“But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit” – 1Corinthians 6:17 LIGHT FOR NOW: Christianity is more than receiving blessings from Christ; it is being brought into union with Christ Himself. The believer’s new life is rooted in this spiritual union. One of the deepest realities of the Christian life is thatContinueContinue reading “OUR UNION WITH CHRIST (1)”
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BE ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING (4)
” Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee” – Isaiah 26:3 LIGHT FOR NOW: Peace is not merely the absence of problems; it is the stability of a heart whose attention has learned to rest upon God. Anxiety has a way of pulling theContinueContinue reading “BE ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING (4)”
THE LIFE OF CHRIST IN US (6)
” And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father” – Galatians 4:6 LIGHT FOR NOW: The life of Christ within us is not merely a power to be experienced; it is the life of sonship. Through the Spirit, the believer shares in theContinueContinue reading “THE LIFE OF CHRIST IN US (6)”
PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE (25)
“And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him.” – Colossians 3:10 LIGHT FOR NOW: The divine nature is expressed through the new man. The believer no longer lives from the identity of the old creation but from the life of the new creationContinueContinue reading “PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE (25)”
PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE (5)
“For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.” – Romans 8:2 LIGHT FOR NOW: The divine nature is not merely a new status before God; it is a new power at work within the believer. The life of God does notContinueContinue reading “PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE (5)”
PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE (2)
“And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.” – 1Corinthians 15:49 LIGHT FOR NOW: The Christian life is not an attempt to improve Adam. It is the manifestation of Christ. In the new birth, God does not polish the old image; He introduces aContinueContinue reading “PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE (2)”
