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The nature of a lawful oath (23.1) A lawful oath is an element of religious worship in which a person swearing in truth, righteousness, and judgment solemnly calls God to witness what is sworn and to judge the one swearing according to the truth or falsity of it. Exodus 20:7; Deuteronomy 10:20; Jeremiah 4:2; 2 Chronicles 6:22, 23 The propriety of a lawful oath (23.2) People should swear by the name of God alone and only with the most holy fear and reverence. Therefore to swear an empty or ill-advised oath by that glorious and awe-inspiring name, or to swear at all by anything else, is sinful a
The Lord’s Prayer | In Heaven, Hallowed Be Your Name | Ian Goodman | 9 Aug 2026 The words “...in heaven, hallowed be your name,” teaches us two things: 1) That God is infinitely above us. When we are told to pray to our Father “in heaven” the purpose is not simply to tell us where God lives or to where we are to address our prayers. The purpose is to remind us of God’s otherworldliness, of His sovereign power, and of the fact that we are recipients only and not contributors to God in any way. We saw this by looking at three of God’s attributes: His aseity (or independence), his immutability (o
We begin a new series as we’ve finished Romans 6 and are about to move to chapter 7. It seems like a good time for a break. The new series is on the Lord’s Prayer, going line by line. The purpose of this series is not simply to get you to pray more, it’s to make you feel closer to God than you’ve ever felt, and therefore pray more! Here a number of questions must be answered: 1. What does it mean for God to be our Father? There is a sense in which God is a Father to everyone since everyone was made by Him, but in a very special sense He is the Father only of Christians. That is a Father by rel
The nature of a lawful oath (23.1) A lawful oath is an element of religious worship in which a person swearing in truth, righteousness, and judgment solemnly calls God to witness what is sworn and to judge the one swearing according to the truth or falsity of it. Exodus 20:7; Deuteronomy 10:20; Jeremiah 4:2; 2 Chronicles 6:22, 23 The propriety of a lawful oath (23.2) People should swear by the name of God alone and only with the most holy fear and reverence. Therefore to swear an empty or ill-advised oath by that glorious and awe-inspiring name, or to swear at all by anything else, is sinful a
Paragraph 1 The light of nature shows that there is a God, who has lordship and sovereignty over all; is just, good and does good to all; and is therefore to be feared, loved, praised, called upon, trusted in, and served, with all the heart and all the soul, and with all the might.1 But the acceptable way of worshipping the true God, is instituted by himself,2 and so limited by his own revealed will, that he may not be worshipped according to the imagination and devices of men, nor the suggestions of Satan, under any visible representations, or any other way not prescribed in the Holy Scriptur
“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” From this high peak in the book of Romans we have a vantage point to see so many other doctrines of the Bible. We have the doctrine of sin and its eternal consequences. We have the doctrine of the atonement, with Christ being the One who takes our ‘wages’ in His own death for us. We have the doctrine of salvation by grace, for eternal life is the free gift of God. This is a passage that is relevant for both Christians and non Christians alike. For non Christians because here is the precious offe
Paragraph 1 The light of nature shows that there is a God, who has lordship and sovereignty over all; is just, good and does good to all; and is therefore to be feared, loved, praised, called upon, trusted in, and served, with all the heart and all the soul, and with all the might.1 But the acceptable way of worshipping the true God, is instituted by himself,2 and so limited by his own revealed will, that he may not be worshipped according to the imagination and devices of men, nor the suggestions of Satan, under any visible representations, or any other way not prescribed in the Holy Scriptur
Two types of people to avoid: 1. Judgmental legalist and 2. Condemning mysticist
What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once p
Last week we saw how the Lord continued to build His church. This morning we focus on verses 42–47 and observe what life looked like among these first believers. Peter had called the people to "save yourselves from this crooked generation." Every generation has its own values and patterns of thinking, and these new believers were being called to a decisive break with the spirit of their age. From now on, they were to be shaped, not by the world around them, but by the Word of God and the Spirit of God. The church had become a new community with a new identity and a new way of life. Luke gives
The Definition of the Church Jesus promised in Matthew 16:18, "I will build my church," a promise that remains active today. The biblical term for church, Ekklesia, never denotes a physical building but always refers to an assembly of people. It is not merely a charitable organization or a social advocacy group; rather, it is a community of those called by God. The Sovereign Work of God True Christianity is fundamentally the activity of God. On the Day of Pentecost, 3,000 souls were "added" to the church, but they did not add themselves—the Lord added them. The growth of the church is not the
