Luke 2 is really the quintessential Christmas passage. It’s the most complete account of the birth of the Messiah and the text most people associate with Christmas. It’s not, however, simply a narrative. In Luke’s telling he gives us a picture of how God sovereignly works; of how God is the God of power and […]
Since we have been raised with Christ and now seek the things above, where Christ is, we no longer seek the things of this world. This results in holiness – it can do nothing else. Death, burial, resurrection and living in union with Someone else change us. They have a drastic effect on sexual purity […]
Set your mind on things above.
Why would anyone who died with Christ to man-centered and effort-based religion live as if the cross didn’t free them at all?
We are free in Christ because of our identification with Him. Sin ultimately has no power over us.
We must live in Christ. We are made complete in Him and have victory and freedom in Him.
Whatever we experience or understand in this life only has meaning to the extent it is experienced or understood in Christ.
As gospel believers, we share in Christ’s suffering and know Him better as a result.
Justification is the single most incredible gift ever given or received.
Christ is supreme over all things and yet died for us.
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