The wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. ~James 1.20 The Word of truth works the Righteousness of God in a sinner causing us to look nowhere else but to the Lord Jesus Christ our Righteousness. The natural man, in the filthiness […]
How Do I Obtain This Freedom? John 8: 31-36 As the Lord preached the gospel “many believed on him”. But as soon as the Lord spoke of being made free those who did not believe, protested, saying, “We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be […]
Why Are We Persecuted? Matthew 5: 10-12 Persecution means to push away. It includes everything from words of rejection to being tortured unto death. Matthew 5: 3 By grace, the believer confesses the utter sin he is in the flesh. Those who think they possess some good or some strength or are deserving of God’s […]
ALLEGORY OF LAW AND GRACE Galatians 4: 21-30; 5:1 Many who profess faith in Christ also believe that they must do their part by adding their law keeping to Christ’s work. Those who were bewitching the Galatians were teaching just that. They were not openly denying that salvation is by Christ Jesus, they were doing so […]
EVERYTHING IS IN, BY AND THROUGH CHRIST JESUS · Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ (Jn 1: 17) · There is now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus (Ro 8: 1) · It is the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus that hath made us free from the law of sin […]
The Father Blesses the firstborn The purpose of God according to election is that his Son, Christ Jesus, be the Firstborn among many brethren (Romans 8: 28-34). As we look at how Jacob was given the blessing belonging to the firstborn, even in the midst of sin and deceit, we see a picture of how […]
Law Established Romans 3:31 “Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.” Faith does not add to salvation but through faith we trust Christ who is our Salvation. We see the grace wherein we stand. Thusly, the law is not made void but in every way established. […]
GET THEE OUT OF THY COUNTRY Genesis 12: 1 “Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:” Within scripture we find one of two things happening to the Lord’s people. One, the Lord […]
IF RIGHTEOUSNESS COME BY THE LAW Galatians 2:21 “If righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.” The ultimate transgression is at stake when a man turns to the law for righteousness. For when you turn to the law for righteousness then you frustrate the grace of God and deny Christ and […]
Spiritual growth is in many ways the reverse of carnal growth. When we were little children we asked, we believed, we were dependent on our parents and we were happy for it to be so. As we grew the sin we are became more apparent. Our asking became more questioning than asking. We put more […]