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1 John 5: 4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world — our faith.1John 5:5   Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? John 16:33, “These things I have spoken to you, […]

“Breakthrough” is one of the most common terms used today to express a Christian’s desire to enter into more of God. I understand completely the idea of breakthrough and fully agree that God wants us to experience everything that was purchased for us at the Cross. The key phrase there is “was purchased for us,”

1 Cor. 2: but just as it is written, “THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD, AND which HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN, ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.”10 For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even

Eph. 4:22 that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, 23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been

Grace is more than the free gift of forgiveness; it is the free gift of victory. The law reveals the power of sin; and sin reveals the power of grace. Rom. 5:20 The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, 21 so that, as

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. (Eph 2:10) Being manifested that you are a letter of Christ, cared for by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone

Advent is to Christmas what Lent is to Easter, and therefore like Lent, Advent prepares us to experience Christmas in new and powerful ways each year. Each year, beginning with the advent, we know that Christmas, the birth of Christ, is coming. Advent, which is a time of preparation, declaration, and anticipation, helps to cultivate

In Romans 7:14–25, Paul, referring to his struggle with the power of sin in his life, uses a first-person singular pronoun 36 times. Throughout those 11 verses, the word “I,” “my,” and “me” dominate the narrative. In verse 25 Paul uses the phrase “I myself,” which is a perfect description of the kind of life

Religion says, “become what you would be with the help of God.” The gospel says, be what you’ve already become by the grace of God.” Where He said “It is finished,” is where we begin in the Christian life. We don’t contend with God for it all; we begin with it all in Christ, and