Tradition must give way to the clear statements of the Scripture

The White Horse Inn Discusses The Book of Galatians : "These are some of the best broadcasts we have heard on the White Horse Inn. The Book of Galatians 4 Sunday, February 14, 2010 On this edition of the program the hosts discuss Paul's allegory of two mountains, and two mothers in Galatians chapter 4. Why does the apostle argue that the present city of Jerusalem corresponds with Hagar, rather than Sarah? Why are the children of Mt. Sinai born in 'slavery?' Though it may take a little work, understanding this allegory may be one of the best ways to understand the entire Bible. The Book of Galatians 3 Sunday, February 07, 2010 How does one qualify for God's heavenly inheritance? Does it come by obedience to the law, or by trusting the promise? In their continuing survey of Paul's letter to the Galatians, the hosts further outline the distinctions between the Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants, and point to Christ alone as the ground of our acceptance before a righte...

What is happening in the narrative of Matthew 23? Do we not see Jesus Christ pronouncing the knell of doom on the apostate Jewish ‘Church?’ Time after time, in this passage, our Lord pronounces woe upon the Scribes and Pharisees, the religious leaders of Israel in that day. In them the whole development of the Jewish apostasy reaches its culmination [verses.Matthew 23: 34,35]. Jesus also made it clear that this doom that he was threatening would not be long in coming. “I tell you the truth, all this will come upon this generation” [Matthew 23:36].   “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem” cried our heart—broken Savior “how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate” [Matthew 23:37,38]. Up to this time the Temple in Jerusalem was still acknowledged to be the house of God. That is why our Lord cleansed the Temple. But he had also denounced the fact that they had made his ...

An Air of Expectancy By Terry Siverd We do not see how anyone could objectively read the New Testament documents without sensing it. It seems so pervasive, so prevalent - it truly permeates the entire New Testament canon. There is about it a kind of unbiquitous quality - it is everywhere: in the Gospels...in the book of Acts...in Paul's epistles...in the writings of Peter...in the letters of John, James and Jude...and in the letter to the Hebrews (should you think someone besides Paul might be the author).  What we're alluding to is an air of expectancy that hovers over the whole of our New Testament. Whether we call it an "expectation of nearness", "the imminency factor" or give it some other descriptive title, there can be no doubt as to its preponderance. It is there. The New Testament is filled to overflowing with references that depict a first-century church eager with anticipation of end-time events. Now, before you tune us out and turn us off b...

We looked last week at the time statements in the Bible as to the coming of the Lord. We saw that he said he would come -- while some that were standing there were still living; in that generation; soon; quickly; at hand; he said his coming was near. Everywhere that the Bible talks about the Lord's coming it gives us a time statement. The NT saints fully expected the Lord to return in their lifetime.  How could we possibly miss this? Yet the majority of believers today, some two thousand years later are still saying that the Lord will return soon. Can the same event be imminent at two different periods of time separated by two thousand years? Someone said to me that they felt that the Lord said he was coming soon because he wanted every generation to be watching for Him.  Think about that. What that means is that when he told the first century believers that he was coming back soon, he really didn't mean it, he was giving them false information to keep them looking for Him. Ca...

  Justification by Faith Alone (The Relation of Faith to Justification ) Dr. Joel R. Beeke Justification by faith alone was Martin Luther's great spiritual and theological breakthrough. It did not come easily. He had tried everything from sleeping on hard floors and fasting to climbing a staircase in Rome while kneeling in prayer. Monasteries, disciplines, confessions, masses, absolutions, good works-all proved fruitless. Peace with God eluded him. The thought of the righteousness of God pursued him. He hated the very word "righteousness," which he believed provided a divine mandate to condemn him. Light finally dawned for Luther as he mediated on Romans 1:17, " For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith ." Justification by Faith Alone (The Relation of Faith to Justification) by Joel Beeke

And so all Israel, etc. Many understand this of the Jewish people, as though Paul had said, that religion would again be restored among them as before: but I extend the word Israel to all the people of God, according to this meaning, When the Gentiles shall come in, the Jews also shall return from their defection to the obedience of faith; and thus shall be completed the salvation of the whole Israel of God, which must be gathered from both; and yet in such a way that the Jews shall obtain the first place, being as it were the first-born in Gods family. This interpretation seems to me the most suitable, because Paul intended here to set forth the completion of the kingdom of Christ, which is by no means to be confined to the Jews, but is to include the whole world. The same manner of speaking we find in Galatians 6:16. The Israel of God is what he calls the Church, gathered alike from Jews and Gentiles; and he sets the people, thus collected from their dispersion, in opposition to the ...

"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." ( Matthew 24:35). It has been generally believed that Jesus here meant that even though these physical heavens and earth will pass away some day, that is not true about His word which will never pass away. Whether this physical earth and solar system ever passes away is not the point in this chapter. There is more to this statement of Jesus than meets the eye. Jesus has been talking in apocalyptic language, and heaven and earth passing away could mean here just what He has been talking about - that the heaven and earth of the old Jewish order will pass away, and that His word concerning all this is sure to come to pass. Heaven and Earth Shall Pass Away