We’re not after a legal relationship with the Law, we’re pursuing a loving relationship with a person - Jesus, who has made us in the likeness of His own image. In Romans Chapter 8, Paul continues to teach us of the Holy Spirit’s beautiful role in sanctification, leading us to discover the [...]
In Romans Chapter 8 we reach the very high peak of the giant theological mountain we call the Book of Romans. Paul brings his entire teaching on justification and sanctification now to this incredibly stunning assertion - “There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” So remarkable is [...]
In one of the most celebrated passages in the book of Romans, Paul expresses for us in Chapter 7 the absolute futility of having an ongoing relationship with the Lord that is predicated upon self-effort. If having been saved freely by grace, the justified Christian begins to try and seek holiness and [...]
Jesus tells His disciples in the upper room discourse that He has left us with His PEACE, and that His Word has been given to us that our JOY would be made full. If you are a believer, the Bible is telling us there is a supernatural peace and joy that are [...]
If you’re looking for a more precise theological explanation of what happened to you when you trusted Jesus, you cannot get any more precise than what’s set forth in Romans Chapter 6. The moment you trusted Christ, God reconstituted your entire spiritual being and poured you into a spiritual mold shaped by [...]
It is not a hopeless struggle in which the believer is engaged, but one in which victory is certain. Because God dwells outside of time, He often speaks to us in His written Word as if we have already been perfected. Now in His infinite view, that is exactly what the Gospel [...]
Beginning in Chapter 6, Paul now begins to move from justification to sanctification. And he tells us here that the very first critical step to living the victorious Christian life, is that of acquiring the correct knowledge. And so sound doctrine is the launching pad for Paul’s teaching on sanctification, and he [...]
Unlike any other religious system or worldly philosophy, Christians have a historical archeological empirical basis upon which to stand concerning His love for us. Though there is nothing wrong with feelings and emotions, God has seen fit to give us great evidence in the death and resurrection of His Son, that we [...]
After taking 4 Chapters to explain to us the NEED for justification, Paul now turns in Chapter 5 to teach us of the BENEFITS of justification, and they are spectacular. Paul explains to the believers in ancient Rome and indeed believers everywhere - that our being justified by faith alone brings great [...]
