2002 Archive

Point: If the Ten Commandments are still binding today they need to be observed in the same way. One of the commandments given is “Thou shalt not kill.” But the Israelites went to war with their enemies. Answer: The Ten Commandments are still binding, ...Read More

Point: As Christians, we do not have any other gods or graven images, not because the Ten Commandments forbid it, but because the whole concept of false gods is condemned in the New Testament. We do not take the name of the Lord in ...Read More

Point: In 2 Corinthians chapter 3 there is a very clear passage directly referring to the Ten Commandments. Paul refers to them as “the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones.” He is saying that while this ministration of death is glorious, the ...Read More

Point: Some may ask the question, “Since the Sabbath of the Old Testament is a type of the rest found in Christ, why do so many people put an emphasis on Sunday any more than any other day of the week?” The record left ...Read More

Question:  What is the oil of gladness? “I was reading your newsletter Present Truth, April 2002, in the ‘Questions and Answers’ section, about being baptized in the name of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit.  I very much appreciate how you explained that verse, my ...Read More

Question:  What is justification and sanctification? “I am misunderstanding when studying about these lessons—justification, sanctification, glorification. I know a little about justification; that it only takes a short time and sanctification; that it takes a long time, but how do these work?” Zimbabwe Answer: In ...Read More

(In 1884 Joseph Harvey Waggoner published a book entitled The Atonement in the Light of Nature and Revelation. This book contains some wonderful insights into the plan of salvation. There are four chapters in particular that I believe will be a blessing to you. The ...Read More