Stand up, stand up for Jesus! ye soldiers of the cross; Lift high His royal banner, it must not suffer loss: From vict’ry unto vict’ry, His army shall He lead, Till every foe is vanquished, and Christ is Lord indeed. Stand up, stand up for Jesus! The trumpet call obey: Forth to the mighty conflict, … [Read more…]
Celebrate living in spiritual light. “Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Messiah has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.” (Galatians 5:1) As Paul remarked, there’s no law against it. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. … [Read more…]
“Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.” Colossians 4:5-6 Those who are outside “having no hope and without God in the world” (Eph 2:12) are outside of the kingdom of … [Read more…]
God’s spiritual light shines in us by His Holy Spirit. God has shone His spiritual light in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of His glory in the face of Jesus the Messiah. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But … [Read more…]
We keep growing up into Messiah until he is is fully formed in us. “for building up the body of Christ, 13until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14so that we … [Read more…]
We who believe the gospel can expect retaliation from the worldly. That statement is illustrated by the experience of the Bereans and our own with the worldly. The brothers [and sisters] immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were … [Read more…]
The words Jesus spoke are spirit and are life. By the Holy Spirit, we understand spiritual things, or as Jesus put it, heavenly things (John 3:12). The Spirit is the One who gives life. The flesh doesn’t help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. John 6:63 … [Read more…]
The Seven Spirits in Revelation 1:4 confounds us because we know God the Father and Messiah Jesus have one Holy Spirit. The expression, “the seven spirits,” occurs 4 times in Revelation. I have explored and pondered what it means and found the key to understanding is in the spiritual meanings of the number seven. Seven … [Read more…]
God our Father is glorified in and through us when we bear much fruit motivated by His love. Just before He went to His crucifixion, Jesus told His disciples of His love. Then He told them how to stay in His love, “obey My commandments.” Jesus commanded: “Love one another as I have loved you.” … [Read more…]
Jesus gives us the kingdom view. Messiah Jesus proclaimed the gospel of the kingdom for 3 years before He shed His blood on the cross for the forgiveness of our sins. God resurrected Him on the third day. Then Jesus taught His apostles about God’s Kingdom for 40 days before He was received up from … [Read more…]