Please Explain the Purpose Of the Law!
MARGIE LITTELL I have a question for my Adventist friends: can you show me, a Gentile, what the Scriptures say the purpose is of the huge law-system called the Torah? After […]
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Category: The Law of God
Levitical Food Laws Teach Grace
KASPARS OZOLINS For former Adventists, the subject of SDA dietary teachings evokes many strong reactions. Central to leaving Adventism for us has been a proper understanding of biblical covenants, and […]
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Commandment Breaking or Lawlessness
WILLIAM HOHMANN There is a behavior people develop in relation to the Bible that can lead to misunderstanding and misinterpretation if one is careless. It is the habit of embracing […]
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8. Constantine’s Sunday Law, A.D. 321
Constantine, the first Christian emperor of Rome, issued the following edict in A.D. 32: “Let all the judges and town people, and the occupation of all trades, rest on the […]
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Nailed! The law in Colossians
R. K. MCGREGOR WRIGHT Preamble Behind the letter to the Colossians, there was a serious Gnostic-type of legalistic and mythical teaching. It was called “the Colossian Heresy” by such scholars […]
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Jesus Educates on Law and Salvation
A couple of weeks ago we received a letter from a Christian man who has been having conversations with an Adventist in Kenya. He asked us for help answering some […]
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James Teaches Salvation Apart From Law
DALE RATZLAFF Adventism’s belief that man is purely physical shapes their interpretation of the epistle of James to demand law-keeping. In context, James is teaching that our new hearts […]
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Faith Zaps the Law!
I’ve been spending time in Galatians again. I’ve loved this book for 20 years. In fact, this book has been the foundation of my new covenant understanding since I first […]
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GOD SUBJECT TO LAW?
By Colleen Tinker “The Sabbath is part of God’s law, and God never changes. The Sabbath is eternal,” Adventists often argue. “The Sabbath is God’s day!” These familiar arguments […]
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JESUS GIVES A NEW LAW
By Margie Littell Adventists learned to use Matthew 5:17, 18 to “prove” that the Ten Commandments are binding on Christians. We who have been Adventists know the argument well. We […]
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ELLEN WHITE DEIFIED THE LAW
A TRANSCRIPT OF GOD’S CHARACTER? By Nicole Stevenson “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them […]
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DISTORTING SCRIPTURE TO STAY UNDER THE LAW
By Colleen Tinker Adventist “law arguments” die hard. No matter how clearly the Bible explains the limited scope of the Mosaic covenant and the surpassing glory of the new covenant […]
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JESUS DIDN’T COME TO ABOLISH THE LAW
• By Colleen Tinker • What are we supposed to do with Matthew 5:17,18 when we begin to learn that Jesus fulfilled the law and inaugurated a new covenant? What […]
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THE UNITY OF THE LAW
What Was “Nailed to the Cross”? By R. K. McGregor Wright The Occasion There are several ideas circulating among Bible-believing Christians about the status of something variously referred to as […]
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THE LAW WE FOLLOW
By Nicole Stevenson I have a burden for those who leave Adventism and then grow weary of trying to understand God’s Word without the triggers from proof texts. I […]
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