God’s commands concerning sacrifices and offerings were given to people who were already in relationship with Him, who were already part of the covenant community, and who were already His people. Sacrifices and offerings to God were never to be understood as a means of salvation. Instead, God designed the sacrificial system in order to…
Tag: Sin
Today’s Chef Special: “THE DEVIL DID NOT MAKE YOU DO IT!”
The truth is, most of what you and I will deal with in our daily lives is NOT demonically inspired. It can be attributed to our own foolishness, faults, foibles (‘a minor flaw or shortcoming in character or behavior; a weakness’), physical infirmities, quirks, peccadilloes (‘a slight offense’), and idiosyncrasies (‘mannerism; temperament’). Furthermore, we all…
Today’s Chef Special: “FOLLOW THE LEADER”
Today’s Chef Special: “FOLLOW THE LEADER” 1 CORINTHIANS 11:1, “PATTERN YOURSELVES AFTER ME [FOLLOW MY EXAMPLE], AS I IMITATE AND FOLLOW CHRIST (THE MESSIAH).” (AMPC) Since Satan can be in only one place at a time, he likes to multiply his efforts by targeting spiritual leaders, attempting to topple them from their positions of influence and thus…
Today’s Chef Special: “IDOLATRY”
Today’s Chef Special: “IDOLATRY” (Gk. eidōlolatreia) Strong’s #1495, 1 Corinthians 10:14, “Therefore, my dearly beloved, shun (keep clear away from, avoid by flight if need be) any sort of IDOLATRY (of loving or venerating anything more than God).” (AMPC) This word refers to the practice of worshiping idols. Related Greek words are translated ‘idolater’ in…
Today’s Chef Special: “TRANSGRESSIONS”
Today’s Chef Special: “TRANSGRESSIONS” Leviticus 16:16,21, “Thus he shall make atonement for the Holy Place because of the uncleanness of the Israelites and because of their TRANSGRESSIONS, even all their sins; and so shall he do for the Tent of Meeting, that remains among them in the midst of their uncleanness…And Aaron shall lay both…
Today’s Chef Special: “RANSOM”
Today’s Chef Special: “RANSOM” 1 Timothy 2:6, “Who gave Himself as a RANSOM for all [people, a fact that was] attested to at the right and proper time.” (AMPC). (Gk. antilutron) Strong’s #487 The word ‘ransom’ in Greek is ‘antilutron’ made up of ‘anti’ (signifying substitution) and ‘lutron’ (the word used for the ransom of a slave…
Today’s Chef Special: “COMMIT HARLOTRY”
Hosea 1:2, “When the Lord began to speak by Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea: “Go, take yourself a wife of HARLOTRY And children of HARLOTRY, For the land has COMMITTED GREAT HARLOTRY By departing from the Lord.” (NKJV) Amplified Bible: “When the Lord first spoke with and through Hosea, the Lord said to him,…
Today’s Chef Special: “BAPTIZE”
(Gk. baptizō) Strong’s #907 Luke 3:7, “So he said to the crowds who came out to be BAPTIZED by him, You offspring of vipers! Who secretly warned you to flee from the coming wrath?” (AMPC) This Greek word means ‘to dip’ or ‘to immerse.’ The people were coming to John and being immersed by him…
Today’s Chef Special: “LAMB”
(Gk. amnos) Strong’s #286 Acts 8:32, “Now this was the passage of Scripture which he was reading: Like a sheep He was led to the slaughter, and as a LAMB before its shearer is dumb, so He opens not His mouth.” (AMPC) The New Testament writers often identified Jesus as being ‘the Lamb’, or ‘the…
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