The Roman Trial - Part Five

By James Boice

Theme: Pilates Destructive Dilemma
This weeks lessons teach us the need to acknowledge Jesus' claim to kingship.

SCRIPTURE
Matthew 27:28-29

And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

Well pick up where we left off with Charles Spurgeon yesterday: “Few, nowadays, will side with the truth their fathers bled for. The day for covenanting to follow Jesus through evil report and shame appears to have gone by. Yet, though men turn round upon us and say, ‘Do you call your gospel divine? Are you so preposterous as to believe that your religion comes from God and is to subdue the world’—we boldly answer: “Yes!”

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A Paralytic Healed - Part 2

Posted 5/19/15 by Donald Barnhouse
What these men had to do—let their friend down through a hole in the roof—was inconvenient, but they did it. It was unconventional, but they did it. It destroyed some property, but they did it. It may have caused bits of debris to fall on the notables, but they did it. They weren’t stopped by the difficulties. Their friend was in need and had to be brought face–to– face with Jesus Christ. And when Jesus saw them, He acted immediately in His love and power.
 
Theme: Rumblings of Opposition
 
SCRIPTURE 
Mark 2:3-5
 
And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

LESSON

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Limited Atonement

by Michael Roberts • May 18, 2015
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The third point in Reformed theology’s famous acrostic suffers from something of an identity problem.  As it has been often observed, the preferred way to describe the doctrine in question is that of either definite atonement or particular redemption, owing to the traditional term’s rather negative impression.  After all, what Christian wants to be guilty of trying to “limit” Christ’s work on the cross?

 

Limited Atonement

The third point in Reformed theology’s famous acrostic suffers from something of an identity problem.  As it has been often observed, the preferred way to describe the doctrine in question is that of either definite atonement or particular redemption, owing to the traditional term’s rather negative impression.  After all, what Christian wants to be guilty of trying to “limit” Christ’s work on the cross?

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To My Friends on the Other Side (1)

Posted on Monday, May 18, 2015 by Todd Pruitt on 1517

A few thoughts after reading Bryan Chapell's article...

I was interested to read Dr. Bryan Chapell’s piece in By Faith on the current tensions in the PCA between what he calls traditionalists and progressives. 
Not surprisingly Dr. Chapell’s piece is gracious and helpful in some ways. I share his hope that the PCA will remain united. I share his concern about the rising demands of pluralism (what Chapell calls “our greatest enemy”).

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The Roman Trial - Part Four

By James Boice

Theme: Pilates Destructive Dilemma
This weeks lessons teach us the need to acknowledge Jesus' claim to kingship.

SCRIPTURE
Matthew 27:27-29

The last verses of this section take the kingship theme a bit further. For Matthew reports that even after he had been flogged in preparation for the crucifixion, Jesus was given to the soldiers who mocked him mercilessly, placing a scarlet robe on his shoulders, a crown of thorns on his head, and a staff in his hand. Then they fell before him in mock homage, crying, “Hail, king of the Jews.” They spit on him and struck him on the head again and again. This was human nature in its most brutal and inhumane form. Yet even so theirs was an innocent brutality, if one can use that word. For it was a lesser sin than Pilates who sinned against his knowledge and responsibility, or the leaders’ who sinned against their law and knowledge of the Bible, or Judas’ who had betrayed his Lord.

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A Paralytic Healed - Part 1

Posted 5/18/15 by Donald Barnhouse
Mark exposes the evil of their hearts with a vivid contrast between them and the friends of the paralyzed man in the account beginning at verse 3. Notice that neither the Pharisees nor the paralytic and his friends spoke a word to Jesus. But Jesus knew what was in their hearts.
 
Theme: Rumblings of Opposition
 
SCRIPTURE 
Mark 3:1-6
 
Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come here.” And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent.

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Definite Atonement and The Triune God

by Stephen Unthank • May 15, 2015
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At the heart of the gospel is the penal substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ. And though this is properly the work of the incarnate Son of God who died upon the cross, the Trinity is wholly involved in this event - it is the Father who sent the Son and it is the Son who dies through the power of the Spirit. Indeed, the atoning death of Jesus Christ is just one part of a harmonious work of salvation by our Triune God. As Shai Linne has beautifully put it, “The Father elects them, the Son pays their debt and protects them, The Spirit is the One who resurrects them” (“Mission Accomplished”, The Atonement, LampMode Records).

 

At the heart of the gospel is the penal substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ. And though this is properly the work of the incarnate Son of God who died upon the cross, the Trinity is wholly involved in this event - it is the Father who sent the Son and it is the Son who dies through the power of the Spirit. Indeed, the atoning death of Jesus Christ is just one part of a harmonious work of salvation by our Triune God.

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The Roman Trial - Part Three

By James Boice

The Roman Trial

Theme: Pilates Destructive Dilemma
This weeks lessons teach us the need to acknowledge Jesus' claim to kingship.

SCRIPTURE
Matthew 27:22-24

Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all said, “Let him be crucified!” And he said, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Let him be crucified!”

Pilate was trapped by his own scheming. He had miscalculated. But his stubborn character still came through. He was caught, but he did not want to be defeated by the Jews religious rulers whom he obviously despised. He was defeated, but he did not give up. “What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called Christ” he demanded.

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The Pharisees’ Interest Aroused

Posted 5/15/15 by Donald Barnhouse
Jesus’ startling words and deeds did not please everyone, though. In chapters 2 and 3, Mark shines the light of divine illumination on a group of people keenly interested in Jesus’ revolutionary ministry but whose response was hatred and fear. Despite the nature of Jesus’ ministry—its compassion, power, and joy—this group was not drawn to Jesus. On the contrary, the more wonderful the words and works of Christ, the more hostile this group of men became. The more hope He brought to a despairing people, the more they feared and hated Him. The more life and health He imparted, the more determined they became that He must be destroyed.
 
Theme: Rumblings of Opposition
 
SCRIPTURE
Mark 2:15-17
 
And as he reclined at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

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Jesus' Ark

by Nick Batzig • May 14, 2015

The flood narrative is especially pregnant with redemptive history. It is a gold mine full of redemptive-historical nuggets. We often shorthand the flood narrative by speaking of "Noah's Ark" but I have come to believe that it might be better for us to speak of it as "Jesus' Ark."

As I have been preaching through the book of Genesis, I have been struck afresh by the Creation/New Creation structure of the entirety of Scripture--no less in its opening chapters. We have considered the various elements of new creation as we have gone from creation to the flood. Redemptive history so orders the revelation that if we don't emphasize the biblical-theological direction of any given passage in Genesis, what in the world do we have to preach to God's people? The faith of Noah?

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