Walk by the Spirit

January 18 Even though we are no longer “in the flesh,” we can still live according to the flesh. Every believer has a choice. They can walk according the flesh, and they can walk according to the Spirit. The apostle Paul wrote, “But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you...

In Christ

January 17 The early Church referred to salvation as union with God. That is most often conveyed in Scripture with the prepositional phrase, “in Christ,” or “in Him.” For instance, there are 40 such phrases in the six chapters of Ephesians alone. Before Christ we were...

Eternal Life

January 16 What Adam and Eve lost in the fall was life. Their souls were no longer in union with God. Then came the “last Adam,” and “In Him was life, and the life was the light of men” (Jn. 1:4). Notice that life produces light, and not vice versa. Like the first...

Our Identity in Christ

January 15 The fact that most professing Christians are essentially ignorant of their spiritual heritage troubled me for years. Was this an awareness that we were supposed to slowly understand as we grew in Christ? That seemed to be my experience, but a thorough...

Who are You?

January 14 The core essentials of the gospel are forgiveness, new life in Christ, and the disarming of Satan who had become the “ruler of this world” according to Jesus (Jn. 12:31). Many believers struggle with the assurance of their salvation and therefore question...

The Battle for the Mind

January 11, 2013 “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God” (Rev. 12:10). A biblical theology and...

Conscience

January 10 Guilt is a judicial concept. To be guilty there has to be a standard or law, of which one fails in their conduct to measure up to. Sin means to miss the mark, or fall short of the required behavior. One can hit a tennis ball over the net, but if it lands...

The Forgiveness of Sins

January 9 If there is a singular symbol of Christianity, it would be the cross. Once a Roman image of excruciating pain and death, now a sign of forgiveness. “For in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things,...

The Complete Gospel

January 8 There is no better summary of the whole gospel than what the Apostle Paul wrote in Col. 2:13-15. “And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,...

Spiritually Dead

January 7 A pagan picks up the bible, and starts reading in Genesis about God creating the heavens and the earth.  God takes some clay, breathes into it, and Adam becomes a living being. God knew it wasn’t good for Adam to be alone, so He created Eve to be...

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