheime heidense organisasie of Orde wat beheer uitgeoefen het oor die Kelte wat destyds in die Britse Eilande en Galie (Wes-Europa) gewoon het.

Hierdie fees het op die aand van 31 Oktober plaasgevind. Dit was die tyd van die jaar waar die winter vir hulle begin het, die dae dus korter en die donkerte meer geword het. By hierdie fees is Samhain, die heer of demoon van die Dood, (more…)

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Is jy uitverkies deur God?

Petrus verklaar die volgende:

1Pe 2:9  But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God’s instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you-

Ek wil graag kortliks stilstaan met hierdie gedagte:

  • But you are the ones chosen by God  – al dink jy, jy verdien dit nie!
  • Dit gaan nie oor verdienste nie – maar oor God wat kies en roep.

Regdeur die Woord sien ons dat God eerstens vir Abraham gekies het en daarna ook sy nageslag.  

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The Arithmetic of God

Years ago, a friend and brother of mine in Jesus Christ came upon this little book called:  Arithmetic of God – written by Don Kistler.

This book contains the numbers of the Bible according to the authorized King James Version  (not the new modern translations of today) from 1 to 666, with infallible proofs from the Word of God revealing the meaning of each number.

You can download a .pdf version of the book here:

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In the Foreword, Don Kistler writes “ this book was given by inspiration of the Holy Ghost and the Author is the Alpha and Omega.  Words can be changed and be given private interpretations but numbers remain the same in all languages and dialects.”  He states that the Author did not give him the revelation of all numbers, but there are enough to convince the reader that the Arithmetic of God will bring on a unity of the faith which is Spirit and Truth.

Don Kistler sees himself only as the scribe who penned this book what the audible voice of God revealed to him, no (more…)

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Lessons on the Feast of Tabernacles

God did not leave us in the dark concerning His purpose and will with man.  Through the ages He gave direct instructions in regard with:

  • Noah – how to build the Ark (specific measurements and material to be used)
  • Moses – building of the Tabernacle
  • His 10 commandments to His people to separate them from all other nations
  • The seven feasts for Israel which all pointed to Christ and eventually the Church
  • His final plan of Salvation and Redemption through Jesus Christ.

 God stipulated exactly when the specific feasts had to be kept and by whom and when and where.  Therefore, we see with the Feast of Tabernacles, that it was to be held on the 15th day in the seventh month and for 7 days.  These numbers do have a specific meaning in the Word of God, such as:

  • 7 = Completeness and perfection
  • 15 = Rest

But the Feast of Tabernacles is also the only feast that had an eighth day.

  • And eight stands for New Beginnings.

Specific Note: See also my note on the book “Arithmetic of God” written by Don Kistler.  God revealed the meaning of each number in the Word of God to him and it completely testifies that the Word of God is the truth. 

The purpose of the Feast was to remind the nation of Israel:

  • Of their deliverance from Egypt
  • That they stayed in huts (succah’s) in the wilderness
  • That God provided for them in all their needs
  • And He brought them into the Promised land  

But the Feast also had another meaning and purpose. It was also to commemorate the end of the harvest period where the people would go into a period of rest (therefore the 15th day), and the winter period is now on hand where they (more…)

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What do we miss?

Joshua Bell
A musician playing violin in a Washington DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. He played six Bach pieces for about 60 minutes.

During that time approximately 2,000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

After: 3 minutes: A middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to meet his schedule.

4 minutes:  The violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping, continued to walk. (more…)

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Perfect will of God!

In the previous message titled as “Spiritual Attack and Defend strategies”, I have dealt with the following verses according to Paul to the Colossae: 

 Col 1:9  For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

Col 1:10  That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

 Looking at this in depth, we see the following aspects that he highlights:

  • that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
  • That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing,
  • being fruitful in every good work,
  •  and increasing in the knowledge of God;

 I feel the Lord is pressing it on my heart to explore this verse a little bit more, especially concerning His perfect will.  We know that when we walk in His perfect will, you can not be anything else than to please Him, to be fruitful in every good work and also increasing in the knowledge of who God is and what His will for you would be.

BUT, the question now arises: What is the perfect will of God?  Is it a general phrase or term, or is it something more specific? I would not dare to proclaim that the following insight is the only explanation for the will of God, but I am sure it would give us a pretty good picture of it.  (more…)

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RECALL NOTICE:

The Maker of all human beings (GOD) is recalling all units manufactured, regardless of make or year, due to a serious defect in the primary and central component of the heart. This is due to a malfunction in the original prototype units code named Adam and Eve, resulting in the reproduction of the same defect in all subsequent units. This defect has been technically (more…)

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