Jn. 19: 30 Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit. Eph. 2: 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; The phrase “It is finished,”and “by grace you […]
Even though facing the suffering and the separation of Good Friday brought Jesus to the extreme internal struggle at Gethsemane, I am convinced that according to John 19 and Heb.12, Jesus was driven by love and joy to the Cross. I believe as He moved moved closer and closer, He was consumed with thoughts about
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Eph.1:5, He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. 7 In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the
My Saviour, Thou hast offered rest Oh, give it then to me; The rest of ceasing from myself, To find my all in Thee. Oh Lord, I seek a holy rest, A victory over sin; I seek that Thou alone should’st reign O’er all without, within. The Old Man, or Old Self died on the
Acts 1: 3 To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering,… Gal. 1: 15 But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, was pleased 16 to reveal His Son in me… In these verses are recorded two of the most important statements concerning our relationship
There is often the question of “how to abide in Christ,” and many of us try to organize ideas that will explain what to do to abide in Christ, when the reality is, abiding is not really something that you do as much as it is something that you realize, and therefore celebrate. You see,
Jump! JUMP!! Faith is not for the weak of heart, but it is for the Weak, whose hearts no longer have a taste for defeated, pointless living whose only point is to play it safe. “The Just Shall Live by Faith”. It so awesome to be among the Just. To know that our sins are
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“The just shall live by faith.” These simple words describe to us how the Christian life is lived from man’s perspective. Even though these words are very simple, they seem to be intimidating to most Christians. There have been so many books written about faith, and so many sermons and teachings given, that the result
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Eph.1:5, He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches
One of the themes of the old Keswick conventions was “If you fail, shout Victory.” The point being that just as Christ is our moment by moment available victory when temptation comes; He is also our victory when we fail. Jesus has made provision through His shed blood for those times when we stumble and
