Scripture’s Titles for Itself Studies have often, and rightly, been done on the names and titles of the Lord Jesus, because those names and titles are intentionally meant to describe a certain aspect of His nature. So with Scripture, there are a number of different titles, even besides the common designations “Scripture” and “Word.” Titles Communicating Its Authority. […]
» Read more“Meekness, temperance – against such there is no law. And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.” Galatians 5:23-26 The subject of the Christian’s rule of life […]
» Read more“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these…” Galatians 5:19a In Galatians 5 we are presented with 17 obvious works of the flesh – works which find their root in our old nature and are contrary to what God’s Spirit leads us into. Though Paul does not fully develop the topic here, there are various other Scriptures which […]
» Read moreDefining a Spirit-filled Life People are made of three parts: body, soul, and spirit. Before one is saved, he primarily lives to fulfill the lusts of the flesh. When one is saved, however, his spirit is quickened, made alive, by the Lord. The unsaved are spiritually dead; the saved are dead to sin. Ephesians 2:5 evidently shows this: “Even when we […]
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