Walking in the Spirit
Category: Christ as Sanctification
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## The Mind of Death and the Mind of Life Many believers struggle with what Paul calls “the things of the flesh.” This struggle often manifests as an inward ache, a persistent accusation that they don...
What Does It Really Mean to Let Christ Live Through Me Instead of Trying Harder Myself?
## The Life That Is Not Your Own Many believers have been taught to let Christ live through them. They have tried to get out of the way, to surrender, to yield. Yet often this leads to frustration rat...
The Sweet Spot: The Oracle of God and the Witness of Sonship
OUTLINE I. Introduction A. Overview of the message (Hebrews 12:18-24, Romans 8:15-17) The message emphasizes the importance of sonship and the speaking of God in Son. B. Emphasis on the spirit of s...
From Hebrews: God's 'Worthless' Trophies and the Vision of Faith
Discover the true meaning behind the heroes of faith in Hebrews 11. These “worthless trophies” were not just motivated by blind obedience, but by a singular, cumulative vision of God...
Being Led by the Spirit is all about Christ!
:I’ve been considering the concept of “being led by the spirit.” I’ve noticed that some people have a mistaken understanding of what that means in the context of Christianit...
From Romans: The Indwelling Christ and the Law of the Spirit
Romans 6-8 focuses on the risen Christ dwelling in us as the Spirit and as life and teaches us about how this life works. Romans 6-8 reads almost scientifically, showing us the principles at work, ...
From Romans: The Newness of Life in Christ
Romans 1-8 shows us the function of the law, which was to bring us to agreement with God’s judgment on the fallenness of man, which was exhibited in the cross of Christ. We agree that we wer...
Finding Joy and Peace in Christ, Our Spiritual Satisfaction
We’re created to be hungry and thirsty for the riches of the good land, but if we’re not satisfied, we’ll be hungry for other things as well. What we need is our thirst to be satisfied, and the wat...
Filled with Christ
The teaching that Christ is our satisfaction, especially in John, makes everything so simple. He’s our food. He is our drink. He’s the bread from heaven. He’s the living water. He...
Our death with Christ
We need to see a deeper aspect of this truth. Not only did Christ die for us, but we died with Him! The demand has been rolled off us, and we died to sin. We died to the Law so that we could be joi...
From Romans: The Spirit of Sonship and Freedom from Condemnation
Further Meditation on the Law of Life vs. the Law of Sin and Death . Condemnation is the main way that sin has its hold on us. We are not talking about condemnation from the wrath of God (that was...
The Religious Performance of the Flesh.
The flesh in God’s view, is not just your sinfulness. A lot of people think that the flesh refers to the sinfulness, so if you are walking in the flesh, you are walking after the lusts and do...
Understanding 'The Israel of God' in Galatians 6:16
This is a misinterpretation of a passage in Galatians: Gal 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. Gal 6:16 And as many...
From Philippians: Offense or Fruit – Depends on What We Approve
I think people have a religious view of this book. I felt the same way for many years which is why I want to “de-religify” our understanding of it. This just means to focus on Christ as life. Relig...
From Philippians: Dogs, Evil Workers, and the True Circumcision
Php 3:1-3 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. (2) Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware...