“And you will be called priests of the Lord, you will be named ministers of our God. You will feed on the wealth of nations, and in their riches you will boast.” Isaiah 61:6. This literal promise to Israel belongs spiritually to the seed after the Spirit, namely, to all believers. If we live up…
Read More“If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.” John 15:7. Note well that we must hear Jesus speak if we expect Him to hear us speak. If we have no ear for Christ, He will have no ear for us. In…
Read More“If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.” John 15:7. Of necessity we must be in Christ to live unto Him, and we must abide in Him to be able to claim the largesse of this promise from Him. To abide…
Read MoreThanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin. Romans 7:25.
Read MoreDavid said moreover, The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. 1 Samuel 17:37. This is not a promise if we consider only the words, but it is truly so as to…
Read MoreFor in my inner being I delight in God’s law; but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. Romans 7:22-23.
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