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Hi Sword - The reason for posting these materials (for the last 15 years) is because they are mostly out of print (written circa 1700's-1800') and I believe they have significant teachings within the spiritual growth category. Blessings!

No, it always required faith in God, and now faith in Christ. The OT was meant to get them to confess their unrighteousness, and the NT is to get us to confess it too. The lesson has always been learning to be God-dependent for salvation instead of being self-dependent for it. It was the most...

In my understanding, the New Covenant still finds the believer unable to keep God's will perfectly, because of the still indwelling sin nature (old man). The difference is that there is no longer the desire (Phil 2:13) to live after the sin nature, which will lesson the outward workings of sin...

Heart-felt Mind-set Risen with the Lord Jesus; such is the believer’s position. “For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God” (Col 3:3). These are the great truths of Christianity: The believer dead with Christ; risen with Christ and in possession of a life which is hid with Him in the...

Hi WO - The phrase "law of God" in the NT does not usually mean the Mosaic Law but rather "anything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command, i.e. of any law whatsoever" (Genesis 1:1 (KJV)). Thus when Scripture speaks of the law of God in the NT it often refers to the...

Hi LFR - The doing of God's will is and has always been encouraged by God to man, starting with the Jews, and this even before the Mosaic Law. This Law was only temporary and is why it has been "taken away" (Heb 7:18, 19; 8:7; 10:9). The reason for it was not to save but to show the need for...

What a godly marvel it truly is, to have a sin nature in coexistence with a sinless nature; and a marvel equally so is seeing in the believer to be free in the latter in spite of the former. It is this freedom in the Christian that glorifies God the most, for because of this freedom, the most...

“Now once in the end of the world He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself” (Heb 9:26). The Lord Jesus came the first time to bear our sin; when He comes the second time, He will have nothing to do with sin—He comes to “receive” us “unto” Himself (Jhn 14:3). We now stand between...

Hi CH, and appreciate your reply! The sum of the Law was Christ effecting redemption (rebirth), which I believe was fulfilled when He said "It is finished." Hence the Law being removed to make way for the New Covenant (Heb 7:18, 19; 8:7; 10:9). Blessings!

The sole manifestation of faith in Christ is a godly love to others (Jhn 13:35), and all else is a manifestation of this faith! We cannot determine our fullness in the Father by our outward walk, for our ever learning progression will always be manifested by the revealing of our ever “offending”...

Thanks for the encouragement!

Appreciate everyone's reply! I want to indicate that the primary issue with the article is that Jesus did not impute to us righteousness from the Law but only the righteousness which of Himself, which is not from the Law.

If righteousness (Gal 2:21) and redemption came by the Law then only Jews could ever be saved, for Gentiles were never under it prior to its annulling (Heb 7:18, 19; 8:7; 10:9). Until all the Law would be “fulfilled” it could not “pass” (Mat 5:18), thus its passing came when Christ fulfilled...

It is well to note that the differences in receiving from God between the prior covenant of Israel and the present covenant of the believer in Christ is that of how attaining the things of God derive. In both covenants, faith is always the means “through” (not “by” – Eph 2:8) which blessings...

Sorry but can't comment now because I think it would add to our miscommunication, maybe another time, God's blessings your Family.

I'm not trying to avoid your question, I just think we're too mismatched in our understanding to communicate enough with one another. I believe the best answer is if our ultimate goal in everything is not to love one another, we're still not understanding the Father's primary request, e.g. our...

The waiting I'm referring to is during the trials, the difficult times which is when our faith is tested the most. Yes, we are to as much as possible "occupy" (Luk 19:13), and I think what is to occupy us is equally significant! It's also worth noting that are doing should never be to obtain...

Like what you replied. In all our doings it's as you said, it's for Christ, as the Father causes us to do for Him (Phil 2:13).

“Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the...

Thanks much for your reply! I was encouraged by being reminded how there can always be a good find in older materials when it's God-centered enough!