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Feb 24, 2019 · 1 Samuel 13:14 -“…a man after God’s own heart.”. This description of David occurs in the context of Saul’s failure as king. Samuel states that the Lord as already sought out the man after his own heart; his kingdom will endure in contrast to Saul’s kingdom. Isaiah 44:28 – “…who will do all I want him to do.”.
- Sin and Righteousness
- Jews and Gentiles: One Family
- Church Life
- Victory
- Summary
- Conclusion
- Data
This broad topic or category is very important in Paul’s writings. It shows us our need for the gospel. What does righteousness mean? How does sin take away from it? How do we solve the sin problem and keep righteousness, even though we still have the sin problem? Or do we have a sin problem, after we “get” righteous?
The next major category is the problem of Jewish identity and Gentile exclusion. As Paul scanned the entire sweep on Israel’s history as recorded in the OT and the oral traditions of which he was well aware, he observed that God was reaching out to the Gentiles long before the Messiah came. But how does God still favor his Chosen People, as he reac...
Paul wrote many of his letters to explain his theology and gospel, but he also wrote them to solve church problems. How are Christians supposed to live? How does the OT relate to the Christian life? If believers are no longer under the Law of Moses, can they still use it? If so, for what purpose? What about the rest of the OT?
Paul’s gospel is eschatological; that is, it moves from one obsolete era to the new one, and it moves towards a culmination or ending, summed up in Christ. The new era brings victory in the Christian life today. But the new era will be transformed at the very Last Day, when death is destroyed and everyone will have to confess that Jesus is Lord.
We can boil down Paul’s use of the OT thus: 1. Paul uses the OT to find the gospel revealed in it all along. 2. He uses it for wisdom about church life, without coming under the Old Covenant. 3. He uses it for the promises and prophecies about the Messiah. 4. He uses it to break down ethnic barriers between Jew and Gentile; no, God has not given up...
All of the quotations from the Septuagint (Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible) or Old Testament reveal that Paulwas a practical theologian. He was an apostle who planted churches. He was concerned with their spiritual growth. First, the gospel message was extremely important for Paul; it was his life’s work, his very life even. The gospel expres...
Paul quotes from the Torah (first five books of the Old Testament) 45 times. The prophets are quoted 53 times, with Isaiah taking the lead at 36 times. Psalms are quoted 23 times. And other books are cited 10 times. It is clear Paul liked Isaiah with its many promises of Jews and Gentiles being forged into one family, and he liked the Psalms for Je...
Jul 28, 2020 · 2Cor 5:17 – Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. Isa 43:18-19. 2Cor 6:2 – For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.”. Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
Jul 13, 2023 · A common misconception about the Old Testament way of salvation is that Jews were saved by keeping the Law. But we know from Scripture that that is not true. Galatians 3:11 says, “Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for ‘The righteous shall live by faith.’”. Some might want to dismiss this passage as only ...
May 11, 2022 · According to this passage, • there is only one gospel: it is the gospel of God that Paul preached and in which the redeemed have taken their stand (verse 1) • this is the gospel that saves, the gospel Paul delivered, and the gospel that must never be forgotten or discarded (verse 2) • according to the Scriptures, the Lord Jesus died for ...
Jun 24, 2004 · B. Paul uses Old Testament scripture which attests to the fact that Abraham was justified by faith. (3) 1. Paul clarifies Gen. 15:6 by stating that justification for one’s works is payment for what is owed (verse 4). 2. Paul further explains that justification on the basis of one’s faith is grace (verse 5). II.
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Mar 2, 2019 · You will find that the authors of the New Testament often quote the Old Testament in ways that seem to bend, twist, and even break the Old Testament context in which the quoted verses were originally written. The Apostle Paul’s use of the Old Testament in Romans 9:24-29 is particularly difficult in this regard.