“Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” Romans 6:4 KJV When you were baptized, you identified with the death, burial (going under the water), and resurrection (coming up out of the water) of Christ our Savior. And just like Christ was…
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” II Corinthians 5:17 KJV Once you know Christ as Savior, you are a new creature. Your spirit is quickened (made alive), giving birth to a new nature – a holy nature, one just like Christ’s. Your old sin nature is no longer the controlling force in your life. You now have…
“That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.” I Thessalonians 2:12 KJV As a child of God, you are called; Called out of darkness (I Peter 2:9-10), called to salvation (II Thessalonians 2:13-14), called unto fellowship with Jesus (I Corinthians 1:9), called to be saints (Romans 1:7), called to glory and virtue (II Peter 1:3-4), and called unto His kingdom and glory…
“From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.” James 4:1-3 KJV Desire is a…
“Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.” Hosea 14:9 God doesn’t think like we do, and His ways are not our ways. So we don’t always understand why God moves in a certain direction or allows things to happen the way…
“Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.” Matthew 7:24-25 The foundation is critical. Without a good foundation, the structure will eventually collapse. Jesus is the foundation…
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” II Timothy 2:15 KJV God is pleased with our efforts when we study hard to gain His approval. What does He want us to study? His Word. We will never be ashamed by studying and learning the Word of God because… And God stands by His Word. Isaiah 55:11 says, “So…
“So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” Isaiah 55:11 KJV God keeps His word; He cannot lie (Titus 1:2). Whatever He says will come to pass. Numbers 23:19 says, “God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the…
“Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.” Proverbs 30:5 KJV Psalm 12:6 says, “The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.” God’s Word is pure – everlasting and incorruptible. It is holy – sanctified. It is perfect – without fault or error. It is tried – tested and found to…
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Psalm 119:105 God’s word shines at my feet and illuminates the spiritual path before me so I can see clearly where I’m walking. Therefore, the Word of God is the light. The Word of God lightens your spiritual surroundings. It illumines your mind to the things of God and opens your heart to receive His warnings, His mercy,…