Building on the Foundation

  Intro Fascinating studies come in all shapes and sizes, but this one has really been interesting and quite pretzel shaped. In the Churches of God we teach that the law of God still needs to be kept, but then we are accused of cherry picking which laws we keep or do not keep. The clean and unclean laws come up specifically, and I got to thinking about it. Why don't we keep those laws?   All the physical actions and laws are there to teach us something about the spiritual realm and our walk with God. None of us keep the law perfectly and there are always new things to learn, so what's the harm in discovering that we should be keeping these things?  At the very least, I want to know what they picture, why they were given, and what relevance they have in our lives today. They could certainly prove to be inconvenient to keep, but inconvenience is hardly an excuse to not do something God has told us to do. This study delves into the Holy Spirit necessarily because that, ...

  At first glance, it appears as though God’s Word says little about the Feast of Pentecost. We do find four different names for it in Scripture: the Feast of Weeks (Ex. 34:22), the Feast of Harvest (Ex. 23:16), the day of the firstfruits (Num. 28:26), and Pentecost (Acts 2:1). Yet observances of this day are seldom mentioned in Scripture by name. Only once, in fact. Only one time, in all of Scripture, are we specifically told that something happened on Pentecost, and that’s in Acts 2:1-4: 1 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. However, there ARE several other Pentecost observances detailed in Scr...