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I am a receiver of God's grace that far supersedes my worst sin.

Romans 5:20 NASB  The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

I am dead to sin and alive to God.

Romans 6:11 NASB  Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

I am a recipient of eternal life through Jesus Christ.

Romans 6:23 NASB  For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

I am free of condemnation.

Romans 8:1 NASB  Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

I am free from the vicious cycle of sin and death.

Romans 8:2 NASB  For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

I am a son of God; God is spiritually my Father.

Romans 8:14-15 NASB  For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, "Abba! Father!"

Galatians 3:26 NASB  For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 4:6 NASB  Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"

I share in Christ's inheritance.

Romans 8:17 NASB  and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.

I am protected. Who can ever be against me?

Romans 8:31 NASB  What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

I am inseparable from God's love.

Romans 8:35 NASB  Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

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I am more than a conqueror through Christ.

Romans 8:37 NASB  But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.

I am God's dwelling place. His Spirit and life dwells in me.

1 Corinthians 3:16 NASB  Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

1 Corinthians 6:19 NASB  Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?

I am united to the Lord.

1 Corinthians 6:17 NASB  But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him.

I am a member of Christ's Body - the CHURCH WHICH IS THE BODY OF CHRIST.

1 Corinthians 12:27 NASB  Now you are Christ's body, and individually members of it.

Ephesians 5:30 NASB  because we are members of His body.

I am adequate for anything because my adequacy comes from God.

2 Corinthians 3:5 NASB  Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,

I am a saint.

Ephesians 1:1 NASB  Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are at Ephesus and who are faithful in Christ Jesus:

I am blessed with every spiritual blessing.

Ephesians 1:3 NASB  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

I am forgiven of all my sins.

Ephesians 1:7 NASB  In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace.

I am God's workmanship - His handiwork.

Ephesians 2:10 NASB  For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

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I am a fellow citizen with the rest of God's family.

Ephesians 2:19 NASB  So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household,

I am righteous and holy in CHRIST. We will be perfected in CHRIST.

Ephesians 4:24 NASB  and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

I am a citizen of heaven.

Ephesians 2:6 NASB  and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

Philippians 3:20 NASB  For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

I am strong in the Lord to fight off all of Satan's attacks.

Ephesians 6:10-17 NASB  Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand firm therefore, HAVING GIRDED YOUR LOINS WITH TRUTH, and HAVING PUT ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, and having shod YOUR FEET WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE; in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. And take THE HELMET OF SALVATION, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

I am able to do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Philippians 4:13 NASB  I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

I am filled with God's power that works mightily in me.

Colossians 1:29 NASB  For this purpose also I labor, striving according to His power, which mightily works within me.

I am complete in Christ, filled with God, possessor of everything.

Colossians 2:10 NASB  and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority;

I am a son or daughter of light and not of darkness.

1 Thessalonians 5:5 NASB  for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness;

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I am adequate, complete, equipped for every good work.

2 Timothy 3:17 NASB  so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.

I am able to come boldly before the throne of grace to find mercy and grace.

Hebrews 4:16 NASB  Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

I am a child of God and I will resemble Christ when He returns.

1 John 3:1-2  See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.

I am loved.

Revelation 1:5 NASB  and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood--

Romans 5:8 NASB  But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

I am victorious.

Revelation 21:7 NASB  "He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son.

(My Note:  I have adapted part of the above from an unknown author. Please add to this beautiful list of things that we have in CHRIST. NOW: smile - LOOK UP - and always remember to give thanks that you are a child of the KING.)

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May 22, 2007

THE "RIGHTNESS" OF GOD
by Cornelius R. Stam

St. Paul’s great Epistle to the Romans has much to say about "the righteousness of God"; in fact, this is the theme of the Book of Romans. Sad to say, however, the Bible is so little read and studied of late that many people do not even know what the word "righteousness" means.

Actually, every man, woman and child should know about the righteousness of God -- or, to simplify the word -- the rightness of God. It is most important to understand that God does always and only that which is right. He can do nothing and will do nothing that is not right.

Thus God cannot and does not merely forgive sinners and smuggle them into heaven, for this would not be right. As Job 8:20 says, "Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will He help evil doers," for neither would be right.

It was Bildad who said this to Job, and Job replied, almost exasperated: "I know it is so of a truth, but how shall a man be just with God?" (Job 9:2). In other words, how can a holy God look upon a sinner and pronounce him righteous? With this background let us consider Paul’s great declaration in Romans 1:16,17:

"I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth.... for therein is the righteousness [i.e., the rightness] of God revealed...."

True, the love of God is also revealed in the gospel, but what made Paul so proud to proclaim the gospel is the fact that it tells how God dealt "righteously," or rightly, with sin, paying its just penalty Himself at Calvary so that He might offer salvation to all by free grace.

Thus the Apostle declares in Romans 6:23: "The wages of sin is death [this is its just penalty] but the [free] gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ, our Lord."

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May 23, 2007

CHILDREN AND GROWN-UPS
by Cornelius R. Stam

The Lord Jesus said to a religious leader of His day: "Except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God" (John 3:3). All true Christians have been born again by the Spirit of God (Tit. 3:5). They are therefore the children of God (Rom. 8:16).

Children are a joy in any normal household, but it is a tragedy when a child remains a child, physically, mentally or both. It is a tragedy too, that so many Christians, truly born again, remain spiritual babes -- they do not grow. They know that Christ died for their sins but have made no progress in grace or in the knowledge of the Word. To such Paul wrote:

"And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual [men], but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat; for hitherto ye were not able to bear [digest] it, neither yet now are ye able" (I Cor. 3:1,2).

Thus those who, spiritually undeveloped, were able to digest only the milk, or the simple things, of the Scriptures, were called "carnal" and "babes," in contrast to those "spiritual" believers who had grown in grace and were able to assimilate the deeper, richer truths of the Word of God.

This is not a compliment to those who constantly boast that they are satisfied with "the simple things," and fail to study God’s Word, as II Tim. 2:15 commands. To such Paul writes, by divine inspiration:

"For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again... and are become such as have need of milk... For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the Word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But strong meat [solid food] belongeth to them that are of full age..." (Heb. 5:12-14).

A new-born babe in Christ is a joy to behold, but every born-again Christian should grow through the study of the Word. I Pet. 2:2 says:

"As newborn babes desire the sincere [pure] milk of the Word, that ye may grow thereby."

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thank you,brother Tom,I am a daughter of the King of King ,and I am a Old Babe.my accident is what made me  and old Babe before i was a young babe sweet lovy dovy Jesus babe but now i am one of the oldest daughters of the king to  whom the Father sent fort His Spirit "the Spirit of Jesus".As I  believe that Jesus Christ was sent by God JN,3:16...And what Jesus christ said to His Father in .Jn17:8 `"For I have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have receive THEM, and have known surely that I came` Fort` from You; and they have believed that  you sent Me. "well brother Tom If i can call you like that ,cause you mean a lot to me and i don't know how to give you the respect that i have toward you,I have a lotX lot more to learn one moment at the time my knowledge of Christ in me grows as i grow closer to the one I gave my life to .Our father who art in heaven Hallowed be thy name..hey! byebye Brother Tom,love in Jesus.a sister a servant.well i will be saying good night soon.I am really a child of the light   :Di will see you in the morning if it is our Fathers Will. 8)all the verses are from.NKJ.

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thank you,brother Tom,I am a daughter of the King of King ,and I am a Old Babe.my accident is what made me  and old Babe before i was a young babe sweet lovy dovy Jesus babe but now i am one of the oldest daughters of the king to  whom the Father sent fort His Spirit "the Spirit of Jesus".As I  believe that Jesus Christ was sent by God JN,3:16...And what Jesus christ said to His Father in .Jn17:8 `"For I have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have receive THEM, and have known surely that I came` Fort` from You; and they have believed that  you sent Me. "well brother Tom If i can call you like that ,cause you mean a lot to me and i don't know how to give you the respect that i have toward you,I have a lotX lot more to learn one moment at the time my knowledge of Christ in me grows as i grow closer to the one I gave my life to .Our father who art in heaven Hallowed be thy name..my life to God in jesus christ my lord...hey! byebye Brother Tom,love in Jesus.a sister a servant.well i will be saying good night soon.I am really a child of the light   :Di will see you in the morning if it is our Fathers Will. 8)all the verses are from.NKJ.

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Hello Def,

Sister, you mean a lot to me also. We are a member of the same family and belong to JESUS CHRIST. I love to think about being a possession of JESUS CHRIST forever. JESUS CHRIST paid our debt and delivered us from the bondage of sin and death. We will spend eternity together with JESUS. Just think - we are the adopted children of the KING OF KINGS and have already been given a full inheritance.

We will soon claim our citizenship with the Saints in LIGHT. According to the Scriptures, all of those who belong to JESUS CHRIST are "Saints", so we are Saints. This isn't a distinction given to us from men, rather a position given to us by JESUS CHRIST and paid for with HIS Blood on the CROSS. The "LIGHT" is JESUS CHRIST, and we are already IN the LIGHT. There is warmth and love in the LIGHT. The day will come for us when there is NO darkness - ONLY the LIGHT of JESUS.

KEEP LOOKING UP!

THE RAPTURE WILL BE A REALITY!

1 Thessalonians 4:13 NASB  But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope.

1 Thessalonians 4:14 NASB  For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 4:15 NASB  For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

1 Thessalonians 4:16 NASB  For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

1 Thessalonians 4:17 NASB  Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:18 NASB  Therefore comfort one another with these words.
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1 Corinthians 15:50 NASB  Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

1 Corinthians 15:51 NASB  Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

1 Corinthians 15:52 NASB  in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

1 Corinthians 15:53 NASB  For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.

1 Corinthians 15:54 NASB  But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, "DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP in victory.

1 Corinthians 15:55 NASB  "O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY? O  DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?"

1 Corinthians 15:56 NASB  The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law;

1 Corinthians 15:57 NASB  but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:58 NASB  Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.

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Hello Def,

Sister, you mean a lot to me also. We are a member of the same family and belong to JESUS CHRIST. I love to think about being a possession of JESUS CHRIST forever. JESUS CHRIST paid our debt and delivered us from the bondage of sin and death. We will spend eternity together with JESUS. Just think - we are the adopted children of the KING OF KINGS and have already been given a full inheritance.

We will soon claim our citizenship with the Saints in LIGHT. According to the Scriptures, all of those who belong to JESUS CHRIST are "Saints", so we are Saints. This isn't a distinction given to us from men, rather a position given to us by JESUS CHRIST and paid for with HIS Blood on the CROSS. The "LIGHT" is JESUS CHRIST, and we are already IN the LIGHT. There is warmth and love in the LIGHT. The day will come for us when there is NO darkness - ONLY the LIGHT of JESUS.

KEEP LOOKING UP!

THE RAPTURE WILL BE A REALITY!

1 Thessalonians 4:13 NASB  But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope.

1 Thessalonians 4:14 NASB  For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 4:15 NASB  For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

1 Thessalonians 4:16 NASB  For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

1 Thessalonians 4:17 NASB  Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:18 NASB  Therefore comfort one another with these words.
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1 Corinthians 15:50 NASB  Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

1 Corinthians 15:51 NASB  Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

1 Corinthians 15:52 NASB  in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

1 Corinthians 15:53 NASB  For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.

1 Corinthians 15:54 NASB  But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, "DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP in victory.

1 Corinthians 15:55 NASB  "O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY? O  DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?"

1 Corinthians 15:56 NASB  The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law;

1 Corinthians 15:57 NASB  but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:58 NASB  Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.

Godly Morning to every one  God bless every one of you in Jesus Christ name our intercessor,our loving Savior..
Hi! brother Tom,this morning I wrote on a big paper Def there is only one intercessor between God and you and that  is Jesus Christ you can love God directly but if you want some thing down here or if you want your prayers to be heard you got to go through the" person, the name " of Jesus Christ I knew all that but somehow today it clothed me.Have a blessed day brother Tom.love in Jesus Def

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Godly Morning to every one  God bless every one of you in Jesus Christ name our intercessor,our loving Savior..
Hi! brother Tom,this morning I wrote on a big paper Def there is only one intercessor between God and you and that  is Jesus Christ you can love God directly but if you want some thing down here or if you want your prayers to be heard you got to go through the" person, the name " of Jesus Christ I knew all that but somehow today it clothed me.Have a blessed day brother Tom.love in Jesus Def

Good Morning Sister Def!

Please also remember that the HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD lives in your heart 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If we pray, the HOLY SPIRIT will help us understand our Bible studies, and HE will also help us to pray when we really don't know what to pray for or how to pray for it. GOD has given us everything that we need for this short life, and HE is with us always.

Sister, you are completely right that JESUS CHRIST is our mediator, and HE will also be our judge. It's beautiful to know that there is NO condemnation for those who belong to JESUS CHRIST. WHY? - Because HE paid our debt on the CROSS with HIS Blood, and HE purchased us as eternal Possessions. We belong to JESUS!

Love In Christ,
Tom

1 Corinthians 3:16 NASB  Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

Psalms 23:3 NASB  He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name's sake.

Romans 8:1-2 NASB  Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

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Good Morning Sister Def!

Please also remember that the HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD lives in your heart 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If we pray, the HOLY SPIRIT will help us understand our Bible studies, and HE will also help us to pray when we really don't know what to pray for or how to pray for it. GOD has given us everything that we need for this short life, and HE is with us always.

Sister, you are completely right that JESUS CHRIST is our mediator, and HE will also be our judge. It's beautiful to know that there is NO condemnation for those who belong to JESUS CHRIST. WHY? - Because HE paid our debt on the CROSS with HIS Blood, and HE purchased us as eternal Possessions. We belong to JESUS!

Love In Christ,
Tom

1 Corinthians 3:16 NASB  Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

Psalms 23:3 NASB  He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name's sake.

Romans 8:1-2 NASB  Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

thank You very much Brother Tom ,I must go retire now I will be hided with Jesus in God..good night every body.in Gods arm forever.

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May 24, 2007

GRACE REIGNS THROUGH RIGHTEOUSNESS
by Russell S. Miller

In addition to those other passages in Paul’s epistles, where "Grace", "Faith", and "Righteousness" are found, The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews contains the following references to "Grace and Faith" as well as "Grace and Peace":

"The throne of grace..." (Heb.4:16), so grace reigns.

"The King of righteousness..." (Heb.7:2).

But you argue Christ is the Head of the Church, not King. However the reference is to the mysterious Melchisedec priesthood. Yet I Timothy 1:17 states that our Lord is "the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God...". While I Timothy 6:15 calls our Lord, "...the blessed and only Potentate...". Nevertheless, "grace reigns through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord" (Rom.5:21).

"Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption for us" (Heb.9:12).

"Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God" (Rom.3:25).

"...The spirit of grace..." (Heb.10:29), in conjunction with "the Word of grace" (Acts 20:32), teaches us to "walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God" (Col.1:10).

"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" (Heb.11:1).

"So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God" (Rom.10:17).

"...The God of peace..." (Heb.13:20).

It is so comforting to know that our God is dispensing "grace" and "peace" today. This blessed theme is prevalent in all of Paul’s epistles, the theme that he and Timothy "preached every where in every church" (ICor.4:17).

"Grace be with you all..." (Heb.13:25).

"Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ" (Gal.1:3).

Indeed, while many find it difficult to believe the Epistles of Saint Paul, may you find comfort in knowing the wonderful and marvelous truth that "Grace and Peace" reign through His "Righteousness" today.

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May 25, 2007

SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING
by Cornelius R. Stam

Honest, prayerful study of the Word brings us to spiritual maturity and understanding. But does it not require superior intellectual powers to understand these "deep things of God"? No indeed. Superior intellects among unsaved men are unable to appreciate even the "simple" truths of the Word, for "they are spiritually discerned" (I Cor. 2:14). And as to the "mystery" made known to Paul by the glorified Lord, the Apostle declares that it is now "revealed unto His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit" (Eph. 3:5).

The mystery is not merely something more difficult to grasp intellectually, for the Apostle specifically states that it is "not the wisdom of this world" but "the wisdom of God" (I Cor. 2:6,7), and that only by the Spirit of God can it be understood and appreciated. This explains why many of the humblest believers rejoice in the mystery and understand it so clearly, while so many great theologians and religious leaders fail to grasp it and keep confusing it with God’s prophesied program regarding the kingdom of Christ.

The mystery is not "hard to be understood" because men are slow of mind to understand, but because they are "slow of heart to believe," because the devil, who "hath blinded the minds of them that believe not" also seeks to keep God’s people from seeing and rejoicing in the truth of the mystery with its riches of grace, its "one body" and its "one baptism." This is why the Apostle prayed so fervently that the believers to whom he ministered might be given "spiritual understanding" to take in the glorious message he was commissioned to proclaim (See Eph. 1:16-19; Col. 1:9,10).

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thank You very much Brother Tom ,I must go retire now I will be hided with Jesus in God..good night every body.in Gods arm forever.

Hello Def,

Sister, I'm sorry that I missed this. You've gotten up now and are out fishing, so it's too late for me to wish you a good sleep. You did sound BRIGHT AND CHEERY this morning, so I hope that you did get a good rest last night.

Isn't it wonderful to know that we are in JESUS even while we sleep? We are never alone, and we will abide in the loving arms of JESUS forever! No power in the Universe can pluck us from HIS MIGHTY HANDS.

Love In Christ,
Tom

1 John 1:1-4 NASB  What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life -- and the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us -- what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ. These things we write, so that our joy may be made complete.

Hebrews 10:19-23 NASB  Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;