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Hi HR, and thank you for your reply and compliment! God bless and God Be Blessed!!

Upon being born again, the new life of the God-man has come in (Col 3:4—NC), and it has not come in to supplement ours, but to supplant ours. It has not been given to make up for any deficiency in ours, but to displace it. When we say that Christ’s life is to displace ours, what do we mean? We...

It is one thing to be silent and passive under suffering, and quite another to be conscious of its “needs be,” and (though at first it may be only in a very partial way) to derive such a real good and help from it, that instead of lamenting, one is owning to the Father His wisdom and...

For the first 10 years of my nearly 40 year Christian walk I almost believe that the gifts of the Spirit were still operational but I could never parallel the concept with the Word, so I left the Pentecostal groups that I was in unto other groups that did not believe they were for today and...

Hi 7 A - Thanks for your reply and no offense was taken and thanks for stating that is not your intention, and for your concern for the Word of truth! I believe God is working in everyone born again "to desire and do His good pleasure" (Phil 2:13), therefor "doing His purpose" is always the...

If we do not understand that all our sins, including future ones are already forgiven at rebirth there will also be inconsistency in understanding the permanency of faith and “eternal salvation” (Heb 5:9) and the promise that “all things works together” for the “good” of the believer. When we...

Thanks for your humility, it's a good example all should remember to maintain! I would like to include this from Gill: "For His seed remains in him"; not the word of God, or the Gospel, though that is a seed which is sown by the ministers of it, and blessed by God, and by which he regenerates...

I always appreciate your replies and since we're apart on this issue we can rejoin our communications on other issues. God bless and God Be Blessed!

The "seed" is the new nature, which "cannot sin," because it is "created after the image of Christ (Col 3:10), and is the part of us that "serves the principles of God" (Rom 7:25). Blessings!

I must admit, what I was trying to share does not relate directly to that passage but only indirectly. Please excuse me. I see it that the old that has passed away is the control the old nature had on the believer in causing a willful desire for sin, which no longer can ever exist again due to...

Hi OS - The phrase "passed away" in this passage is in reference to the sinful nature's guilt association and its "reign" and dominion" (Rom 6:12, 14). The old man is only restrained by crucifixion from these activities (Rom 6:6), not eradicated from the believer. Eradication would mean we have...

I believe Total Depravity is in reference to the nature of man which is inherent from Adam, and "is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be" (Rom 8:7). This is the purpose of a completely different nature, for the Adamic nature cannot change! Blessings!

Hi BTF, and thanks for your compliment and instructional comment! Blessings

Hi FHII - Appreciate your reply, but you should know I would be referring only to good works (fruit of the Spirit), though I believe all works are seen--good or bad, "For every tree is known by his own fruit" (Luk 6:44). Blessings!

It has often been said that the first question with a soul is Heaven or Hell? We can all understand John Bunyan’s Pilgrim running to the wicket gate with his fingers in his ears lest any voice should persuade him to turn back. It was heaven or hell with him; his eternal weal or woe was at stake...

We first learn the knowledge of the Gospel of Christ, and then at a much slower and longer pace we learn its understanding and all that accompanies it. The knowledge remains the same but understanding it is progressively unceasing, and the level of conscious use concerning salvation will be...

HI MJ - Appreciate your reply! Amen, "all His work" for being saved, and ours for showing it! God bless!

Hi BTF, and thanks for your reply and compliment! God bless!

What are we to learn from the earthly tabernacle and its carnal sacrifices (9:9, 10)? We are not left to give our own interpretation, but are definitely told that the Holy Spirit has signified their true meaning. First, we are to learn that the services of the tabernacle clearly show that, under...

At the passage of the Red Sea, the waves fled before Israel; at the passage of the Jordan River, the flood was driven back out of Israel’s sight. The Red Sea was God’s way of power for bringing His people out from their slavery; the Jordan was His way of power for bringing them into the fullness...