The Law of God – Proclamation! Online Magazine

The Law Fulfilled [Jesus Reveals His Mission in Matthew 5]

October 10, 2024 Proclamation! 2005-1 Proclamation!, Feature, Haroldo Camacho, New Covenant, Proclamation! Magazine Archive, The Law of God, The Sabbath

HAROLDO CAMACHO | Former Adventist Pastor The many references to the Law and the Old Testament in the Gospel of Matthew indicate that Matthew wrote this “Good News” with the […]

What Are the Works of the Devil?

October 10, 2024 Proclamation! 2016-3 Proclamation!, Feature, New Covenant, Proclamation! Magazine Archive, The Law of God, The Sabbath

WILLIAM HOHMANN | Former Member, Worldwide Church of God The one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God […]

August 17–23, 2024

August 15, 2024 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Feature, Sabbath School Commentary, The Law of God

Lesson 8: “Teaching Disciples: Part II” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This week’s studies reveal Adventism’s underlying emphasis on morality lessons, on keeping the law and […]

Separating in Order to Draw Near

July 18, 2024 Dale Ratzlaff 2013-3 Proclamation!, Dale Ratzlaff, Doctrine, Feature, The Law of God

ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) If a person professes Jesus’ incarnation, His death, and His resurrection, why does it matter what “secondary practices” we […]

12. Isaiah, Revelation, and the Eternal Sabbath

July 11, 2024 Guest Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician A last Sabbath argument comes from the last chapter of Isaiah. In fact, the last few chapters are devoted to the promise of heavenly redemption, the New Jerusalem, […]

11. What About James and the “Royal Law”?

July 4, 2024 Guest Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician A favorite Sabbath text, used by the late Adventist television evangelist George Vandeman and others is in James 2. The context of this passage is a warning against […]

10. Hebrews and the Old Covenant Shadows

June 27, 2024 Guest Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician Hebrews is the last scriptural area that I want to cover. It is directed to Jews, obviously, and uses familiar Old Covenant terminology to establish Jesus with the […]

9. Romans On the New Covenant

June 20, 2024 Guest Gospel, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician Romans is quite a primer on the New Covenant, and I seem to notice something different each time I study it, though I don’t pretend to understand all […]

8. Colossians and the Law

June 13, 2024 Guest Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician The book of Colossians also has a purpose of refocusing the emphasis of these Gentile Christian churches back on the gospel from other elements that would lead them […]

The Adventist/Protestant Dilemma

June 6, 2024 Myles Christian Adventist Doctrines, Feature, Gospel, Myles Christian, The Law of God

MYLES CHRISTIAN | Host, Answering Adventism What is the Law/Gospel Distinction? It has been the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s appeal since their inception that they stand on the shoulders of the […]

7. Galatians and the Law

June 6, 2024 Guest Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician Let’s move from here then to the book of Galatians whose stated purpose is to respond to “Judaizing Christians” who were urging traditional Jewish worship on the newly […]

6. What About Paul and the Sabbath?

May 30, 2024 Guest Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician In the past, as a Sabbath keeper, I used the argument that since Paul kept the Sabbath, that was evidence that we should too. However, the Bible does […]

5. The Law Fulfilled

May 23, 2024 Guest Feature, Jerry Rector, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath, The Sabbath Fulfilled

JERRY RECTOR | Physician So, I think you’ll agree that what Jesus is stating in Matthew 5:17 is that He has come to fulfill the entire Old Testament. Then in verse 18, […]

What About the Ten Commandments

April 18, 2024 Guest Adventist Doctrines, Chris Badenhorst, Feature, New Covenant, The Law of God, The Sabbath

CHRIS BADENHORST | What is the role of the Law in the Christian life? Are the Ten Commandments still binding on believers in Jesus Christ? Is the Decalogue still the […]

What Commandments Do Christians Follow?

March 7, 2024 Dale Ratzlaff 2007-2 Proclamation!, Dale Ratzlaff, Doctrine, New Covenant, Proclamation! Magazine Archive, The Law of God, The Sabbath

ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Q: If the Ten Commandments came in with Moses and lasted only until Christ, as you say the new covenant teaches, then what […]