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“I Am” Statements in John’s Gospel

John’s Gospel includes seven profound statements by Jesus known as the “I am” statements. In these statements, Jesus reveals and describes his “saving relationship toward the world.” Let’s discover what we can learn about Jesus’ redemptive work from these statements with some help from notes in the NKJV MacArthur Study…

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Holiness, Defilement, and the Nations

In a previous post, we looked at the role clean and unclean foods played in establishing the holiness of God’s people. Fast forward several thousand years and we see Jesus using those same categories to teach where true defilement comes from. Let’s follow up our previous post with this look…

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Holiness Code: Clean and Unclean Creatures

How should we understand the distinction between clean and unclean creatures in the book of Leviticus? What role did this distinction have for the ancient Israelites? And how did this distinction relate to God’s holiness? Let’s learn more about this part of the Leviticus holiness code with these notes from…

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General and Special Revelation

Psalm 19 describes a movement from God’s general revelation to special revelation to heartfelt petitions by a repentant sinner. Keep reading these notes from the CSB Baker Illustrated Study Bible to learn more about God’s general and special revelation. Revelation of God God is the all-powerful, all-knowing, morally perfect Creator…

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What is the Gospel?

Check out this article from the ESV Systematic Theology Study Bible on the gospel. Keep reading to see why the gospel is not just good news, but the best news. May you experience more and more of the transformative work of the gospel! Good News for Sinners The gospel is…

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Reading the Bible Chronologically

Reading through the books of the Bible in chronological order can really help you put the different sections of the Bible together. But this can be a challenge since our Bibles are not arranged chronologically. That’s where a resource like the Chronological Life Application Study Bible (NLT) is a tremendous…

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The Faith Once for All Delivered to the Saints

Have you ever recited a creed in a church service? What did you think of participating in a corporate confession of that sort? Did it give you a sense of continuity with the past, a historical rootedness? Or did including human tradition in the church’s worship bother you? Let’s learn…

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The Revelation of God’s Righteousness

In the opening chapters of the greatest letter ever written, Paul completely obliterates any thought of human righteousness. The conclusion to his dismantling of any thought of human righteousness is that “none is righteous, no, not one” (Rom. 3:10). God does not even consider one person as righteous in his…

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The Nazirite Vow

The Bible describes many ancient religious practices largely foreign to our own cultural practices. Notions of consecration, dedication, vows, holiness, and ritual cleanness are somewhat common in contemporary Christianity. But how well do we know the origin of this terminology and these practices? Take, for instance, the Nazirite vow. The…

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Paul’s Warning Against Backsliding

I was recently studying Paul’s letter to the Galatians and encountered his words in Galatians 5:4. He says, “You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.” What does it mean to fall away from grace? The verse…

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