EPHESIANS 1:16-18 From Ephesians 1:18 it is apparent that we are more than a mere inheritance of Christ. Paul emphasized the kind of inheritance we are to Christ in the words “riches of the glory of his inheritance.” Believers are an inheritance of glorious riches to Christ. This reveals to...
EPHESIANS 1:3; ROMANS 8:35-39 The individual who has received Christ as Saviour has been united to Christ, but he is traveling through a world that has an ungodly, hostile atmosphere.Thus, the believer needs a spiritual atmosphere in which to breathe. Just as astronauts have to take along their own atmosphere...
EPHESIANS 1:2-3; JOHN 15:1-10 The believer’s resources—all spiritual blessings—are “in Christ” (Eph. 1:3). Christ is the life of the believer and thus provides for him all that he needs. Before salvation the individual was in Adam, but after salvation he is in Christ. In Adam the individual possessed only a...
EPHESIANS 1:1; JOHN 3:13-21 Eternal life is procured by the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. By His death Jesus paid the penalty for sin; by His burial He took sin away; by His resurrection He lives in the believer. This is all involved in the new birth. On...
GALATIANS 6:11-18 It is remarkable to realize that the crucifixion is a way of life, not just a way of death. Christ’s crucifixion was not the end of His redemptive work, for He arose from the grave and provided us with the resurrection life. Romans 6:7 says, “For he that...
GALATIANS 6:1-10 To speak of bearing one another’s burdens and then to say that every man shall bear his own burden appears on the surface to be a contradiction. This really is not the case. Two different words are used in the original language that are translated “burden” in Galatians...
GALATIANS 5:13-26 The flesh and the Holy Spirit are contrary one to the other. Their aims and purposes are diametrically opposed to each other. Each one says no to the other.They checkmate each other.This, of course, results in a stalemate for the Christian. This is why the apostle says, “Ye...
GALATIANS 3:15-25 The passage before us says that the Law “was added” (Gal. 3:19). It was added to something already existing. John the Baptist introduced our Lord to the public and said of Him, “The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.” The Law...
GALATIANS 3:1-14 The Christian life is a “by faith” life not a “by Law” life. Paul makes a very strong statement at the end of Galatians 2 when he says, “I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in...
GALATIANS 2:11-21 The new life is life “in Christ.” The word “in” does not in this connection speak of location, such as “in an automobile,” but carries the idea of union. We are in union with Christ. Through Him we are dead to the Law, having been identified with Him...