Epistles
{IN THE EPISTLES}
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- The Suffering Servant - (Disciples are summoned to adopt the same mind that Jesus had when he poured out his life unto death for the sake of others – Philippians 2:5-11) - {PDF Copy}
- The Incommunicable Name - (The Incommunicable Name of God, its meaning and significance, according to Joseph Bryant Rotherham) - {PDF Copy}
- Power and Wisdom - (The power and wisdom of God are found in the proclamation of a Christ who was crucified on a Roman cross) - {PDF Copy}
- Spirituality - (The spiritually-minded man understands that the gospel of Christ Crucified is God’s true power and wisdom - 1 Corinthians 2:14) - {PDF Copy}
- The Imperative of the Cross - (Christ crucified is the pattern disciples of Jesus are summoned to follow and emulate, and the test of the genuine apostolic faith) - {PDF Copy}
- The New High Priest - (The inability of the Levitical system to cleanse sins necessitated the new priesthood inaugurated by God in the death of Jesus) - {PDF Copy}
- In a Son - (God spoke His definitive word in His Son, Jesus of Nazareth. All previous words spoken in the prophets were preparatory, promissory, and partial) - {PDF Copy}
- Our Sympathetic High Priest - (Jesus qualified as our high priest by participating fully in human sufferings, mortality, and especially, death) - {PDF Copy}
- Once For All - (The promise a New Covenant finds its fulfillment in the once-for-all sacrifice of Jesus and the superior priesthood he now holds) - {PDF Copy}
- Beginning and Firstborn - (To the Colossians, Paul emphasizes the exalted position of Jesus that he attained following his death and resurrection – Colossians 1:18-19) - {PDF Copy}
- Then He Sat Down - (Jesus is the Son whom God appointed as our merciful and faithful high priest after his suffering and death) - {PDF Copy}
- Achieving the Purification of Sins - (Having achieved the purification of sins, Jesus sat down at the right hand of God where he now intercedes for his people as their High Priest) - {PDF Copy}
- One Sacrifice - One New Priest - (With his one-time sacrifice, the Levitical priesthood ceased, and God appointed Jesus as the new High Priest after the order of Melchizedek) - {PDF Copy}
- His New Covenant - (In his sacrificial death, Jesus inaugurated the superior New Covenant promised in Jeremiah, thus rendering the old one obsolete – Hebrews 8:6-13) - {PDF Copy}
- He Humbled Himself - (The submission of Jesus to an unjust death becomes the paradigm for the love and service to others that disciples are summoned to manifest - Philippians 2:5-11) - {PDF Copy}
- The End of Death - (The arrival of Jesus at the end of the age will terminate the final enemy, Death, when he resurrects the righteous dead – 1 Corinthians 15:24-28) - {PDF Copy}