Tag Archives: Law

Löhe on Galatians 5:18

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. (Gal 5:18 NIV) Whoever recognizes his responsibility to obey the law, but also his own weakness to fulfill it; whoever therefore accepts his own liability and … Continue reading →

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Löhe on Leviticus 11:45

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

I am the LORD… your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy. (Lev 11:45 NIV) Remain confessing until the End! He remains absolving. He says the same again and again. That doesn’t bother and concern him really as it … Continue reading →

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Löhe on Galatians 3:21

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law. (Gal 3:21 NIV) Old and New Testament, old … Continue reading →

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Löhe on Galatians 3:19

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

Why, then, was the law given at all? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. The law was given through angels and entrusted to a mediator. (Gal 3:19 NIV) The law … Continue reading →

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Löhe on Galatians 3:18

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise. (Gal 3:18 NIV) No person earns grace by way of the law. … Continue reading →

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Löhe on Galatians 3:17

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. (Gal 3:17 NIV) The more eagerly we strive to attain salvation through … Continue reading →

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Löhe on 2.Corinthians 3:7-8

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, transitory though it was, will not … Continue reading →

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Löhe on 2.Corinthians 3:6

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant– not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. (2Co 3:6 NIV) “Ministry of the new covenant”- what a name is … Continue reading →

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Obituary: Justice Pius Langa +

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

TRIBUTE: FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE PIUS LANGA I have learned with great sadness of the death of former Chief Justice Pius Langa and would like to convey my sincere condolences to his family and friends. As one of the first Judges … Continue reading →

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Löhe on Romans 8:15a

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear. (Rom 8:15 NIV) According to this word many people are in slavery and live in slavish fear. Whenever the voice of the living God of … Continue reading →

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