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Among the variations of administration between the Old Covenant and the New Covenant, the primary difference is the position one has in God. Before Christ is was “people of God.” Now, following Christ’s resurrection it is “children of God.” This is the difference between being with God, and...

It has been well said that “the lost need saved and the saved needs delivered.” The Christian’s battle (Eph 6:12) is not over redemption “once” secured, but over oppositions to our walk, e.g. the old man, Satan and the world. Believers do not wait for deliverance from the guilt of their sin, it...

Let us continue to be encouraged by using our permanent union with God and His “work” (Phl 2:13) in us to be our primary sources of supplies for enduring patiently (Heb 6:15; 1Pe 2:20). Since He, for us, “works everything together for good,” it’s always just a matter of waiting out our trials...

Scripture has always demonstrated that the union of God with believers establishes a permanent relationship with Him; and unbelievers who claim union with Him (for whatever reason) are always soon seen to be false, exemplified in those who perished in the past (e.g. Heb 3:17-19; Jude 1:5). There...

Christianity is characterized for us largely by two things, which are implied in the rent veil. God dwells no more in the thick darkness (Exo 20:21; 1Ki 8:12; 2Ch 6:1). He is in the light. He is able to come out to man; man is able to go in to Him. In fact, both things are accomplished: God has...

Believers are not to over-concern themselves with the evils of the “old man” (sin nature). Identifying what it is and “walking circumspectly” (Eph 5:15; 2Co 2:11) of it is sufficient contemplation of it and its works! The more we are shown of it evils within, the more we are to think of the...

What is meant by, “Ye are not in the flesh” (Rom 8:9)? What is “the flesh”? There are only two meanings of the word “flesh”: 1) a living creature (because possessed of a body of flesh) whether man or beast; 2) denotes mere human nature, the earthly nature of man apart from divine influence, and...

Upon rebirth, believers are eternally positioned in heaven; and can live and pray as coming from heaven to the earth! NC “Come and Dine” (2014 repost) Love delights in the one it servers. This is illustrated in the fifteenth of Luke in a wonderful way in which it unfolds the Father. The...

Was the outcome wrong? Did you intend it to be right? Thankfully the latter is more is significant than the prior, because it demonstrated that—regardless the outcome—you wanted to please God (Phl 2:13). What we do is not as important as why we do it; and of course there will still be times of...

Desire and love are two very distinct things. Desire supposes the capacity of enjoying the thing which one desires, namely, the spiritual affections which as to the root of their nature, have God for their Object. Love, on the contrary, is in full possession of the object of desire. It is no...

The “law of sin” dominates mankind and I believe it is summed up in “the soul that sinneth, it shall die” (Eze 18:4, 20). This is “the law” all are under unless reborn. Additionally, to the people of Israel was given “the Law of God,” especially seen in the Decalogue, which only the Jews were...

Heavenly beings living in an earthly realm! Angeles? No, believers in the Lord Jesus! Angels are in the earthly realm; they do not live but work here. Every true saint knows their destiny, which is where they are presently positioned in heaven. NC Hidden On High (Col 3:3) God’s...

What a so-often-missed advantage it is to be short of realizing that everything a believer thinks, says and does is used “for good” to him (Rom 8:28). Evil is seen and used to contrast and manifest that only God is good (Mat 19:17). His goodness is witness against unbelievers, and blessing to...

The harder the trial in deed, the greater the love in need! It adds quite a bit to the difficulty of the believer, that most of mankind will not choose to be right with God (Mat 7:13, 14), but He is not interested in numbers—and neither should we be. It’s not what happens to us, or all which we...

All that occurs is this life since its beginning is due to the fact that God allows it to transpire! Before creation He foreknew of everything that will happen, being omniscient! Thus, whatever comes to pass is supposed to happen, or He would have allowed something else to happen. Such is the...

What sense and worth could there be if one truly received salvation and then truly lost it? Can it be rightly said that God can give “eternal salvation unto all them that obey Him” (Heb 5:9), while knowing they will eventually lose it? Such a situation would have no value at any time, but only...

It is continually encouraging to know (esp. the more we see the “old man” at work in us) that God knows our most important desire is to “please” Him, because there are often times when this can be difficult to express, but yet ever remains true to those reborn (Phl 2:13). It’s when we are...

The goal of life is God’s love possessed, and the means by which it is received is “through faith” (Eph 2:8). Why does God desire only through faith for us to reach Him? Because “faith works by love” (Gal 5:6); and in my estimate, the stronger the faith in Him, the greater the manifestation of...

Though our Lord Jesus Christ is not here in presence He is in essence, for His essence is everywhere, esp. in His angels (e.g. Exo 3:2; Heb 1:7), and He has given us His Spirit, not only to be in this life but in our lives. It is not the Life of the Spirit that is in us, but the Spirit Himself...

The three Nazarites, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego walked with God in the king’s palace; and God walked with them in the king’s furnace. Is it not worth passing through a fiery furnace to enjoy more of the presence of the Lord Jesus, and the sympathy of His loving heart? Is not a furnace where...