Search results

I have never made a comparison between the use of italics in the KJV and NKJV, but I do know that there are differences. For example: 1 John 2:2, KJV. 'And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world.' 1 John 2:2, NKJV. 'And He is the...

I fully agree. The idea that PSA is God collecting a debt is a false theory. Christ has reconciled us to God by satisfying His justice (Romans 3:26; 2 Cor. 5:19-21), but it is God's love that sent Him to do so (John 3:16; Romans 5:6-8).

I will add that in addition to reading through the Bible, it's a good idea to take a book or a portion of Scripture and study it in depth, perhaps with the help of a commemtary.

I have been following a reading plan for about 30 years. I read about 2-3 chapters of the O.T. and one chapter of the N.T, every day. and it takes me through the whole Bible in a year. There is a good plan, developed by Robert Murray M'Cheyne, a Scottish Presbyterian, which will take you...

3. The most unusual or ridiculous reading- the one that makes least sense- is most likely to be the original. This is the theory that I find most offensive of all. The idea is that a reading that appears to make no sense, or contains a factual error, is likely to have been ‘corrected’ by a...

I prefer the NKJV: partly because it keeps to the KJV with its smoother readings quite a bit, partly because it italicizes words added to the text, which can be helpful in certain places and partly because I have more confidence in the Majority Text than in the Critical Text as I shall try to...

In August 2024, I went into a shop to buy a new swimming aid for my little grandson. I wasn't sure where to find such a thing, but I saw a sign for "seasonal goods" and thought I might find it there. When I got there, it was full of Christmas stuff. In AUGUST!! I often think that today's...

I agree. For a politician to become a Christian is a great thing, and we should be prqaying for that. For a Christian to become a politician....... maybe not so good; it may draw him away from Christ into the world.

A few quotations from the 17th Century to back up my understanding that the New Covenant is unconditional. First, John Owen. A covenant properly is a compact or agreement on certain terms mutually stipulated by two or more parties. As promises are the foundation and rise of it, as it is...

Somehow I seem to have missed this thread. I was brought up in a nominally Christian home. I did not go to church and was entirely ignorant of Arminius and Calvin. I was saved at the age of 39 at a church that was evangelistic but rather doctrine-lite. I guess it was Arimian in its doctrine...

Our goal is to obey the Great Commission. "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go THEREFORE and make disciples of all the nations......" It is precisely because God is sovereign, and the Holy Spirit convinces people to come to the Lord that we are to go. See Luke...

@Regulus, I think that your two Calvinist friends and @Zaatar71 are right in suggesting that you speak to your church leaders. None of us here know you, so any advice we give is quite likely to be incorrect. If you don't feel able to speak to your leaders, maybe you are in the wrong church...

I don't think I have separated faith from any covenant. Just to be entirely clear, no one gets into heaven without repenting and putting his trust in Christ for salvation. I am suggesting that both those things are gifts of God. And Abel was not "under" any covenant, but he was a beneficiary...

I'm sorry. Perhaps I did not make myself clear. I meant that I cannot find the word faith in Hebrews 8. Obviously the new covenant is there, and again in Heb. 10.

A few more thoughts while I have a little time. The new covenant is usually regarded as the outworking of the Covenant of Grace (also called the Eternal Covenant, Covenant of Peace or Council of Redemption). It may be helpful to quote from the WCF Larger Catechism: Q.30. Doth God leave all...

Thanks for your thoughtful reply. Obviously everyone in the new covenant is trusting in Christ, but the new covenant is not by faith, it is through the blood of Christ (Matt. 26:28; Mark 14:24; Luke 22:20; 1 Cor. 11:25. The word 'new' is not in the Critical Text of Matthew or Mark, but it is...

But not only are we to teach and keep these commandments, but we are to do so in a very different way to that of the scribes and Pharisees. Our righteousness is to be greater than theirs. What is the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees? It is an outward obedience to the law, not from...

In order to understand what our Lord is saying in vs. 17-18, it will be helpful to read again the whole of Chapter 5 before proceeding. In v17, He is making a qualification. His teaching up to this point has been absolutely remarkable- speaking of the poor in spirit, the meek, the hungry, the...

The writer to the Hebrews describes the new covenant as a ‘better hope’ (7:19) and a ‘better covenant’ (7:22; 8:6. cf. 9:11). The great Puritan John Owen, in his vast commentary on Hebrews, listed seventeen ways in which the two covenants differ, and in each, the new is superior. I think I can...

4. Disobedience is idolatry. ‘……And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry’ (v.23b). When we consult our own desires and feelings or the spirit of the age instead of God, we are making an idol. Anything that we obey rather than God is an idol, and idolatry, if not repented of, will keep us out...