THE SECOND COMMANDMENT – THOU SHALT NOT MAKE UNTO THEE ANY GRAVEN IMAGE – Exodus 20
By its very nature any religious image is false, being a lying, man-made, presentation of what is allegedly represented.
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THE BEST WINE SAVED FOR LAST – John 2
In the earthly life of our Lord, the wonder of Bethlehem and the angelic announcement of a Saviour born culminated in the far more wonderful event of Jesus’ death and resurrection for the salvation of mankind. The best wine came last.
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IF YOU ARE CHRIST’S THEN YOU ARE HEIRS ACCORDING TO PROMISE – Galatians 3
It must be confessed that perhaps there are those who have thus been immersed without being saved; but nobody was ever saved without being immersed. Beyond all doubt Paul considered that, practically, to become a part of Christ implies membership in the church of Christ.
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THE SEVEN-FOLD PROMISE TO ABRAHAM – Genesis 15
The promise, it will be remembered (Genesis 12:1ff), envisioned a great posterity for Abraham; but many years passed during which he had no son. Passing over the incident involving Hagar, Abraham waited patiently for that which, according to all human reckoning, was impossible.
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THE DECALOGUE – THE TEN COMMANDMENTS – THE CODE OF HAMMURABI – Exodus 20
Christ came not to destroy but to fulfill the Law (Matthew 5:17), and yet, “He took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross” (Colossians 2:14).
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SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES – 1 Peter 2
Although Christians must offer sacrifices to God, such are always “lesser sacrifices,” the one true, great and efficacious sacrifice already having been offered, namely, Christ himself.
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CONCERNING ANGELS – Hebrews 1
The angels have the nature of servants, or “ministers,” as stated here, and thus must ever be accounted inferior to Jesus our Lord; despite this, however, those shining creatures of the unseen world possess a magnificence beyond our imagination; and the service they give to God and their activities on behalf of the saints, so mysteriously mentioned here, are matters of surpassing interest and curiosity.
