Mark 1: John is presented as Elijah (v.6), Jesus is baptized (v.9), the heavens are torn (v.10), the Spirit descends on Jesus (v.10), the Father declares that Jesus is His Son (v.11). Mark 15: Scoffers ask whether Elijah will come (v.35), Jesus is crucified (v.24), the curtain of the temple is torn (v.38), The […]
Acts 26:17-18, “I am sending you to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.” The crucified and risen Christ is proclaimed…the Spirit
John 16:14, “He will glorify me for He will take what is mine and declare it to you.” The Holy Spirit glorifies the crucified and risen Lord Jesus Christ to the glory of God the Father. The Spirit of God will make NOTHING ELSE the center. Let us filter the teaching we receive through
2 Timothy 1:7-8, “For God gave us a spirit, not of fear, but of power and love and self control. Therefore…share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God…” The power God gives us through union with Christ is power to suffer for the making known of His name in the gospel.
Colossians 2:18-19, “Let no one disqualify you…not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.” ALL Christian growth and unity comes from this single thing: Holding fast to the biblically-revealed Christ, who is the Head
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Isaiah 29:13-14, “Because this people draw near with their mouth…while their hearts are far from me…therefore, behold, I will again do wonderful things with this people, with wonder up wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish.” YHWH’s response to the distant hearts of His people is to do “wonder upon wonder”
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Isaiah 41:10, “…fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Because the Son was not spared, and because the righteous right hand of the Lord was pierced, His righteousness now
Galatians 5:6, “For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.”
Galatians 5:16, “But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.” May we slaughter sin through a superior and Spirit-born desire for the things of God in Christ.
2 Corinthians 3:18, “We all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image…”
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John 16:14, “He will glorify me…” A true work of the Spirit will—first and foremost—glorify the Biblical Jesus Christ
John 6:65, “…no one can come to me unless it is granted to them by the Father.” And anyone who desires can come.
Ezekiel 11:19 “…a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone…and give them a heart of flesh”
John 3:5 “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.”
Hebrews 9:14, “…Christ…through the eternal Spirit, offered Himself without blemish to God…” The Cross is Trinitarian.
Ephesians 2:8, “For by grace you have been saved through faith…it is the gift of God.” God’s grace enables our faith.
Revelation 22:1, “…the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb.”
Hebrews 4:12,”…the word of God is living and active…” A scalpel wielded by the heart-surgeon of the Spirit
John 7:38,”Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’”
