Matthew 24:13 (The One Who Endures to the End Will Be Saved)

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Recall that Jesus has warned His disciples that before His coming and the end of the age many false Christs would arise and mislead many looking for a more worldly leader to give them a more worldly kingdom.  Because “the whole world lies in the power of the evil one” (1Jo 5:19), those pledging loyalty…

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Matthew 24:10-12 (The Hoi Polloi)

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Recall that just as Ezekiel saw God’s glory depart from Solomon’s temple and rest upon the mountain east of the city (Eze 11:23), so has the hidden glory of Christ forsaken Herod’s temple and repaired to the Mount of Olives which offered a panoramic view of all Jerusalem and especially the temple mount.  Apart from…

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Matthew 24:10-11 (A Baited Trap and the Trappers)

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Mat 24:10-11.  In His Olivet Discourse after forsaking the temple and predicting its destruction, Jesus is answering His disciples’ request for a sign of when such things would take place, which they associated with His coming and the end of the age (Mat 24:3).  After warning of the deception of false Christs who would appeal…

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Baptism, the Lord’s Supper, and the Gospel of Our Salvation

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Baptism and the Gospel of Our Salvation When celebrating baptism and/or the Lord’s Supper it is appropriate to remind ourselves of their significance and meaning in relation to the gospel of our salvation.  For we understand that to be saved is not merely to just to say some words and then simply go about our…

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Against Calvinism’s 5 Points

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In this paper I would like to briefly articulate why each of Calvinism’s 5 points are at odds with Scripture, and why I consider it no less of a cultic doctrine than Adventism, Roman Catholicism, or even that of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, which all in similar manner end up denying the plain meaning of Scripture…

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