Be Perfect

Last Sunday’s text ended with: “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Because I did not mention this much in the sermon, due to the volume of other material, I thought I would say something brief on this passage. This text is often used to scare people into repentance, reminding them of how [...]

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The Theonomy of the Gospel

Dr. Herman Ridderbos writes: “The disposition of the heart is an indispensable condition of a good deed for the very reason that it is included in the precept of the law and is demanded by God in the revelation of his will. The theonomy of the gospel is subjection to the law, and any attempt [...]

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Important Quote on the “Sermon on the Mount”

Bishop NT Wright says this of this very well know speech of Jesus: “The sermon…is not a mere miscellany of ethical instruction. It cannot be generalized into a set of suggestions, or even commands, on how to be ‘good’. Nor can it be turned into a guidemap for how to go to ‘heaven’ after death. [...]

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