Topic: The cross and the atonement

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Is keeping the Golden Rule or the Ten Commandments what covers a person before God?

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And so is it today, friends, not the Golden Rule, which is all right, not the Ten Commandments, which is holy, but God killed Something to cover you up, His Son, Christ Jesus died on Calvary, the Innocent for the guilty to make a way that you and I might be innocent in Him before God. And that’s the...

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Why do we now speak to the Rock instead of smiting it?

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And the rod that Moses had in his hand, it was not the rod of Moses, it was the rod of God: God’s judgment rod. Moses held it out over Egypt and flies came up. He held it out and fleas came up. Wherever he dumped this rod, it was a judgment rod. It brought judgment upon a disobedient people. And the...

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How is Christ's death at Calvary like a contract torn in two?

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Now, God made a contract with the peoples of this world. Therefore, He sent the Son of God and killed Him on Calvary. You believe that? “All we like sheep have gone astray. God laid upon Him the iniquity of all. He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquity; the chastisement of our...

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What stands behind the promises written in the Bible?

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Well, you say, “When you read the Bible, what makes you all carry on so when you say, ‘He was wounded for our transgressions, with His stripes you’re healed?’ When He said, ‘Whatsoever things you desire, when you pray, believe that you’ve receive it and you shall have it.’” Well, we should start rej...

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Why was Moses told to speak to the rock instead of striking it a second time?

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Now, remember, Divine gifts can easily get a person into trouble. That God, if He finds someone that He figures that He can entrust a Divine gift with, we should reverence with all of our hearts… Now, you remember, how many believes Moses was a Divine gifted prophet of God? He was. Everyone believes...

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What is the difference between the patriarchs sleeping and Christ dying?

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And you notice, Abraham slept; Isaac slept; Jacob slept; the patriarchs slept, but Christ died: separation. In His death God wasn’t with Him. He had to suffer the absence of God in His death that we would have the Presence of God in our death. See? And there God struck upon Him our judgment. And the...

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What did Balaam fail to see when he judged the people by their sins?

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And Balaam looked upon that people, and he thought, “Looky here…” Now, listen. He thought, surely, that a holy moral God would have to curse a people like that, that done such things as that. But when looking upon them, he looked; he said, “Now, looky. They’ve done this; they’ve done that. Surely, t...