Retro

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, […]

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

Gal.3, You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified? 2 This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith? 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit,

John 19:28  After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been accomplished, to fulfill the Scripture, said, “I am thirsty.” On this Good Friday we are reminded of God’s extravagant love for us. When Jesus cried “I Thirst” from the Cross, He wasn’t declaring His physical thirst; instead, He was revealing the true nature

Every believer is in Christ but every believer does not abide in Christ. To restfully and radically surrender to His life and to draw from His life and power to live the Christian life, is to abide in Him. He said that He has overcome the world; and your life is hidden with Christ (the

Jn.14:1-3, “Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. 3 If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and

Col. 3:1-4, Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. 3 For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When

I’ve often heard people use the phrase “blind faith,” yet as Christians there is nothing blind about our faith. Heb. 11 says that Faith is “substance.” Faith isn’t pretending something is true, and faith doesn’t make anything true; instead, faith happens because something already is true, even if not yet visible to the natural eye.

At the Cross, Jesus victoriously proclaimed “It is finished,” and at the Resurrection He declared, “There is hope,” so that at Pentecost the Holy Spirit could reveal “It has begun.” Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection was for the purpose of “making all things new.” Ultimately all of creation, being redeemed by His blood, will be