Day: November 17, 2017

Living Above Circumstances

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Philippians 1:12-18 12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; 13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; 14 And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. 15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: 16 The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my …

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Justification by Faith

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Reflections The apostle Paul goes to great lengths to explain how God is able to justify – declare as righteous – the sinner through Jesus Christ. He discusses the moral and legal issues involved. But all of this teaching leads to one Truth: Jesus Christ IS our righteousness. He is the only righteousness we have. Jesus Christ dwells in the believer — and because He is righteous, He IS our righteousness. Or, as Paul says, “We are the righteousness of God IN HIM.” Righteousness and life go hand in hand. God does not simply declare me righteous. That alone would …

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The Deity of the Messiah (Hebrew Moshiach)

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The Deity of the Messiah (Hebrew Moshiach) First Fruits Being Offered to Hebrew Priest. The Messiah is our First Fruit!       Within the Jewish Writings (Non Christian) Most of the Jewish writings (noncanonical) from which these Messianic expositions come are found in the following broad categories: Pseudepigraphical Apocryphal Mishniac Midrasic Haggadahic Gemmaric Talmudic Kabalistic Medieval Rabbinic Modern Rabbinic The word Messiah in Hebrew means the Anointed One. In the Jewish writings the Messiah was described as a person of the line of King David (a “ben yishai” – son of Jesse, father of David) who will return the …

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