Acts 7:38

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

With the

Acts 7:30

Galatians 3:19

Hebrews 2:2

Lively

General references

Mark 11:28

Bible References

With the

When forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.

Then what about the Law? It was a later addition, designed to produce transgressions, until the descendant to which the promise was made should come, and it was enacted by means of angels, through an intermediary;

For if the message delivered by angels proved to be authentic, and every violation or neglect of it led to a corresponding penalty,

Lively

The Spirit is what gives life; flesh is of no use at all. The things that I have said to you are spirit and they are life.

A great deal, from every point of view. In the first place, the Jews were intrusted with the utterances of God.

For they are Israelites, and to them belong the rights of sonship, God's glorious presence, the divine agreements and legislation, the Temple service, the promises,

But this is what the uprightness that springs from faith says: "Do not say to yourself, 'Who will go up to heaven?' " that is, to bring Christ down;

For although from the length of your Christian experience you ought to be teaching others, you actually need someone to teach you over again the very elements of Christian truth, and you have come to need milk instead of solid food.

If one preaches, let him do it like one who utters the words of God; if one does some service, let him do it as with strength which God supplies, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

General references

and said to him, "What authority have you for doing as you do? And who gave you a right to do as you are doing?"