Grace N Truth

  Grace isn’t just God’s unmerited favor toward us …  Grace is Divine inherit empowerment I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:21 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe , according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also

 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. (Rom 8:34) Our High Priest never ceases to make intercession on our behalf. It is through our High Priest that the Father’s will for our lives are revealed. Because He ever lives to make intercession without one moment’s intermission, therefore He is able to save completely. Since our High Priest ‘abides for ever,’ because ‘He ever lives to make intercession; therefore ‘He is a Priest for ever,’ who exercises every function of His office in an endless life-power, that never for a moment intermits its action. ‘He is able to save completely’ in Himself. He has been ‘perfected for evermore’ with Himself and ‘He hath perfected for ever’ them that are sanctified with Himself. The gift of salvation that He has shaped out is a life in the opened sanctuary of His presence in the keeping power of H

 

The word "gospel" means good news, and this is the message we are to take to all the peoples of the earth. We are living in a day when there is very little "good" news. Our TV screens are filled with violence and crime, and the world news only makes one depressed. Health-wise we find new diseases afflicting man with all sorts of maladies. We begin to wonder if there is any such thing as good news in this world. The church has compounded the problem by spreading a "gospel" which carries as much "bad" news as good. This is the gospel of salvation, which says that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, and if we will put our trust in Him, He will forgive our sins and takes us to heaven when we die. However, when it comes down to the out-working of this "good news," there is precious little that makes a lot of difference between those who accept this gospel and those who do not. At least that is as far as life here on

In our previous study we considered that special creation of God called man, and the part he has to play in the purposes of God. We discovered that God gave authority to that "Spirit" man, created in His likeness and image and told him to have dominion over all the works of His hands. However this authority was not given to the "earth" man of Genesis 2. In this study we want to explore the subject of the "Kingdom of God," which is vitally connected with the dominion that God gave to that first man of the Spirit. Therefore we will endeavor to: · define the Kingdom · seek to locate it, and · establish its function in the plan of God What is the Kingdom? Because most Christians think in material terms being limited to a consciousness that is expressed in the five senses, the term "Kingdom of God" is generally thought of as a literal kingdom, set up on the earth with Jesus Christ as the King, sitting on a literal throne ruli