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Christ’s Only Way: The Local Church
Pay attention: Your Christian life depends on grasping what this message says. If we ever hope to let God do all He wants to do in us, and be conformed truly to the image of Jesus Christ in our lifetimes, it is vital we see His model of the local church. Do you want that Christian? It is the will of God for us! We need to see it, and desire to fit into Christ’s local body that His Spirit adds us to, and see the priority of this reality of “body life” far above modern vague notions of a universal body composed of all believers everywhere. Although there is…
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Becoming spiritual; guarding against the flesh
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. – John. 15:4 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. – Gal 5:25 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. – 1 Cor. 2:14 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. 1 Cor. 3:1 For ye are…
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The Sequence of Seeking God
Christians can get confused, even those who are well meaning, but the Word lays out several conditions and principles for letting God be God, and leading us as He wills. God said He would be a refining fire, fuller’s soap, and would thoroughly clean us out of who we were as fallen beings and form us into the image of His Son Jesus – if we do not squirm out. Assuming you, dear reader, wish to take this covenant with the Lord as seriously as He hopes we will, there are things to keep in mind, and have faith for. First, it’s vital to understand that God’s redemption of His…
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Can a Christian Never Lose Salvation?
God loves all people, and salvation through Jesus Christ is a free gift, received through faith, not of works, but does that mean it can never be lost? Not according to Jesus, who warned His followers several times and explicitly said to the church at Sardis names could be blotted from the Book of Life: He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. – Rev. 3:5 Some may retort Jesus did not address the “elect” or true “sheep” but an honest reading of…
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Why God is Grieved with So Many American Christians
An Informal Letter to a Christian Brother My Friend, Inasmuch as I often allude to so much more God would want to do in the church, I wish to put down just some of the things I ponder. This is an informal note, and not as documented by scripture as could be, but will take for granted you already know what is true from the scriptures on various issues that have grieved me. I dare say I believe God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ are first grieved, because this is in my spirit, and I believe I have the Spirit of God. The grieving is because what God…
