Yeshua, Our Redeemer- Mediator

I Timothy 2:5 :  For  there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man   Christ Jesus. Acts 4:12 :   And there is  salvation  in no one else, for  there is no other  name under heaven given among men [ a ]  by which we must be saved.” Acts 16:31 : And they said,  “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you  and your household.” Of these, I think the ESV is not as accurate as it could be.   It makes it sound as if someone must believe in a set of facts & rely on Yeshua directly, as in intellectually assent to who He is & His person & work at one’s personal Vox Kephale in order to be justified.   The preposition  ἐπί in the text governs the accusative case object “the Lord Jesus,” & is, in my opinion, better translated as “on” rather than “in.” Yeshua is the Redeemer-Mediator of the whole of the LORD’s covenant system.   Rather than point us to a body of doctrinal ...
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Why I’m Not A Cessationist (Part 2)

This is the definition of inductive prophecy — prophetic activity that is done/accomplished with objects.   It is frequently deployed by the LORD & His people as an answer to witchcraft, sorcery, the dark arts, etc. 

Baptism & the Lord’s Supper / Fellowship Meal are acts of inductive prophecy.   We call them sacraments (ordinances if you’re Baptist).  Circumcision (Genesis 17) is an answer to the dedication of children to demons & witchcraft (Genesis 6).     The Lord’s Table (1 Corinthians 11) answers the meals dedicated to Aphrodite in Corinth, & the intramural conflict in the Corinthian church over use of food sacrificed to idols is rightly explained as an argument between people who had questions about the use of instruments (ingredients) used for Aphrodite worship & whether or not they could be justifiably repurposed for the Lord’s Table.

Are these the only examples?  To that I would ask the question, “Is the binding rite in the hands of the Witch of Endor still an act of witchcraft based on her motives & purposes?  Of course it is!   Then why wouldn’t the same rite be an act of inductive prophecy on the part of one or more members of the LORD’s covenant community? 

God bless us all, each & every one, & “Go & Sin No More.”

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