Archive for July, 2007
Friday, July 27th, 2007John 1:12-13 To them gave he power to become the sons of God
Most of Israel rejected Jesus as the Christ. Others accepted Him as the Christ, but did not believe in Him, while others did. It was to these last two groups that Jesus gave the liberty to become “sons” of God. These are “sons” not by the offering of sacrifice, the inclination of the human nature, or by the choice of moral excellence, but because they have been taught of God through the Holy Spirit.
Thursday, July 26th, 2007Matthew 3 - The winnowing fan and threshing floor
Traditional teaching attempts to persuade one to believe that this passage is that of separating the unregenerate from the regenerate, but that cannot be possible since both the grain and the chaff are derived from the same plant, which in this passage, is a child of God. Compare this to the parable of the “Wheat and Tares” where two distinct types of plants exists, each being derived from two different types of seed. In that parable the wheat is gathered together and placed into the barn. This would be customary prior to threshing and winnowing.