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Six False Gospel We Must Avoid

The True Gospel calls us out of ourselves. The Gospel says that God created everything, even us. God put man in a perfect environment, and gave him a job to do, and a thing NOT to do. Man ignored the command of God. He ate what God said not to eat, and because he failed sin entered the world, and death came with sin. Everyone born from that man through ordinary generation inherited this sin nature, the desire to walk apart from God. The world is in the mess it is in because of that sin nature, and we ALL stand guilty before God, Who is holy, righteous, loving and good. God in His mercy and goodness sought Man in the Garden when he sinned, and seeks man today. God called out to Adam, “Where are you?” He calls out to us today through His Son Jesus Christ. God became perfect Man in Jesus. Jesus was not born of ordinary generation, He was virgin born. He was born without a sin nature. As Pastor Voddie Baucham said, “If Jesus was born of ordinary generation, He was born in sin. But because He’s not born of ordinary generation, He’s clean of sin, His record is clean, and He keeps His record clean”. Jesus obeyed the Law of God on our behalf. And Jesus went to the Cross to pay for our sins, “the Just for the unjust”(1 Peter 3:18). When we receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, when we hear His call and follow Him, we are adopted into the family of God (Ephesians 1:5; Romans 8:15) and are indwelt by God’s Spirit (1 Corinthians 3:16; Romans 8:9). Because of Jesus, Continue reading →

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Ephesians 6:15 The Gospel of Peace

When the Roman soldier went into battle, he went with the Belt, the Breastplate, and the Boots. The Belt was a wide swath of leather tightly bound around your lower stomach, and though not a part of the armor, it was what all the armor attached to. The Breastplate was a bronze or iron piece that covered your upper torso, protecting your heart, lungs, and bowels from damage by sword, spear, or arrow. The Boots that the soldier wore were called CALIGAE. The sole of the Caliga (single boot) had multiple layers of leather, built up to ¾ to 1 inch thick. Iron studs were driven through the outsole, so that the boot was cleated for stability. The inner sole was from a single piece of leather that protected the foot from the studs, and it extended upward into long straps that made a lattice that surrounded the calf of the leg. The Caliga, when laced up, fit snug to the leg and foot, preventing the soldier from forming blisters on long marches. The open lattice of the Caliga meant that water and sand easily drained away from the feet, and gave good ventilation.

One of the earliest defensive weapons employed against soldiers was sharpened sticks, hidden in the grass or in sand. The sticks were poisoned, and if a soldier stepped on them it would drive into the foot, crippling and maybe killing. The Caligae were so thick they could not be penetrated, making the Roman Army nearly invincible.

As the Apostle compares the weaponry that we as Christians are to employ against our enemy the devil, he ties the:

Roman BELT = The Biblical TRUTH
Roman BREASTPLATE = Imputed RIGHTEOUSNESS from Christ
Roman BOOT = PREPARATION of the GOSPEL

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The Righteous Fall But Rise

Proverbs 24:15-16 Lay not wait, O WICKED {rāšāʿ} man, against the dwelling of the RIGHTEOUS {ṣadîq}; spoil {šāḏaḏ} not his resting place: 16 For a JUST {ṣadîq} man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the WICKED {rāšāʿ} shall fall into mischief.

Word Study: God addresses the wicked here with a warning. The warning is that God Himself looks after the RIGHTEOUS or the JUST person, but the WICKED will fall and stay fallen. Let’s look at a few of these words in their original text. Let’s start with the words RIGHTEOUS and JUST. This is the same word in the Hebrew, the word ṣadîq (pro. tsad-deek’) which means “the lawful or right walking, the one justified and vindicated by God”.

The Righteous or Just Are Declared So By God Based On Faith In Christ

When a person repents and receives God as Lord and Savior, as Abraham did, the Bible says:

Genesis 15:6 {Abraham} believed in the LORD; and He COUNTED IT {ḥāšaḇ} to him FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

This scripture is quoted numerous times throughout the Bible. In … Continue reading →

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