The Justification of Life
Dearly beloved of God, there is no cause in ourselves for God to have justified us, but He freely justified us through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. Thank God, by His grace, we have the justification of life in Christ Jesus.
Jesus Christ justified us from the sin and the death that Adam brought upon mankind.
The day Adam sinned; he lost the spirit life that God created in him. We call the loss of life death.
Those who believe in Jesus Christ receive the forgiveness of sins. You were justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
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Who Knows What?
Dearly beloved of God, it is important to know who knows what.
Over my lifetime I have seen what someone may know one day change the next.
Philosophys, theologies, cultures, and politics are unreliable sources if you are one of those who want to know what counts.
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A True Hope or a False Hope
Dearly beloved of God, the Word of God repeatedly informs us that the dead in Christ will be raised to life again at his coming, so why would anyone want to argue with God about the timing of this event? After all, resurrection was God’s idea in the first place.
I Corinthians 15: 22 and 23
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at His coming.
Christ was the firstfruits to rise from the dead.
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The God-Given Assurance
Dearly beloved of God, the resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord from the dead is the foundation upon which we base our believing. It is our assurance.
Acts 17:30, 31 ESV
30 The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,
31 because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”
God determined that there will be a Day of Judgment. He determined the standard for this judgment.
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The Reign Has Changed
Dearly beloved of God, Jesus Christ believed God to accomplish our redemption and salvation. We receive righteousness by believing the Word of God regarding him, and then God, by His wonderful grace, sets what he accomplished to our account.
John the Baptist baptized people with water unto repentance. We however are baptized into Jesus Christ’s death and burial. We were emersed with him into the state of death.
God resurrected Jesus from the state of death. He is only human being to be resurrected from the state of death thus far and the only one in heaven thus far.
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Do Not be Afraid
Dearly beloved of God, we are oppressed by our adversary the devil. We face challenges which none of us can handle by ourselves.
We can read the examples of God’s deliverance in people’s lives who lived before us, they were just like us, and we learn that they were able to overcome by believing God and literally walking out on His Word.
God supplies us with record after record of His ability and willingness to deliver and to comfort His people in the trials they faced.
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