Spiritual Transformation: From Splinters to Jewels in Christ
If Christ is in you “the hope of glory,” you will have no disposition to watch others, to expose their errors. Instead of seeking to accuse and condemn, it will be your object to help, to bless, and to save. In dealing with those who are in error, you will heed the injunction, Consider, “yourself, […]
What Does In Christ Mean? Living in Union with Jesus
The key phrase that runs throughout Paul’s epistles some 64 times is the recurring phrase, the central theme of Paul’s theology, which is the expression “in Christ” or “in Christ Jesus”. This phrase is sometimes expressed by other synonymous phrases such as in Him, by Him, through Him, in the Beloved, together with Him, etc. If these […]
Promises of God: Seven Things He Will Do for His Children
An everlasting covenant was made with Abraham and his descendants. It was a covenant of faith. The covenant of God with Abraham assured to him and his seed the righteousness of the law by faith. Not by works but by faith. The covenant was so ample in its scope that it embraced all nations, even […]
God’s Compassion: Embracing the Covenant of Peace
God designed that the children of Israel, and we also, should learn that the law is infinitely above the reach of all human effort, and to make it plain that, since the keeping of the commandments is essential to the salvation which He has promised, He himself will fulfill the law in us. “Hear, O […]
The Temple Veil: Its Meaning and the Shadow It Revealed
“And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.” 2 Corinthians 4: 3,4 Let us reflect back to the experience of Moses and the […]
Carnal Christians: The Divide Between Spirit and Flesh
The New Testament divides Christians into two camps: spiritual and carnal. Paul wrote to the Christians at Corinth; “I, brethren could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as to babes in Christ.” 1 Corinthians 3:1. Notice that Paul doesn’t refer to these carnal Christians as the unconverted, but as babes in Christ. Babies as you […]
