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It is not the walk of the saint that attains eternal inheritance, but the walk will evince the saint’s sincerity- level of desire concerning the position of fellowship with our Father and our outreach to others. Amen, there is no “walk” until there is this blessed possession, but little growth...

All newborns in Christ encounter the same growth process by God. In the outset of our salvation there is the conception that we must repay Him for redeeming us, and thus begins the distant journey of eventually understanding that though the sincerity is genuine and the zeal great, there will be...

It is by having the Lord Jesus in glory before us as the Object of or souls in everything practically, which alone gives us power of truth. The moment we have anything of our own as an object, so far we slip aside, and there is that which is not the full truth; for He alone is the truth, and He...

Hi BL - The Word of God always gets attention when brought up for discussion, it being the primary significance to our learning of Christ, and without which one cannot "grow up in Him" (Eph 4:15). I haven't viewed the links yet but wanted to share some input. There are only two primary sources...

Hi WW - I agree, if there are no works of God's love eventually outwardly evident, it's due to the absence of God's internal "work" (Phil 2:13). Thanks for your reply and instructional comment! Blessings!

The believer’s standing (position) is the way the Father sees him in His Son, as perfect in Him. But his state (condition) is the way the Father sees him in his daily walk, which is sinful and erring and needs to be developed and improved. “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with...

When saints know of their eternal security they can always find an exhortation that bears something that will bring them to the awareness that regardless of the present situation, they do not have to allow any trial to become troublesome (John 14:1, 27) due to the Father’s synchronic “work” of...

The Christian is one who is not only sheltered from judgment by the Blood of the Lamb, not only delivered from the power of all his enemies by the death of the Lord Jesus, but is also associated with Him where He now is, at the right hand of the Father; he is passed out of death in resurrection...

“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above” (Col 3:1). If I seek the things above, my acts will reveal what I seek; they will be heavenly, because the acts must follow the occupation of the heart. But not this only. If I am seeking the things above, I cannot seek the...

Hi Richard - Thanks for the compliment, and God's blessings to your Family too!

Covenants are always made between two parties and all covenants between God and man were derived from the “Everlasting Covenant” (Heb 13:20). “New,” not in the sense of development for it was made in eternity past, but in application. This is the final and eternal covenant between the Father and...

I have heard it well put that salvation is like hitting a home run, you can’t be thrown out but you must touch all the bases! All who are born again will touch all the bases because God ensures it, for His complete uninterrupted favor in Christ on our behalf will ever be secure. There can be...

The intention of "keeping the Law" means not only all the will (law) of God but also performing it perfectly, i. e. with a sinless soul, which only can allow for one to never break any of the Law. This only Christ did and no other, nor was the Law intended to be kept by man, in order to leave us...

Thanks and God bless!

Christians are saved from something and for something. From condemnation of sin and for fellowship with God! As our conformity matures, our “drawing near” increases to realizing our sufficiency-dependence progresses from provisions to Provider. It is Himself that satisfies our all-inclusive...

“For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.” (Jer 33:17, 18). With the exception of the...

Hi HR - Amen!!

No doubt everyone's intention in this thread is sincere and thanks for your replies, but concerning the Decalogue , Scripture uses a hyperbole when it appears to be instructing to keep the ten commandments in the law, because they cannot be kept by man. Nor were they ever intended for any but...

Faith "establishes" the Law (Rom 3:31) by showing works (of the Law) are not needed for justification, but "works" (not of the Law but in general) are for manifesting justification. Faith and the Law are separate entities, for "The law is not of faith," but is only of "doing" (Gal 3:12); and...

The history of Adam, the moral history, is closed; that is what we were. In all this we have God’s history of man’s responsibility. I find in the Cross that I was in a condition which God must reject. The Lord Jesus has come to be made sin, my sin, and a work has been accomplished according to...