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Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God! (Acts 7:56 ISV) One, perhaps supreme, factor in the significance of Stephen was what he saw at the end and said with almost his last breath: "Behold, I see the heavens opened; and the Son of man standing on the...

All who have entered into God’s rest have rested from their labors, just as God did after creating the world. (Hebrews 4:10 NLT) Christ is God's Sabbath. Christ is our Sabbath. When we enter by faith into Christ's righteousness, we enter into God's rest. It is a tremendous power.... The Lord...

What do you have that God hasn’t given you? And if everything you have is from God, why boast as though it were not a gift? (1 Corinthians 4:7 NLT) There are still a lot of people in this world who think that there is something in man that can contribute to the glory of God and that...

A side topic started in another thread and posted here for further discussion.

The gospel of grace is the end of religion, the final posting of the closed sign on the sweatshop of the human race's perpetual struggle to think well of itself. For that, at the bottom, is what religion is; man's well meant but dim-witted attempt to approve of his unapprovable condition by...

He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and dominion... and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 1:20,21; 2:6) Get a revelation of that to...

Did Jesus' death on the cross deal with everyone's (all) sin? I am curious what others think and why so please give scripture support. :)

Crucified to the Religious World by T. Austin-Sparks “But far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world”. It is interesting to notice the particular way in which the apostle speaks of the world...

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. (Galatians 2:20) Christ is not a second personality or power, to come along to reinforce us, to vivify us, to strengthen us, for us to use in life and in service, and that He should make us something. That is...

The Good News Gospel What Is This Gospel? Consider carefully some facts stated about this gospel. "It is the gospel of God concerning His Son" (Romans 1:1, 2). It was made known to the Apostle Paul through a revelation of Jesus Christ (Gal. 1:6-12). "In it the righteousness of God is...

On Thinking No Evil So many expositions have been made of I. Corinthians, chapter 13, that one hesitates to add to their number, but it is one of the super-natural features of Holy Scripture that almost every passage will repay renewed study and will constantly continue to yield fresh light...

The Most High does not live in houses made by men. (Acts 7:48 NIV) Christianity has become a tremendous buildup of things which were not at the beginning. The Christianity which we know today is a very complicated thing. The hands of men have come upon the things of God, and men have tried to...

This is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. (1 John 5:11) Christ is never proved to be alive from the dead, nor to be Lord, by doctrinal statements. Your statement of faith may include the fact that you believe Jesus died and rose again, ascended to...

The Hypocrisy of False Expressions -- 1 Tim. 4:1-2 (or, "a demonstration of the strange influence of demons") ... among Christians What They Say What They Mean "There's nothing you must...

This came up on another thread of a different topic. Please post pertinent scriptures that support your beliefs.

How foolish can you be? After starting your Christian lives in the Spirit, why are you now trying to become perfect by your own human effort? (Galatians 3:3 NLT) You know all that the Letter to the Galatians is about, and you know the two prominent words – Liberty – "Stand fast therefore in the...

The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. (John 6:63 NLT) It is one thing to have a conception or apprehension of the purpose of God, and to be given up to it, but it is an extra thing to know how God would realize His purpose. It is still another thing to know the...

We all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory. (2 Corinthians 3:18) The word 'beholding' is a strong word; it is not just taking a look, it is 'fixing our gaze.' That is what the New Testament means by...

Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord of hosts. (Zechariah 4:6) Does it not strike you as significant, and very impressive, that when the veil was rent Israel was set aside? Israel had been called in to maintain a testimony in types. Christ had come and fulfilled all the...

The heavens do rule. (Daniel 4:26) Excerpt taken from The Heaven Do Rule by T.Austin Sparks There is a great need today that there should be the rule of the Heavens. But the Holy Spirit has got to do it, and we have got to come to recognize the fact that what we see in organized Christianity...