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Hello @H.Richard, James could write about justification by faith, but he was writing, 'to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad', (James 1:1) so it was necessary that he should show that it had to be a living faith, accompanied by works. * A righteousness of God without works had not...

Hello @Episkopos You asked me a question in #539, which I answered in #540. but you have not acknowledged it. Why? In Christ Jesus Chris

'Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.' (Joh 15:13) Hello @jaybird, The Lord Jesus Christ took upon Himself the form of a man and came to lay down His life, taking the penalty of our sin upon Himself, that we by simple faith in His atoning blood...

This was a verse which was set to music and we sang it with the children in Bible Club, it is a wonderfully encouraging verse for each one of us to learn. In Christ Jesus Chris

'Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.' (1 Corinthians 15:58) Amen!

'Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, .. Who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: .... According as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, ...... that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love: Having...

Hello @jaybird, The Lord Jesus Christ is the way. Trusting in the efficacy of His all-sufficient sacrifice on our behalf, is the way to the Father. It is as simple as that. In Christ Jesus Chris

'If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.' (1 Corinthians 15:19) 'But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.' (1Corinthians 15:20-21 )...

'Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted of God": .. for God cannot be tempted with evil, .... neither tempteth He any man: But every man is tempted, .. when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. .... Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: ...... and sin, when...

'But I would ye should understand, brethren, .. that the things which happened unto me .... have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; .. And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident...

'Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, .. which according to His abundant mercy .... hath begotten us again unto a lively hope ...... by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, .. and undefiled, .... and that fadeth not away...

'Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, .. let us lay aside every weight, .... and the sin which doth so easily beset us, ...... and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; ...

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.' (1 Corinthians 6:19-20) Hello @H.Richard I am sorry...

Hello @Ezra, The appreciation is mutual. :) Yes I am so glad that God, by the inspiration of God, wrote what he did in Romans 7 & 8, for it portrays so clearly what we all experience at some time or another, and shows that victory is ours in Christ Jesus, and not by self-effort. To mortify...

'There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, .. who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus .. hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, .. in that it was weak through...

Hello @Mayflower, Reading through this thread so many thoughts have risen to the surface of my mind, for so many aspects have been introduced, and it is all good, for the thoughts engendered are challenging. Yet when I try to enter them here for consideration I find I shrink from their...

Hi @Episkopos, How important it is to look at the Greek words used by the Holy Spirit, and their shades of meaning, within the context in which they come. For it is so easy to generalise, isn't it. No the word charitoo, translated 'highly favoured' and 'accepted in the beloved' will differ...

'And the angel came in unto her, and said, "Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women." (Luke 1:28) Hello @Episkopos, The word translated, 'highly favoured', in the verse above, is G5487 - Gr. 'charitoo', meaning 'to make accepted', or, 'to be...

'This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter...

'For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in...