discipleship

Is the Gospel the Milk, the Meat or Both?

Leave a Comment / christ-as-righteousness / By DavidBenjamininChrist

The Gospel is both the milk and meat of the word, encompassing everything that God has accomplished in Christ and everything that God is doing in Christ. While the milk of the word provides a basic knowledge of salvation, the meat of the word establishes us in Christ and settles us in full assurance. The Gospel is the foundation and essence of our faith, providing ongoing transformative power and remaining the initial message of salvation. It is the power of God unto salvation and the foundation of our discipleship, as we continue to abide in it and bear fruit.

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Christ in Discipleship vs Christless Discipleship

The reality of the Christian life is the manifestation of Christ. Without the manifestation of Christ, there is no discipleship, no sanctification, and no reality. You have a Christless Christian.

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Works as a wage of debt.

Leave a Comment / Devotional, Highlights / By Andrei Blanda

If you seek reward by works as a wage of debt – as if God owes you something because of what you did – you should not expect a reward, but punishment. None of your services is going to meet the qualification. If you present rewards in the guise of rewards for work, it should–and

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Abide in Me

Leave a Comment / Devotional, Highlights / By Andrei Blanda

When Jesus says “Abide in Me” in John 15 we learn what it means to abide in Him in John’s 1st epistle, 1 John chapter 2. “If that which you heard from the beginning abides in you, you will also abide in the Father and in the Son. And this is what He promised us,

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An Overview of the Warnings in Hebrews and the Exhortations to enter into a present enjoyment of the blessing of the Gospel, which is called “Rest”.

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized, Various Writings, Writings on Freedom from Legalism / By DavidBenjamininChrist

The Subject of Hebrews is the Speaking of God in the Person of His Son, which concerns His Person and His Work. This is the Gospel. Heb 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Heb 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken

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Commonly Misused Terms (by Legalists) Clarified

2 Comments / Freedom from Legalism, Various Writings / By DavidBenjamininChrist

DIscipleship Traditional, legalistic concept: Based primarily on Synoptic Gospels, a Pre/Cross – Pre/Resurrection instruction consists of “following” Jesus according to outward commandments and instruction (Since He was not in them as their life.) Presented as arduous, burdensome, and absolute. Forsake all to follow Him. Taking up your cross is considered to be a matter of suffering

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As Partakers of the Lord’s Supper, aren’t we partakers of the New Covenant?

Leave a Comment / objections / By DavidBenjamininChrist

Jesus and his disciples were celebrating Passover when they had the Last Supper, recorded in Matthew, Mark and Luke. There Jesus said, “this is the blood of the new covenant” (Mt 26:28). The KJV translators chose the word “testament” over “covenant”, though in this context, it should probably be translated as “covenant”. This was celebrated

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