The WORD Podcast

Reminds the new testament believer of his obligation to obey the commandments of Jesus Christ, and those of his First Century Apostles and Elders (Ref. Lk. 16:16; John 16:12-15; Acts 16:4; 1 Cor. 11:2; 1 Thess. 4:1-8; 2 Pet. 3:1-2)

Seeks to highlight the Supremacy of the Grace of GOD over the Law of GOD.

Was the Apostle Paul A Sabbath-Keeper, after He became  A Christian?

Why was the Sabbath NOT given to the New Testament Church, as an Ordinance to be kept?

Was worshipping weekly on Sundays introduced by Constantine or some Pope, as our Sabbath-Keeping friends teach?

Is worshipping on Sundays simply A New Testament, Heretical Tradition? Or Is It GOD-Ordained, and of Old Testament Origin?

Why do informed Christians worship weekly on Sundays? And, can worshiping weekly on Sundays ever be the Mark of the Beast?

" He that saith, I know him and keepeth not his Commandments, is a liar, and the truth is NOT in him" (1 Jn. 2:4).

"If you love me, keep my commandments" (Jn. 14:15)

"For NOT the Hearers of the LAW are Justified, but the Doers of the LAW shall be Justified "(ROM. 2:13).

"The Son of Man is LORD also of the Sabbath Day" (Mk. 2:28), (Matt. 12:8)

" The Sabbath was made for man, and NOT man for the Sabbath" (Mk, 2:27)

“For he is NOT a JEW, which is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh, But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly…..(Rom. 2:28-29). 

According to our Adventist friends, Christians are Grafted -In Jews

"Do we then make void the law through faith? GOD forbid, we establish the law" (Rom 3:31).

“…For Where No Law is, there is no transgression” Rom 4:15”

Sin is the transgression of the law

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the Prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. 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 (Matt. 5:17-18).

"....I AM THE LORD, I CHANGE NOT....."Mal.3:16

To the Law and to the testimonies: If they speak NOT according to this word, it is because they have NO light in them (Isaiah 8:20)

Was worshipping weekly on Sundays, as practiced by all the first century churches founded by the apostle Paul, introduced by Nimrod, Constantine or some Pope of Rome? Or was it of divine origin, and practiced, annually, even in Old testament times by the Children of Israel.

Is the better covenant of Heb 8:6, the ten commandments? Or is it the Covenant of Grace, which Christ made by the sacrifice of himself at Calvary?

Were the ten (10) commandments given to the hosts in Heaven, as Mrs. White claims in her book "The Great Controversy"? Or were they given to Abraham, Isaac or Jacob, as the S.D.A. teach?

Were the meat ordinances given to the Israelites meat to be instructions in righteousness for the New Testament Church of Jesus Christ?

Are the two witnesses of Revelation 11:3-12, the old and new testaments, as Mrs. White suggests? Or are they two human beings?

Should Old Testament prophecies which have an end-time application be interpreted to mean the True Church of Christ, and not any blood descendants of Abraham or any Middle Eastern Nation?

Is Gehenna (Hell) a temporary destination of the damned? Or is it permanent and eternal?

Undeniable additional scriptural proof that this earth will not be desolate for one thousand years, after Christ translates the righteousness from earth to heaven, as our friend, the Seventh-day Adventists, teach.

Will the dead ever be raised to fight against Christ and His Saints; as Mrs. White claimed?

Do the souls of the righteous who die in this dispensation of grace, remain in their graves until they are resurrected ? Or do they go to heaven immediately after death?

In the list of erroneous doctrines, as compiled by Mrs. White, there is this affront: That the sins of the redeemed hosts were ultimately placed upon Satan.

Mrs. White  claimed that Jesus Christ made a final atonement in the heavenly sanctuary in 1844, for all those who could benefit by his mediation pg. 253, last paragraph, the early writings.

Mrs. White claims that those who are raised from the dead at the first resurrection, would spend 1000 years, initially, with Christ in Heaven, during which time, this earth would be desolate and become the home of Satan and his angels for 1000 years (early writings, pg. 290).

Would GOD the Father contradict Jesus' statement of Mark 13:32, and tell Mrs. White the day and the hour of Jesus' second coming?

Can we believe Mrs. White who claimed on pages 127 and 151 of her book "The Early Writings", that GOD had a struggle to send Jesus to earth, to die for the sins of humanity ? or should we believe John 3:16?

What purpose does the law serve today?

What status did its beneficiaries enjoy?

To what and why was the law added?

The fact that the New Testament believer's allegiance must be to the doctrines of the better or superior covenant of the grace of GOD, and not to those of the old covenant, called the law, is seen by studying Hebrews chapters one, two and eight, through ten, accordingly.

Because of  what GOD has done for us In Christ, as described in Proof No. 1; to walk uprightly , therefore, Is to walk according to the truth of the gospel (Gal 2:14), and NOT according to the dictates of the Law, even the First covenant, from which we were delivered (Rom 7:6).

In light of the superiority of the new and better covenant of the grace of GOD (Heb. 8:6-7), over the old covenant called the  Law of GOD (Deut 4:13; 2 Chron 33:8), New Testament believers' allegiance must inevitably be to Christ and his new testament directives, instead of to old testament ones, which, although were appropriate for old testament times, are, in many instances, unsuited for the new testament believer in Jesus Christ.

In addition to the previous reasons, the superiority of the grace of GOD over the law of GOD is surely established by the following text:"....But after that FAITH is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster (Gal. 3:25).

The Superiority of the Grace of GOD over the Law of GOD is undoubtedly estabished by the folowing texts: "... The Just Shall Live by Faith (Gal. 3:11), but we are also informed that "... The Law is not of Faith ...." (Gal. 3:12).

Since the righteousness which the law gives is self righteousness (Deut. 6:25; Phil. 3:9a) it is evident that the righteousness of the law must be inferior to the righteousness of faith, the latter being a derivative of GOD's divine nature. Because of this fact, St. Paul chose the latter and despised the former (Phil 3:9).

Because the Law is a merit system, which consists of blessings and curses, to be under the law also meant that one was under or subject to the curses of the law (Gal 3:10). On the other hand, the covenant of grace is predicated on the fact that GOD commits himself to save humanity by his Grace, and not by man's works (Eph. 2:8-9).

God dealt with Abraham, the father of faith, not under the law, but under the covenant of promise, whih was the old testament word for grace, the new testament believer also, being Abraham's seed through Christ, is likewise dealt with by GOD under the new and superior covenant of the grace of God, instead of under the old and inferior covenant of the law of GOD (Rom. 4:13, 14, and 16).

The Righteousness of the Law and the Righteousness of Faith are intrinsically different, being the respective derivatives of two different covenants, concerning which GOD's word says: He taketh away the First, that he may establish the second (Heb.10:9b)

The Righteousness of the Law and the Righteousness of Faith can never be the same, once one considers Gal: 3:11 and 12, which states that while the Law is not of faith (Gal. 3:12), the just shall live by Faith (Gal. 3:11).

The Righteousness of the Law differs from the righteousness of Faith, since they are the respective products of two different covenants or wills (ref. Heb. 7:11-19;Heb. 8:6-7;8-13)

The Righteousness of the Law and the Righteousness of Faith can never be the same, since they were mediated by two (2) different mediators, and the bible admits of but one mediator between GOD and man (1 Tim. 2:5;Heb 9:19-20).