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“But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you” (Rom 6:17). What “doctrine” and to whom was it “delivered”? Not the Law, but the Gospel—to the believer. “By “the form of doctrine,” is meant the Gospel, which...

It has been said that “religion is man reaching to God but Christianity is God reaching to man.” As we know, the Word of God is the primary source of His revelation concerning who He is and His union and fellowship with believers. Scripture, which are words of faith, are also actual words of...

“Hath raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus” (Eph 2:6). The important question is, Where are you living? On which level do you normally reside? Are you experientially living in the “heavenly places” day by day? The Lord Jesus meant just that when He...

“As He is, so are we in this world” (1 John 4:17). When Christ was crucified, we were crucified: “I am crucified with Christ” (Gal 2:20); when He died, we died: “For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God” (Col 3:3); when He was raised, we were raised: “raised us up together” (Eph...

Apostle John seems to have an appearance (but not apparent of course) of contradiction between his first and third epistles. In my opinion, a seemingly-apparent contradiction may be one of the means by which God hides His Word from the natural man (Matt 13:11, 13-17). “If we say that we have no...

Due to the relevancy of the doctrine of indwelling sin within the believer, I thought this share-worthy. ___________________________________________________________ In our zeal to please God we can unknowingly, due to possessing less Scriptural-comprehension than we realize, accept doctrine...

When one chooses to follow the Father’s drawing to Christ (John 6:44) and receives Him (John 1:12; Rev 3:20), what happens to the “old man” or, sin nature? Scripture declares, “That our old man is crucified with Him” (Rom 6:6) and we ourselves are also crucified (Gal 2:20). How the believer...

Scripture teaches it is God Himself and not the believer, who causes His will to be maintained in his life; which means it is also God Himself who carries out the doing of His will—by the life of the believer (Phil 2:13), through His guidance (Psa 37:23; Prov 3:6). When God’s Word admonishes to...

First, I'm compelled to give an open "Thank You"! to all those who labor to keep this site active (may God continue to bless it) and God's blessings to your Families! ________________________________________________________________________________ In the last thirteen years of my thirty-six...

The "Galatian Error" was that non-Christian Jews were attempting to turn back those who converted to Christianity in the Church of Galatia, even to the point where Paul had to confront Peter concerning the error. "Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was...

The terms “judge,” or “judgment,” are used in different ways in the Scriptures. Their meanings and usage are mainly governed by the context in which they are found. When they mean to condemn, to sentence or punish, man is usually to leave the prerogative with God. “Vengeance is mine; I will...

Though it will manifest works (Jam 2:18), faith in God is not something which can be produced, only desired, and even the desire for faith does not originate from man because it too must be given from God; “For it is God which worketh in you both to will (desire) and to do of His good pleasure”...

There will be found in anyone who is really “in the seventh of Romans” an intense separation from the world, a holy abhorrence of sin and a vehement desire to do the will of God. That will has become the glory and goal of his heart and soul; sin is no longer any pleasure to him. Now his distress...

Evil is what is produced by sin, or in other words it is the activity of sin. The believer overcomes the evil from sin because Christ has overcome the sin in the believer; thus our actions are not what overcomes, but is evidence of having overcome - through Christ’s atonement in our stead. An...

We are in the presence of the Father, representatively speaking; because we are in Christ, we are positionally before the Father. It is not the life of the Spirit that is supplied, but the life of the Lord Jesus--by the life of the Spirit; the Spirit reveals not His life, “for, He shall not...

I believe "the judgment seat of Christ" is something that "all must appear before", which will be completed at two varying chronological events of resurrections. Our judgment began when we were saved and involves, not punishment but chastisement. I believe that Rev 20:4 is the completion of the...

“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad” (2 Cor 5:10). The two phrases, “the things done in the body” and “whether good or bad” can only refer to those who have received...

“Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Rom 6:11). It is an immense thing to see how we are “alive unto God”. I think a great many are trying to live to God. That is, they want to reach it in their responsible life...

There are two great revelators, or unfolders of Divine Truth in the Bible—Moses in the Old Testament and Paul in the New. Some may ask, Is not Christ the Great Teacher? In a sense that is true; but actually He is the Person taught about, rather than teaching, in the Gospel. The Law and the...

There is no one who will be so conscious of indwelling sin as the believer who walks in the light. “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us” (1 John 1:8). In the verse immediately preceding, we read, “The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all...