Essential Readings

The Law of Moses Versus The Law of The Spirit – Part 1-3 By: Mike V Introduction It was the night of His apprehension by the Jews that Christ revealed to us that His original 12 apostles were not yet converted. Luk 22:31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:Luk 22:32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. They had been with him for three and

The Law of Moses versus the Law of the Spirit – Part 4-5 We concluded our last study with the understanding that the bondwoman, Hagar, and her son Ishmael, “answer to Jerusalem which now is and is in bondage with her children”: Gal 4:25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. Yet we have also been told by the holy spirit that at the Lord’s appointed time “all Israel shall be saved”, because “the gi

Aaron L Introduction: The Apostolic Pattern and Its Witnesses The doctrine of works stands at the center of Scripture’s testimony concerning God’s purpose — the redemption of the naturally captive creature, not from a lost perfection, but from the designed bondage of the natural order (Rom 8:20) — into the liberty of the life of the Spirit through the ransom of Christ. Few subjects have been more bitterly contested, more frequently distorted, or more desperately misunderstood

Aaron L Recap and Orientation In Part 1 we established that Scripture recognizes two categories of works that no natural effort can produce — the one proceeding from the old man, the other from the indwelling Spirit. The natural man, proceeding from the living soul rather than the quickening spirit, produces only “dead works” — a category broad enough to include moral evil, works of the flesh, religious activity, and even the commanded ordinances of the Mosaic law, all of whi