May 2025 "Dearly Beloved" Articles
Dearly Beloved 05/29/25 Not to Destroy but to Fulfill
Not to Destroy but to Fulfill
Dearly beloved of God, the Mosaic law set the just requirements of redemption and of how a person was made just before God.
Matthew 5:17, 18
17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Jesus Christ came to fulfill the law, not destroy it. He fulfilled it after his death and resurrection from the dead, but during his earthly ministry the law was the standard for justice before God.
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Dearly Beloved 05/27/25 Some Promised Before and Some Later
Some Promised Before and Some Later
Dearly beloved of God, all that God planned concerning the purpose of the ages He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Genesis 22:18 informs us that God promised Abraham that, “All the nations will be blessed in you.”
Galatians 3:6-8 WTJ
6 Even as [Genesis 22:18] Abraham “believed, and it was accounted to him for justness.”
7 so then know that those who are of believing are sons of Abraham.
8 The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by believing, proclaimed the gospel beforehand to Abraham: “All the nations will be blessed through you.”
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Dearly Beloved 05/23/25 You Have Been Justified
You Have Been Justified
Dearly beloved of God, we do not have to wonder about how we stand before God today as Christians because of Jesus Christ’s accomplishments in his death and resurrection.
Romans 3:24 WTJ
being justified freely by His [God’s] grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Do you realize what this means to every Christian?
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Dearly Beloved 05/22/25 Completely Redeemed and Freely Justified
Completely Redeemed and Freely Justified
Dearly beloved of God, we have been completely redeemed from sin and death. Our redemption is not by works we have done, but by Jesus Christ’s accomplishments.
Jesus Christ died in our stead to pay the redemption price required by the law. The law set the just requirements for redemption and the making of a person righteous.
Jesus Christ was sent by God to fulfill the law so that whosoever believes in him might be saved. He shed his own blood to pay for our sins so that we might be justified before God.
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Dearly Beloved 05/18/25 The Reason for Salvation
The Reason for Salvation
Dearly beloved of God, what did God have in mind when He saved us? What was the reason for our salvation?
Colossians 1:27
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
“Christ in you” is “the riches of the glory” “of the mystery of God concerning Christ among the Gentiles, “in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”
Consider the words God uses to convey the truth of the hope to us; glory, riches, treasures. God uses words with painstaking accuracy to convey His Will concerning His beloved children.
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Dearly Beloved 05/16/25 The Gospel of God part 8 of the New Covenant
The Gospel of God (Part 8 the New Covenant)
Dearly beloved of God, the book of Romans lays the foundation of the truths concerning the Church of God by revealing the gospel of God concerning Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 1:1-4
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
The gospel of God concerns that “which He had promised before by the prophets in the holy scriptures” of the Old Testament.
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Dearly Beloved 05/15/25 Romans part 7 of the New Covenant
Romans (Par 7 of the New Covenant)
Dearly beloved of God, in the new covenant, Jesus Christ was the final offering for sin. By his one offering there is complete remission of sins and iniquities, and God remembers them no longer. You have been justified.
Jesus Christ consecrated a new and living way through the veil that previously separated the holy place in the tabernacle from the Holy of Holies.
Only the high priest of Israel could enter through that veil once a year on the Day of Atonement.
Now every Christian, through Christ, has access by one spirit unto the Father. Christ provided us with a new and living way that gives us access to the throne of grace.
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Dearly Beloved 05/13/25 Ephesians part 6 of the New Covenant
Ephesians (Part Six of the New Covenant)
Dearly beloved of God, the book of Romans reveals that there is no difference between the Judean and the Gentile because Jesus Christ accomplished redemption and salvation for all people.
Whosoever believes on the Lord Jesus shall not be ashamed for there is no difference between the Jew and the Gentile, for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Ephesians clearly explains the redemption and salvation that is in Christ for the Judeans and the Gentiles.
Ephesians 2:11, 12 WTJ
11 Wherefore remember that you were formerly Gentiles in the flesh, who were called Uncircumcision by those who are called Circumcision made by hand in the flesh,
12 and that you were at that time without Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and being without God in the world.
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Dearly Beloved 05/13/25 II Corinthians 3: 7-18 part 5 of the New Covenant
II Corinthians 3: 7-18 (Part 5 of the New Covenant)
Dearly beloved of God, God made Paul, and the men who worked with him, able ministers of the new covenant of the spirit.
There was a controversy with the Judeans concerning the old covenant and new covenant throughout the Apostle Paul’s ministry.
The legalistic Judeans wanted the Gentiles to be circumcised and keep the law.
II Corinthians 3:7, 8
7 But if the ministration [ministry] of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
8 how shall not the ministration [ministry] of the spirit be rather glorious?
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Dearly Beloved 05/12/25 II Corinthians 3: 2,3 part 4 of the New Covenant
II Corinthians 3: 2, 3 [Part 4 of the New Covenant]
Dearly beloved of God, God’s servant, the Lord Jesus Christ gave his life to make the new covenant.
God gave him, Jesus, for a covenant to the people and a light to the Gentiles to be God's salvation unto the ends of the earth.
Jesus gave his life as an offering for sin, and God remembers their sins no more.
The Lord Jesus Christ is the mediator of the new covenant.
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Dearly Beloved 05/11/25 God's Servant part 3
God’s Servant [Part 3]
Dearly beloved of God, the old covenant of the law has been replaced with a new covenant. This was the work of God’s servant.
Isaiah 42:6
I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light to the Gentiles.
Christ was the servant spoken of in this verse. God would give the Christ “for a covenant of the people, and a light of the Gentiles.”
According to verse 7, God would give His servant, “To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.”
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Dearly Beloved 05/10/25 Galatians 4:21-31 part 2
Galatians 4:21-31 (Part 2)
Dearly beloved of God, the prophet Jeremiah spoke of a new covenant that God would make with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
The new covenant is recorded in Jeremiah 31:31-34.
This covenant is also quoted in Hebrews 8:8-12, with the explanation in the context of chapters 8, 9, and 10.
The book of Galatians speaks of the new covenant, also.
Galatians 4:21-31 WTJ
21 Tell me, you who desire to be under law, do you not hear the law?
22 For example, it has been written that Abraham had two sons, one by the maid servant and one by the free woman.
These records are found in Genesis 16, 17, and 18.
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Dearly Beloved 05/09/25 Israel Was First part 1
Israel Was First (Part I)
Dearly beloved of God, to have the right information from God is very important.
The right way of believing comes by hearing the Word of God [Romans 10:17]. If you do not think so, consider Israel according to the flesh.
Romans 9:5-8 WTJ
5 Of them [Israel] were the fathers, and from them was the Christ according to the flesh. The God Who is over all is blessed forevermore. Amen.
6 By no means has the Word of God failed. They are certainly not all Israel who are from Israel,
7 nor because they are Abraham’s seed are they all children, but [Genesis 21:12:] “In Isaac will your seed be called.”
8 In other words, these children of the flesh are not children of God, but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed.
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Dearly Beloved 05/06/25 The Right Information
The Right Information
Dearly beloved of God, the right way of believing comes by hearing, by hearing the Word of God.
God communicates with words, that same as we communicate with one another. The Word of God is God speaking. God’s written Word is as much God speaking today as the day He first spoke it to holy men of God, and He had them record it.
Had God not revealed His Word, we would not know what the right way is to believe.
We must have the right information before we have the right way to believe.
The right way of believing produces trust and confidence in God. God wants us to trust Him and have confidence in Him.