August 2019 – Blessed & Bearded's Biblical Blog

These Things Are Impossible For God

Hebrews 6:4 For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 and then have fallen away, toContinue reading “These Things Are Impossible For God”

Latin Pharses

\”a posteriori — from the latter; knowledge or justification is dependent on experience or empirical evidencea priori — from what comes before; knowledge or justification is independent of experienceacta non verba — deeds, not wordsad hoc — to this — improvised or made upad hominem — to the man; below-the-belt personal attack rather than a reasoned argumentad honorem — for honoradContinue reading “Latin Pharses”

Romans 4

Having sufficiently shown the condemnation of Jew and Gentile in chapters 1-3 and showing us the instrument of righteousness, that is faith, here in chapter 4 Paul primarily looks to Abraham, a major figure of the OT and patriarch to the faith, to prove that our right stating with God is by faith alone andContinue reading “Romans 4”

Romans 3

3:1-8 3:1-3 Do y\’all understand Paul’s argument thus far? If so, please put it into your own words. Paul is saying that the Jews had a great advantage over the Gentiles because they had the truth of God and the shadows of the Gospel with them. But, even though some physical descendants of Abraham wereContinue reading “Romans 3”

Romans 2

So in Chapter 1 Paul demonstrated the sinfulness of the immoral pagan (1:18-32), Paul now presents his case against the religious moralist/legalist by cataloging 6 principles that govern God’s judgment: 1) Knowledge (2:1-2) 2) truth (2:2-3) 3) guilt (2:4-5) 4) deeds (2:6-10) 5) impartiality (2:11-15) 6) motive (2:16). On a 1-10 scale, how well do y’all think you understand thisContinue reading “Romans 2”