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IMO, the believer no longer functions under any type of law because he has only to do with the "fruit of the Spirit . . . against such there is no law" (Gal 5:22, 23). This means the believer doesn't have to be ruled or told (other than by the law of the Spirit) to do good, because this is his...

Hi Daq - Thanks for your input. IMO, I believe the "old man" is like the devil (John 8:44), but is not the devil; he is "the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience" (Eph 2:2).

Yes, the believer is "dead to sin" (Rom 6:2; 1 Pet 2:24) as his lifestyle and desires will exponentially reveal it more as the Holy Spirit conforms him, but it is not generally realized that sin is not dead to the believer. On the contrary, sin is enhanced and more vigorous by our knowledge of...

Hi Episkopos - Even though our concepts often differ, I thank you for your labors in the Word and God's blessings to you Family! I see it that we aren't married to a new nature but to the Lord Jesus which comes with the new nature and is part of the His "divine nature." This is how we are...

Hi JF and thanks for your compliments and support. God's blessings to you Family and chat ya later!

What determines the quality of individuals is their nature. True, the Holy Spirit in a believer is most valuable but this is referring to Him and not the regenerate individual. It’s the nature that determines the outcome of one’s character, identification and person-hood because everything we do...

“Put Off … The Old Man” (Eph 4:22) God always takes the initiative in salvation. Before He asks or expects man to act, He has acted. The work of the Lord Jesus in salvation is a completed work. What the Father has made true for us positionally, He longs to make real in us experientially. This...

Hi AFC - I like seeing it that the believer can only choose (as God gives us the desire initially and continually--John 6:44) to be sanctified because it's the Holy Spirit who does the sanctifying. I don't believe this setting-apart comes as we decide to live according to His Word, but rather...

The word “transformation” occurs twice in Scripture with reference to Christians (Rom 12:2; 2 Cor 3:18). Every believer tries to be reformed, but very few apprehend the great moral difference between reformation and transformation. As a rule believers rejoice that they are saved, and aim to be...

Hi E - From Judah to Benjamin, they are all Israelites (Jews, Rev 7:4-8) and by the time these 144,000 are in heaven, they will be one again as noted in post three.

I believe the 144,000 are not in a ressurected body, same as those in Rev. 7:9, who have yet to be ressurected in 20:4. Who these are is not clear in Scripture, but my present acceptance here is that they are all definitely Jewish. "

All who were in God are in the first Resurrection. Only these are "blessed and holy" because they will avoid the "second death" (lake of fire, Rev 20:6), unlike "the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished" (v 5). These are those who will rise "unto the...

The premillennial coming of Christ—the Rapture: The chronology of this event is shown to occur by the words "they lived" (Rev 20:4). Lived meaning in their new bodies. They were existing with Christ when they "followed Him upon white horses" (Rev 19:14) prior to the thousand-year dispensation...

The majority of Israel have also rejected Jesus (except the remnant). God foreknew this but still will make them both (Israel/Judah) His people and be their God, but will not be their Father, as He will be to the saints in His Son.

Hi Domenic - God will unite Israel and Judah in their New Covenant (not the same as the New Covenant of the Christians) during the Millennium (Eze 37:19; Jer 31:31). When Paul said "to make in Himself of twain one new man" (Eph 2:15), he meant the Christian Jew and Christian Gentile, not the Jew...

The termini of the present dispensation are the premillennial coming of Christ—the Rapture, the premillennial resurrection of martyred saints and of OT saints, the premillennial judgment of Israel, and the premillennial binding of Satan. There are also the postmillennial resurrection of the...

Hi RJP - If you mean by "spiritual Israel," there is no Scriptural support. Many make the mistake of spiritualistic analogies as to equate Israel (Jews) to all who are in Christ, which is not true. Israel is the lineage of Abraham and no other nationality can be equated with them without his...

I believe the reason for law, any kind of law, is for revelatory purposes, whether it be “the law of sin and death” incurred by Adam and Eve, the “law of Moses” as instructed by God for the Jew, or “the law of the Spirit,” of which the believer is partaker. Regardless of which law, or principle...

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Hi Lagabe - I agree with your concept concerning the goal (be used of God to lead) but My concept differs concerning others you've included. The only debt the believer has is to "love one another" and that's summarizes everything concerning the believer and God, because salvation is a gift, not...