He has reconciled…Colossians 1:21 The separation of mankind from God which took place in the Garden has been corrected in Christ. For if when we were enemies were reconciled to God through the death of His son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. Romans 5:10. This is the gospel. […]
Love is the fulfillment of the law…Romans 13:10 Legalism requires our constant recalculation of our salvation. Under the weight of legalism, we are never free. We just traded the bondage of sin for the chains of rules. Grace says, “It is finished”; “you are free.” For the commandments, ‘you shall not commit adultery’—‘you shall not […]
Propitiation for our sins…I John 2:2 and 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins, 1 John 4:10. Propitiation is an interesting word. It is used in the LXX to describe what the High Priest did on the Day […]
Raised because of our justification…Romans 4:25 When God declared His name to Moses He said, The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and […]
Dwell in you richly…Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. Did you notice the context of verse 16? Please read again Colossians chapter 3 from verse 1 […]
Glorified in His saints…2 Thessalonians 1:10 In both of his letters to the Thessalonians, Paul mentions the second coming of our Lord Jesus. We, who are eager for His return, are fond of these comforting words. Well, comforting to the saints. Not so much for those who did not obey the gospel. Consider Paul’s words […]
Washing of regeneration…Titus 3:5 Have you noticed how many references there are to washing and salvation? Here is one for starters: If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness, 1 John 1:9. If we confess our sins, God will forgive and cleanse us […]
Will you still not be made clean? Jeremiah 13:27 This God asked of Jerusalem. And possibly the world. “I have seen your adulteries and your lustful neighings, the lewdness of your harlotry, your abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! Will you still not be made clean? Jeremiah 13:27. Could sin make […]
That they may receive forgiveness…Acts 26:18 This was the apostle’s commission from Christ: to preach the gospel. The good news that would open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are […]