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The Church: The Community of the Spirit

July 4, 2021 libertyadmin Comments 0 Comment

There are 5 descriptions of the early church that can be distilled from the early chapters of Acts. God’s new ekklesia (church), besides being the community of the forgiven, is also: the community of the outpoured Spirit, the blessed citizens of the eschatological City of God, the Heavenly Zion, living out their high calling and final destination and dwelling in the coming Heavenly Zion, while yet residing in the present evil world, the firstfruits of the last days remnant (the…

All Grown Up Now

January 28, 2020 libertyadmin Comments 0 Comment

Paul Trask continues making his way through Galatians by looking at a section of the text from 3:26 to 4:7, spanning a chapter break. Before looking at the content of this section, Paul spends some time looking at modern editorial features of our current Bibles, providing a historical context Chapter divisions Versification Red Letters Variety of modern features, i.e. capitalization, periods, commas, semi-colons, exclamation marks, hyphens, parentheses, paragraphing, section titling, etc. Be a demanding reader of the Bible, and feel…

The Promise and the Seed of Abraham

January 14, 2020 libertyadmin Comments 0 Comment

In today’s program, Paul Trask continues moving through his study of Galatians chapter 3 verses 15 through 18, and then verses 19 through 20. Through scripture, logic, legal principles and experience, the Apostle Paul now proceeds to debunk 2 Jewish presuppositions (thanks to scholar Richard Longenecker for the following phraseology). 1. “that the Mosaic law was meant by God to be a fuller expression of and a supplement to the Abrahamic covenant” Once duly established, legal contracts cannot be altered,…