Speaking the Image – A Prophetic Reality
"Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou might still the enemy and the avenger.” Psalms 8:2 The Word of God states emphatically that we were created in the image and likeness of God. That theme begins in...
What Are You Talking About?
“For every tree is known by it’s own fruit…” Luke 6:44 If you listen to people talk long enough, you’ll notice startling similarities between their words and their life’scircumstances. That’s because words are powerful. In fact, Jesus taught more about words than He...
The Same Spirit
“But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.” Romans 8:11 This verse tells us many things, but one thing we can see...
“And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.” Acts 7:59-60 Stephen, to me, was a man whose...
A Forgiving Heart is A True Heart – Part 3: A Pure Heart
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” Matthew 5:8 Have you ever wondered what it is to have a pure heart? To our way of thinking that would be an impossibility, wouldn’t it? I mean, how pure is pure? Doesn’t it say very plainly, in I John 1:8, “If...
A Forgiving Heart is A True Heart – Part 2: A Believing Heart
“So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.” Matthew 18:35 Others have hurt us; but no one has ever hurt us as much as we have hurt Jesus. Others my owe us; but none of them owe us...
A Forgiving Heart is A True Heart – Part 1: Forgiveness – The Gateway to Freedom
“…forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.” Mark 11:25 When we consider the enormous volume of sins that God has forgiven us, is it really too much for us to extend the same forgiveness to others?...
The Joy of Our Identity in Christ: Part 3 – Redeemed From the Curse of the Law
“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit...
The Joy of Our Identity in Christ – Part 2: Heirs of God
“The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ.” Romans 8:16-17 If you believe everything God has said about Himself, then you must also believe everything He has said...
The Joy of Our Identity in Christ – Part 1: The New Creation
“Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” II Corinthians 5:17 The redemptive work of Christ was not for the children of Abraham, or for the children of the Gentiles. It was for the...