In my last video, here “the history behind our understanding of the new creation,” I talked about the present understanding of the nature of grace based on truths that were progressively discovered in the scriptures since the time of the reformation. Luther’s clarification of justification by faith alone, which is the distinction between law and […]
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“Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;” Romans 3:25 Propitiation means that God is satisfied. This is where we get forgiveness. The propitiation place was in the holiest of all where
We have Faith of Jesus Christ and fellowship with other believers where we recognize the sons of God and love them. That’s our profession. Our fellowship is based on profession. There are “works” there, but they are not meritorious. They gain nothing for us. They show us we are already complete. “And this is the
Romans 1-8 shows us the function of the law, which was to bring us to agreement with God’s judgment on the fallenness of man, which was exhibited in the cross of Christ. We agree that we were not only forgiven but we were righteously judged and “put away” (crucified) with Christ, the Last Adam. Now
His job, as our High Priest, is to gird Himself and actually put our feet in the water and wash us. For us, this looks like coming to Him in “full assurance of faith, having our heart sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our body washed with pure water.” “Let us draw near with a
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He crucified me with Him, and His death was a death to sin once for all. “Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.” Rom 6:6 “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ
The blood of Jesus sanctified the altar. He is the real offering, and He is the real altar. He sanctified us with His blood and presented us to God in Himself. In Christ, we are on the real altar. We are those who are presenting ourselves (in Him) as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable (which is our reasonable service of worship) (Rom 12:1-4). We are holy because of our union with Christ and our contact with the altar.
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Galatianism is not a new phrase. It has been around for almost two hundred years. Any Pastor that’s been through a dispensationalist seminary and has ever had an old Scofield Study Bible with the Notes on Galatians KNOWS THIS. “ I posted the above about 2 and 1/2 months ago on my YouTube wall along
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Further Meditation on the Law of Life vs. the Law of Sin and Death . Condemnation is the main way that sin has its hold on us. We are not talking about condemnation from the wrath of God (that was taken care of by the blood of Jesus in the heavens in Romans 3). Condemnation in
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Rom 8:1-2 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (2) For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. We have been discussing our freedom from
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