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When a believer first hears that he is dead to the law, a familiar compromise shows up. It sounds like this: "Yes, dead to the ceremonial law. The lambs, the feasts, the priestly washings. But surely...

Israel crossed water on dry ground twice. The first time was the Red Sea. The second time, forty years later, was the Jordan River. Same God and same people. Same miracle: the water stood up, and the...

Nobody argues with a fig tree about its fruit. You look at the branch, you see what hangs there, and you know what kind of tree it is. Paul uses the same test in Romans 7. He does not ask what you bel...

Law is demand. Grace is supply. Imagine a parent who only places demands on their child: "Why can't you be better? Why are you angry? You need to change. You need to stop." That is the voice of the La...

Legalistic preaching relies on pressure and threat. It assumes that demands produce obedience. Human nature proves otherwise. External rules often provoke rebellion rather than submission. God transfo...

A changing of the guard happened the moment Jesus was brought into the temple as a baby. An old man named Simeon was there. He had been waiting his whole life for the consolation of Israel. Simeon rep...

Jeremiah lived under pressure. His nation was collapsing. His friends had turned on him. In the middle of that, he tells us what kept him upright. "Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your word...

There are two ways to live your life, and they are represented by two ancient sons. Paul says the story of Abraham's family is more than just history; it is symbolic. It is an allegory (allēgoreō) ἀ&l...

A man gave ten percent of everything he owned to a priest, four centuries before the law of Moses existed. No command. No obligation. No temple. Just a grateful response to the God who delivered him....

The law tells you what to do. Grace tells you what has been done. One system demands from you. The other supplies for you. And the Bible is very clear about which one you live under today. Most Christ...

There is a clear difference between a requirement and a response. In Luke 18, a rich young ruler comes to Jesus. He is moral and upright, but anxious. He asks, "What must I do to inherit eternal life?...

Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem stood a pool called Bethesda.The name means: בֵּית־חֶסֶד: "house of grace." And yet the scene around it looked nothing like grace:a great crowd of sick, blind, and par...

Most people think the curse comes from breaking the Law.Scripture says it comes simply from standing on Law ground. Paul writes, "Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are writt...