When we considered the Covenant of Law given through Moses, we detected a major problem that we have with God’s law: we cannot keep it. In light of this fact, in Jeremiah 31:31-34, God announced a New Covenant that would transform our relationship to the law by providing what we all need – complete forgiveness for all our sins.
The tenth plague was the death of the firstborn of Egypt, which was also the salvation of the people of Israel.
Salvation is not a matter of racial identity or religious privilege but of true righteousness, which comes through the gospel.
In the Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25:14-30 and in the two preceding parables, Jesus prepared his followers for his absence. He wanted...