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Amen! "He existed before anything else, and He holds all creation together" (NLT).

“Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you” (Jas 4:8). The next most important issue after regeneration (being saved) is spiritual growth in the Lord Jesus (Eph 4:15), so that we will be most used of God to encourage the saved and draw the lost. In our rebirth, God saves our life; in our...

In Adam the entirety of mankind is turned away from God and is in the condition of “the prodigal son,” away from the Father, needing to return to Him; and though God knew most would never choose to come to Him, His work is for those whom He knew would come to Him! NC Our Father’s Kiss The...

There is a vast difference between conforming and being conformed! The former is self, attempting to make a “vessel,” the latter is God making the “vessel” (Rom 8:13, 9:21); and it’s not the “good works” (Mat 5:16) of the saint that results in forgiveness, but the works are the result of being...

Today the great lack in souls is not in apprehending the new place into which the believer is brought. What is at the bottom of all individual and corporate failure is the lack of understanding and realization of our new position. “I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the...

There is no Scriptural language that relates a saint as a sinner, because believers are “not in the flesh” (Ro 8:9), that is, they are no longer after or desirous of the old man or sin nature. Though the old man is ever opposing God’s will in us (Gal 5:17), and that “it is not subject to the law...

With the OT saint, God gave physical proof of His existence by the way of miracles in order that He could eliminate any doubt of His reality. Then His love for others could be seen, that they might seek Him and trust in Him, for they “required a sign” (1Co 1:22 – though a lessor faith yet His...

I can say “My fellowship is with the Father and the Son” (1Jo 1:3). Fellowship is not a future thing, but a thing we have possession of while in these earthen vessels. It is up on the throne with the Lord Jesus that we have it. What a position and privilege! The Lord Jesus in heaven in perfect...

One can be thankful that there are multitudes who believe that the Blood of the Savior is before the eye of God; it is a good beginning, but it’s not all. It is an immense gain to believe that because of the Blood, “the Jude of all the earth” passes by (Gen 18:25; Exo 12:13). A familiar phrase...

Thanks and Amen! If we maintain a consistent exposure and study in It, we will continue to "grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (2Pe 3:18). The more the exposure, the more the growth; esp. if you have a couple good Bible commentators that your sure uses...

Myself, I see Scripture intending the profession of one's belief (1Ti 6:12), which may be genuine or eventually discover not genuine, and this is where most of the confusion lies. We start with our profession and if it's genuine it will never stop, thus when one stops confessing faith, that is...

There is only one strain of salvation--"Eternal salvation" (Heb 5:9), which is an "everlasting consolation" (2Th 2:16) and an "eternal glory" (2Ti 2:10). If it's not permanent it's not salvation, for the crux of salvation designs the intention of being in permanent and unbroken fellowship with...

Appreciate as always your replies! There will always be some of our natural elements distracting our walk, but that's expected, which will continue to lesson (but never disappear) as we grow. Generally speaking there is a certain amount of peace and joy here for the believer, but is incomparable...

Though the old man’s ways beset, yet only for a time Till the saint sees it clear, to lay them all behind The skies now cloud-cleared, and as oft as thou would No troubles or disappointments, but walking as thou should Now standing through assails, encouraged with all might Ever seeing Jesus...

Thankful for our manner of communicating! God bless!!

I suppose my point is that as God reveals more of His mind via the the new covenant, it stands to reason that the more those who are His can draw closer to Him in understanding His desires concerning our eternal relationship with Him.

Good looking comment, and I partly agree. True, the sin nature cannot be removed in this life, but the new nature increases and ensures the desire for God's pleasure, which is what the goal of Christ's Cross-work--a guaranty of remaining in Him; and this is where many within Protestantism still...

Romans 8:3: "For what the law could not do" (regenerate via implanting in the soul a nature after "Christ's image" (Col 3:10). "it was weak through the flesh (not of the body "flesh," but the old nature of the soul "flesh")." Though desire for the Lord was known, and forgiveness was had...

I think it could be said that man with only the old nature cannot be improved upon, because it's all about the nature of an individual. There's nothing good in the old nature, as it resists the Spirit (Gal 5:17) and "it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be" (Rom 8:7). God...

I think the point is that until the Spirit was given, rebirth was not possible yet and with rebirth comes the new nature, and the Spirit through this nature keeps the old nature from causing us to willfully desire sin. Believers among Israel could physically obey but they were still lacking the...