This is the 7th and concluding part of our series, Who Is Jesus? If you missed Parts 1-6, please download the ebook on this website. Apostle John was not your average apostle. Not by any measure. Wrongly labeled apostle of love, this has prevented intellectual appreciation of the depths of this apostle. Truth is, Apostle Read more about Who Is Jesus? (Part 7) – The Real Jesus[…]
This is the 6th part of our series, Who Is Jesus? If you missed Parts 1-5, please click here. In the 35th chapter of the Book of Genesis, we come across an interesting information: “And God in a distinctly visible manifestation appeared to Jacob again…” (Genesis 35:9). It means that wasn’t the first time Jacob Read more about Who Is Jesus? (Part 6) – The Trinity[…]
This is the 5th part of our series, Who Is Jesus? If you missed Parts 1-4, please click here. Jesus often made enigmatic statements. One such is found in the Book of John: “I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, before Abraham was born, I AM.” (John 8:58). Let the records show that the Read more about Who Is Jesus? (Part 5) – Hypostatic Union[…]
This is the 4th part of our discourse on Who is Jesus? If you missed Parts 1-3, click here Sin is a capital offence. That much is clear from scriptures – “The wages of sin is death,” the Bible states, ominously. (Romans 6:23). “When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death Read more about Who Is Jesus? (Part 4) – The need for a Messiah[…]
This is the third installment in the series, Who is Jesus? If you missed Parts 1 & 2 please click here. The conception of a Messiah in Christianity is predicated on a basic premise: man needs salvation, he can’t save himself. The Messiah in Christianity will save humanity from sin and damnation. This is unlike Read more about Who Is Jesus? (Part 3) – Source Code[…]
Last week we began the series, Who Is Jesus? If you missed the introduction please click here to read. We concluded that the concept and personage of the Messiah is the great divide between Christianity and other religions. Christ is not the surname of Jesus. It comes from the Greek word Christós, meaning “anointed one” or Read more about Who Is Jesus? (Part 2) – Cerinthian Heresy[…]
The historicity of Jesus has never been in doubt. Except of course in the minds of those who stretch unbelief into incredulity. Such resort to employ of specious arguments to dispense with the factuality of the historic existence of Jesus. These arguments are geared more towards the creation of doubt rather than presentation of counterfactual Read more about Who Is Jesus? (Part 1) – The Great Divide[…]
Today we come to the concluding part of our series on tithing. To have a comprehensive grasp of the subject please click here. There are three dispensations of tithing under consideration: a). Pre Law (Abraham and Jacob) tithing. b). The dispensation of the Law when God commanded the Israelites to tithe as inheritance tax for Read more about Tithing (Part 7) – The Conclusion[…]
This is the sixth part of our series on tithing. We continue from last week on tithe in the New Testament. If you missed Parts 1-5 of the series on tithe please click here. Last week we discovered that the subject of tithing is treated four times in the New Testament. There are three mentions Read more about Tithing (Part 6) – New Testament[…]
This is the fifth part of our series on tithe. If you missed Parts 1-4 please click here. In Parts 1-4 we established the origin of tithing and its progression – the Abrahamic conception and Jacobian extension. We also saw the incorporation of tithe into the Law of Moses as a citizen duty in a theocratic Read more about Tithing (Part 5)[…]
This is Part 4 of our series on tithing. We continue with the study of first fruits vis-à-vis tithe. If you missed Parts 1-3 please click here. In Part 3 we established that firstfruits in the Old Testament was not just agricultural produce. It included the first male born in a family as well as Read more about Tithing (Part 4)[…]
This is Part 3 of the teaching on the subject of Tithing. If you missed Parts 1 & 2, click here (Part 1 , Part 2). In Part 1, we established that tithing began with the father of faith, Abraham. He gave a tenth of spoils of war. Abraham’s grandson, Jacob extended the principle of Read more about Tithing (Part 3) – Consideration of Firstfruit[…]