COVENANTCITY – Page 116 – LIGHT FROM THE WORD

GRACE VERSUS THE LAW

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God” – Ephesians 2:8 LIGHT FOR NOW: The law is not grace and grace is not the law. From our opening text, it is clear that a man is saved by grace through faith and not byContinueContinue reading “GRACE VERSUS THE LAW”

NO MORE CONDEMNATION (1)

“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit” – Romans 8:1 LIGHT FOR NOW: You cannot be condemned. The believer in Christ has no condemnation for him; this is a fact every believer must comprehend. The word “condemnation” from ourContinueContinue reading “NO MORE CONDEMNATION (1)”

GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS REVEALED (4)

“Neither yield ye your members as instrument of unrighteousness unto sin but yield yourself unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instrument of righteousness unto God” – Romans 6:13 LIGHT FOR NOW: Walk in the consciousness of your realities. Righteousness is a function of faith in Christ. ThisContinueContinue reading “GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS REVEALED (4)”

GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS REVEALED (1)

“For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, the just shall live by faith” –ContinueContinue reading “GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS REVEALED (1)”

RIGHTEOUSNESS: YOUR REALITY IN CHRIST (4)

“For he had made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him” – 2Corinthians 5:21. LIGHT FOR NOW: Irrespective of your past record, the day you arrive in Christ, you are righteous. Righteousness is the believer’s status by virtue of being inContinueContinue reading “RIGHTEOUSNESS: YOUR REALITY IN CHRIST (4)”

RIGHTEOUSNESS: YOUR REALITY IN CHRIST (2)

“For he had made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him” – 2Corinthians 5:21. LIGHT FOR NOW: Jesus is your righteousness. Righteousness is the believers’ reality in Christ; it is what he has in Christ and who he is in Christ.ContinueContinue reading “RIGHTEOUSNESS: YOUR REALITY IN CHRIST (2)”