Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah! He has blessed us in the Messiah with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm Eph 1:3 ISV Jesus put the huge difference between God’s blessings of the old covenant and His blessings of the new covenant in terms of the kingdom. He … [Read more…]
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah! He has blessed us in the Messiah with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm Eph 1:3 ISV Affirming the ways God has blessed us builds us up in our faith. So, in this article, I listed some of them including key Bible … [Read more…]
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah! He has blessed us in the Messiah with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm Eph 1:3 ISV Affirming the ways God has blessed us builds us up in our faith. So, in Part 1, I listed some of them and put them … [Read more…]
How to walk worthy of the Lord My previous article, Living in the Kingdom of God’s Son, focused on what Paul wrote to the Colossians in chapter 2 of his letter. Here, we will contemplate Colossians 3 and 4 using only headers for focus. Colossians 3 Seek the things that are above 1 If then … [Read more…]
In Colossians, Paul explains what God has done for us, then helps us see what living in the Kingdom of His Son involves. Paul tells us God our Father, “made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the holy ones [saints] in light, who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and … [Read more…]
Recommended books on Gifts of the Spirit from authors I trust. The Healing Gifts of the Spirit, by Agnes Sanford The Elijah Task, by John Loren Sandford, Paula Sandford Practicing the Power: Welcoming the Gifts of the Holy Spirit in Your Life, by Sam Storms and Matt Chandler How to Be Filled with the Holy … [Read more…]
This morning, I was contemplating the blessing of God saving us through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Spirit (Titus 3:3-8). The thought came to me what Jesus said of John the Baptist. Most certainly I tell you, among those who are born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than Yochanan … [Read more…]
In order to make us “us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the holy ones in light” (Col 1:12), God our Father has saved us by His grace , given us faith, forgiven our sins (Col 1:14) and created in Christ Jesus to do good works (Eph 2:1-10). To help us understand and … [Read more…]
We are in the heir stage of the kingdom of God. The heir stage of the kingdom of God is in the kingdom of the Son and in the Spirit as we look forward to receiving our inheritance, life in the world to come. Heirs 12 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to … [Read more…]
By Howard Snyder – July 21, 2017 Note from Howard. Actually Seedbed lifted this from The Radical Wesley and posted it in my name (with my permission). You will note that this is actually a piece about the nature and dynamics of renewal movements, not precisely the “marks of a healthy church.” If I had … [Read more…]