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The Life of Christ By the Spirit vs. Progressive Sanctification

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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Commonly Misused Terms (by Legalists) Clarified

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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Galatians Msg 1

Msg 1 Obeying Truth Rather than Following Men Gal 1:1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) Here Paul is already distinguishing himself from the people that are influencing the churches in Galatia. The people that are influencing them are much about perception and man’s authority and man’s stamp of approval. “He’s associated with James therefore I should

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Philippians – Gaining Christ and Being Found in Him (3:12-15)

Christ vs. the Flesh In my view, this is the best part of Phillippians. This is the “Galatians” of Phillippians, or the “Romans” of Phillippians. This is Paul’s description of a spirituality that is increasingly free from legalism and instead, full of Christ. Christ is versus everything. In the New Testament Christ is presented as

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Chapter 1 Important Distinctions Between the New Testament and the New Covenant

Jer 31:31-34  Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of ISRAEL and with the house of JUDAH:  (32)  Not according to the covenant that I made with THEIR FATHERS in the day that I took THEM by the hand to bring them out of the

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Chapter 3 – More Distinctions: New Testament Inheritance Versus New Covenant

  It is amazing to me that I’m able to speak these things at this time, and people are understanding it. This is the result of sowing the Word over time and people growing. A year ago I did touch on these things, and people simply did not understand. Also, the Lord has added vocabulary

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