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Hi, and always appreciate your encouraging comments, esp. this one concerning "He is here with me." All who have the Spirit of God are presently, literally and permanently connected with the Father and Son, and all believers on earth and in heaven.

As babes-in-Christ in the outset of receiving salvation (whom this article addresses), it is normal and acceptable to be preoccupied with appreciation for the blessings. But as we grow in our faith and in the image of Christ we learn the goal of becoming more occupied with the Blesser than the...

After being saved, it then is all about growth in the Lord Jesus (Eph 4:15), and the greater this growth the more we are used of God. One of the most significant aspects of faith is that it will be used solely in this life, for then we shall walk by sight, but now it is our walk of faith and...

The willing of the soul and the desire of the “old man” are separate entities within the believer in Christ! With the unsaved, unregenerate soul they are coalesce in their operations. Those reborn do not will after the desires of sin nature. But the unbeliever, being bereft of the new nature and...

Our fellowship to the Father will be its closest when we are absented of the “old man” and the mortal body (Rom 8:11). But His fellowship to us is the same now as it will be when we are finally in His presence. It is not as assuring to know how He is taking us through this life as it is just to...

In one capacity or another every believer can and should maintain a perpetual amount of “joy” and “gratitude” if there is to be normal spiritual “growth” in the Lord Jesus (Phl 4:4; 1Th 5:18). It would be falsely sought in presenting cause to withhold these two cherished attributes toward God—as...

Hi and thanks for the encouraging compliment! It's a great source of sustenance in knowing we are literally connected with God through His Spirit. When the Lord Jesus returns, He said it will be "quick" (Rev 3:11; 22:7, 12, 20).

The Lord Jesus is not now on earth. He has ascended into heaven. What a very peculiar position then is mine hear! Sensible of the worthlessness of the first man, and of the absence of the Second. My own life—that of the first man, I have; the One I love—the Man who has glorified God upon the...

It has been wisely said that “the lost need saved, and the saved need delivered,” and “the Blood procures pardon for sin; and the Cross procures power over sin!” The Blood for our forgiveness (Eph 1:7; Col 1:14); the Cross for the old man’s restraint (still on the Cross - Ro 6:6; Gal 5:24), and...

Mark how distinctly Paul associates us with the Lord Jesus in Colossians 3:3. He said Christ is hid in God; well, He is your “Life” (v 4), and your life is hid there too. But the Lord Jesus is going to appear; and when He does, “ye shall also appear with Him in glory.” There is complete oneness...

I think I see your meaning, that the outward manner of lifestyle between Christians that are still more carnal than should be and the lost are the same. I agree here, I think there is always a certain amount of those who profess to believe that do not truly believe and are still unsaved, for...

It's okay, but it's a common mistake to relate "carnal minded" (Rom 8:6, 7) with just being carnal (1Co 3:1). As I mentioned in post #8, being "carnal minded" as in Rom 8:6, 7 is nothing like just being carnal about something due to spiritual immaturity in 1Co 3:1, 3. The prior is descriptive of...

I believe you make some clear and good points, and my understanding is that all who are true believers (reborn) will love and obey God, because He "works" this in them to continue to do so (Phl 2:13). The intention of the article is to demonstrate the difference between natural faith that we are...

Hi, and thanks for the encouraging reply! God bless!

I think the outward man is often overrated because the though is what one does effects what one is. But the inverse is true as you've mentioned, what one is determines what one does. It's not living after the old man that incurs the curse, because the outward merely manifests the inward, and...

The natural man (e.g. natural man as opposed to spiritual man - 1Co 2:14, 15), yet in the carnal mind (unregenerate – not the same as carnal babes in Christ - 1Co 3:1, 3) has only natural faith and not spiritual faith, which is “fruit” (work) of the Spirit – Gal 5:22. The unsaved are “carnally...

Thanks for the nice comments! God bless!

“Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest” (Heb 10:19). It is the happiest place; it is the home of the heart in the brightness if the Father’s presence. There is no place that I have such a right to, that I am so fully entitled to, as that position. There I find the Lord...

“Why” is more important than “how” in everything we do, especially concerning our service to the Father, and it’s when our motives are right in our serving Him that pleases Him the most. Regardless of the fact that our will is never to do anything with the wrong motive, we need to realize that...

Hi and true! Those born again will always be guided by God, which will often be seen most during the times of refreshing us again unto His fellowship.