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  • The Eye of the Needle

    The Eye of the Needle

    Mark: According to Part 52 Mark 10:17-31 The Eye of the Needle This post may become a two-part post as it has a large number of texts and really covers two section of scriptures that really should not be separated for they are all teaching the same spiritual lesson yet coming at it from two…

  • The Initiative of God and Human Response

    The Initiative of God and Human Response

    The Initiative of God and Human response Romans 9:14-33 Verse 14 – 18 raise a new question. Namely is God acting unjustly or righteously in changing the rules on who the elect are? Absolutely not! Is Paul’s reply. Why? Because the question is incorrectly framed. God does not base His selection (or election or predestination…

  • Jews  and Gentiles in God’s Plan Part 1

    Jews and Gentiles in God’s Plan Part 1

    Jews and Gentiles in God’s Plan, Part 1 Lesson 10 Romans 9:1-33 In romans 9-11 we come to a major shift in Paul’s presentation. The first eight chapters highlighted that all people (both Jews and Gentiles) were sinners (Romans 1:18-3:20), that the only way to be justified was through faith (Romans 3:5), and that all…