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Our answers are synonymous; Christ satisfied the requirement of perfect obedience to the Law by living it perfectly; He also satisfied the requirement of death for disobedience to the Law, but it was our disobedience, not His. It was not in His perfect obedience that effected atonement for our...

One thing I've always admired of your posts is that you often center on key points and I believe this one is the granddaddy. "It is finished" (John 19:30). Actually, your thought that it's not related to His death is close, because it is and it's primarily related to the Law. I'm not indicating...

I like your reply Ax because it is close to what I was intending to indicate. The "new man" and "old man" are just natures, not actual entities, such as a person, and the way Scripture states that our old man IS crucified means to me that it is still on the Cross but is being detained from...

I find your reply informed and sincere and thank you for it, but what I've presented to you and some of your quotes I've posted above reflects the differences I listed-- Is it self doing the work using the Spirit or is it the Spirit doing the work using self?" I realize the difficulty of...

Hi DF - Been missing you some, good to hear from you. I believe your answer lies within how one interprets the last passage you listed; "If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit." To me, I relate to this in two ways. It shows me that one can have the Spirit but not be led by Him...

I know what you mean, but there's nothing else remaining to base a reference to.

Amen Ax! This makes me want to share with you what John Gill commented concerning John 14:12: "And greater works than these shall he do; meaning, not greater in nature and kind, but more in number; for the apostles, in a long series of time, and course of years, went about preaching the Gospel...

I believe our part is in yielding to the Spirit working in and by us and the more yielding, the more success. This is difficult to understand but it has to do with who's doing the work and who's using who.

Hi Axhead - What you posted here will be a part of the believer's life, but I'm trying to emphasize how it is done. I believe there are three mindsets concerning how the believer can conceive being used by God to do His will. By the power of self; by the Spirit helping self, or by allowing...

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...

For those concerned about the “NBTHH” devotionals, I’m letting you know that the WithChrist.org web site has received a request from the current copyright owner of Miles Stanford’s publications to discontinue presentation of his materials on the internet through their web site and I am now...

Hi IG and thanks for the reply! I pretty much know what you mean, but I believe it would depend on what "practice" it is, because if we continue to do what Scripture is clear on it being something to put off, it will always stand as a "red-flag" issue, at least to our own conscience--which...

Even though the ”Protestant Reformation” has brought much religious freedom to the generality of Christendom, it did not address the “identification” truths of our “new man” in Christ and our “old man” in Adam; which is constantly addressed by Paul. Our part concerning this dichotomy-of-natures...

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...

We are saved not only from something (sin) but also for something (fellowship). Scripture is occasionally repetitious concerning many truths for our learning and reassurance. It seems to me that our dealings with the “old man” (sinful nature) is predominant because this is the only avenue by...

It is understandably so, that early on in the believer’s walk there is a desire to serve Christ, but serving Him out of pure gratitude and working for His blessings are entirely at variance. The former puts Himself in center view; the latter puts what He provides in center view and can engender...

The practical “Condition” of the believer includes the infirmities encountered in the physical body and also in the thoughts of the mind, along with the joys of Heaven now and later. The “Position” of the believer includes not only God’s present “mercy and grace to help in time of need” (Heb...

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...

When the motive for learning God’s Word is to allow the Spirit to apply it experientially in our lives, we will find that our fellowship “with Christ in God” (Col 3:3) is always precedential. This is developed in only one way; to “know Him” (Phil 3:10), and the prerequisite for this is first, to...