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The image of a necessary metamorphosis, where the image of the earthly man must give way to the image of the heavenly man, not by a merit of natural evolution, but by a creative act of God that encompasses the tyranny of time. Paul argues that resurrection is the firstborn of a new species...

Matthew 4:17, from that time Jesus is announcing, to turn around. In Hebrew, the word “repent” is literally “to turn around,” there’s something happening that requires you to go in a different direction, the Kingdom of Heaven has come near. The Kingdom of Heaven has touched down right here...

The concept of spiritual body presented by Paul does not suggest a denial of the physical, but its saturation by the life of the eternal, where the corruptible is swallowed by incorruptibility, establishing that human destiny is not the abandonment of earth, but the inauguration of a new physics...

The order observed in the liturgy of now, finds its ultimate grounding in the physical and metaphysical reality of the resurrection, the event that anchors all Christian hope in the solidity of transformed matter. 1 Corinthians chapter 15 indicates that Christian hope does not reside in a...

Matthew 7:21, Jesus does not say we didn’t do enough or our works were too small, he said I never knew you. The issue is relationship, these people used his name, but never gave him their hearts, they served publicly, while keeping control privately. Hell is not only filled with people who...

Many people sit on the throne of their own hearts and then wonder why everything feels unstable, scripture is clear about the condition attached to God’s promises, Matthew 6:33, Jesus doesn’t say seek God when it’s convenient, it says first seek, first, that word matters, because when God isn’t...

Romans 3:10-12, when you hear the word righteous, people often misunderstand what it means, they think being righteous means being a generally nice person who does not commit major crimes or holding the door open for strangers or paying their taxes on time, but God does not grade on a curve. The...

Jesus addressed this exact issue when he spoke to his disciples during the storm, Matthew 8:26, Jesus didn’t say, why are you in a storm? Storms are part of life, he addressed their fear, not the circumstances. Little faith isn’t about how big the problem is, it’s about how small God becomes in...

Ephesians 2:21, the image used by Paul is vivid and precise, you are stones in a continuous spiritual construction, each person who receives Christ is inserted into this structure, not as an ornament, but as an essential part of the support, this calls you to the responsibility of understanding...

In the Hebrew Bible, specifically in the book of the prophet Isaiah, there’s a key word play between the word light, which links all the way back to day one of Genesis, let there be light. The Hebrew word for light is “or,” but we can hear the rhyming of “or” and Torah. The or and Torah word...

Jesus didn’t leave us guessing, Mark 3:27, he lays out a spiritual law that few teach, but every believer must learn, freedom doesn’t begin by cleaning up, it begins by confronting who’s in charge. A stronghold may be the fortress, but the strong man is the spirit running it and until it’s...

Why does God leave believers in this battle, why doesn’t he just remove the flesh away the moment they are saved? It is because this daily conflict forces you to depend on him, if you had no sinful nature left, you would become proud, you would not need to pray, you would not need to rely on his...

John 1:3-5, creation began with God bringing light into darkness and now, with the coming of Jesus, God’s beginning a new creation. John 1:6-8, John the Baptizer was preparing Israel for someone new, that God was going to do, by bearing witness to Jesus, when he arrived. John 1:9-13, John...

Ephesians 1:15-23, Paul prays that we would wake up to the fact, that we as God’s people, we are God’s own special treasured possession, God created a special people, who are unique and holy, who are distinct and different than the world around us, precisely to be the witnesses to his mercy and...

Ephesians 2:14, Paul says, Jesus himself is our peace, he made the two groups one, in other words, he takes all the different tribes of humanity and the two groups, he reduces it all down to one thing, he destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by setting aside in his flesh the...

Hebrews 9:4, describes the contents of the Ark of the Covenant, inside were three objects, the golden pot of manna, Aaron’s rod that budded and the tablets of the Covenant, most people think of the Ark as a treasure chest, a sacred container holding God’s greatest artifacts, but look more...

Galatians 5:13, if you are free from the law and you are saved only by grace, why not just sin as much as you want, if God’s job is to forgive and my job is to have fun, let us get to it, this is the most common objection to the message of grace. People are terrified that freedom will lead to...

Between the shedding of the old and the putting on of the new, Paul inserts an essential element in Ephesians 4:23, to be renewed in the spirit of your mind. This phrase is the central axis of transformation, the mind is the battlefield where change occurs or fails. The renewed mind suggests a...

Hebrews 9:14, he offered himself without spot to God, it was voluntary, it was an act of love, it was the most generous payment ever made and there is one more detail in that verse, Christ offered himself through the eternal spirit. This is one of the only places in the entire New Testament that...

Genesis 3:7, after Adam and Eve sinned, they tried to cover their shame with fig leaves, it did not work. Genesis 3:21, God himself made garments of skin and clothed them. An animal died, not because Adam and Eve asked for it, because God provided it, an innocent creature gave its life, so that...