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Hi, amen, and very nice reply and comments! God's blessings to your Family!

Most believers are familiar with Romans 8:28, which is the most encouraging passage: “We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” It’s my suspicion that many Christians do not have sufficient understanding...

Our Father would have us to “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2Pe 3:18). He lovingly carries this out by delivering us “unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the Life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh” (2Co 4:11). The natural tendency of...

If we didn't retain the old man we wouldn't be able to sin. You have to have a sin nature to sin, otherwise you cannot sin. The issue isn't sinning for the believer but the idea of wanting to sin; God's "work" in us keeps us from wanting to sin. Believers sin unintentionally (Heb 10:26), and are...

Hi, and like the reply, but it appears we have a different understanding concerning the sin nature--"the old man." Concerning the word "tempted" there is a very minute difference in this word, as it has different meanings. Verse 12, "temptation" is "peirasmos" - G3986 which means "an experiment...

Not a cloud of guilt, nor any evil power of control remains for the believer in the Lord Jesus! The "old man," at rebirth, has lost both its "condemnation" (Ro 8:1) and "dominion" (Ro 6:14) on the believer. The guilt is gone because Christ has taken its curse; and its power to cause the believer...

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This article demonstrates the two levels of maturity in Christ; living on Him here via the “manna,” which indicates Christ’s Life when He was here. Or living on Him on the “corn of the land,” which indicates living on Him where He is now—big difference! NC There Is A Difference! The corn of...

Amen, God has to "work in you to desire and do His good pleasure!" (Phl 2:13). Thanks for the reply and God bless!!

To be exalted (1Pe 5:6), we must first be aware that the “flesh” (old man; sin nature) is always a haughty and evil thing. There must be an experience of going through to know our evil before we can know the good, yea, the holiness of God; and there’s no doubt that this experience is worth the...

It may be one of the least interesting of things, but there is much growth in knowing God’s concerns for us when we are troubled, especially when in great difficulty! It is when we are going through a trial—regardless the size, that our spiritual growth increases the most. To know that God is...

Hi, and good article! There are quite a few Scripture passages with language that seems or appears to refute eternal security, but they all are just misunderstood because they are difficult to directly explain them. I have never seen a passage that genuinely refutes ES. But there are so many of...

Believers are either always forgiven for all sins, or not forgiven for any sins; Of course, the latter is never the case, and the prior is a truth of which there is no greater encouragement! A great truism is that God keeps believers in constant and continuous forgiveness (1Jn 1:9), and it’s the...

Romans 5:1-11 sets forth the terms on which God is with you. Chapter 8 is how you are in Christ before Him. Many are occupied with chapter 8 who are not yet established in chapter 5. They must be taken in divine order. When you look up to God you see everything gone to His satisfaction; but when...

There is nothing like retirement for the soul, if one is occupied with the Lord Jesus, and not with himself. Occupation with Him results in my being more like Him, and more apart from myself. Occupation with myself is like the serpent’s eye that lures its victim to destruction. The more I am...