God blessed us with a spirit of power, love, and self-control. Paul wrote that in a letter to Timothy and to us. Both Paul and Timothy were in constant danger of being put to death by the Romans for proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom. Paul’s letter is full of edifying, exhorting and comforting words. … [Read more…]
Pentecost is a celebration of God pouring out His Spirit. This year, we celebrate Pentecost on Sunday, May 31, 2020. Peter explained to the Jews what was happening on the Day of Pentecost is God pouring our His Spirit. Pentecost is fulfillment of what the prophet Joel spoke Joel 2:28-32 14Then Peter stood up with … [Read more…]
Bask in God’s spiritual light. New creature in Christ, child of God our Father, heir of salvation, brother or sister in the Lord, saint—holy one made holy by the blood of the Lamb, hear what the Holy Spirit says to you. God called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. “But you are a … [Read more…]
God “made us alive together with Messiah—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Messiah Yeshua.” You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, … [Read more…]
Understanding and applying spiritual things with our spirit is beyond human comprehension. Yet we can understand and apply them, for God our Father has blessed us with a spirit for spiritual understanding. In addition to our body and soul, God has blessed us with a spirit. “The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit, that … [Read more…]
Thinking on the things of God builds us up in our faith. In Messiah Jesus, God created His people of faith (Eph 2:10). He made us a new order of creation, one new man (Eph 2:1), quite different from His old covenant people and from pagans. He created us as thinking beings to be to … [Read more…]
“set your mind on the things that are above” (Colossians 3:2).By “above,” Paul was referring to heaven and heavenly things, not the things that are on earth. Since we have been born again, born of the Spirit, we can see the kingdom of God and can enter the kingdom of God because we have been … [Read more…]
We believe heavenly things for we have been born of water and of the Spirit. Jesus explained those heavenly things to Nicodemus and to us. 1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Judeans. 2 He came to Yeshua by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you … [Read more…]
The Spirit of life in Christ Jesus is plainly taught by Jesus to Nicodemus an us in kingdom terms. “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (Jn 3:3 KJV). I tell you emphatically, unless a person is born of water and Spirit he … [Read more…]
“God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” John 4:24 ISV Jesus spoke those words to the woman at the well and speaks them to us by His spirit. Here’s the context: “Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Yeshua was making and immersing more … [Read more…]