"If I were to reduce the whole Gospel of God to one word, I believe that one word would be "transfer". All my salvation lies in that word. My transgression is transferred to Christ; He is charged with it; and His Righteousness, which is the very Righteousness of God, is transferred to me, and I am to put it on and wear it, and go to God in it." Joseph Irons 1785-1852
2 Corinthians 5:21 "For He has made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin; that we might be made the Righteousness of God in Him."
"If I were to reduce the whole Gospel of God to one word, I believe that one word would be "transfer". All my salvation lies in that word. My transgression is transferred to Christ; He is charged with it; and His Righteousness, which is the very Righteousness of God, is transferred to me, and I am to put it on and wear it, and go to God in it." Joseph Irons 1785-1852
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There is more to Resurrection than resurrection!!!
Romans 5:8-11 Vs 10: ”We shall be saved by His Life.” Romans 6:3-11 Vs 5: “For if we have been planted together in the likeness of His death, we shall be also in the likeness of His Resurrection.” Vs 10-11: “In that He Liveth, He Liveth UNTO God.” Vs 11 “Reckon yourselves....alive UNTO God through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Note: Resurrection in Christ Life is an UNTO GOD LIFE. Flesh “life” is to exist unto self, my will, my needs, my safety, my control, my reputation, my exaltation! Romans 7:4 “You are dead to the law (it’s guilt, condemnation, punishment) by the Body of Christ; that you should be married to another, even to Him Who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit UNTO GOD!!!” Romans 8:9-11 Focus here is the Resurrection Spirit of the Father, Vs 11 Vs 9 If we are Christ’s, the Spirit of God dwells in us. But note: “Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His” Vs 10 To have the Spirit to dwell in us is to have Christ dwelling in us!!! Jn 14:16-18. Galatians 2:20 Vs 19 “For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might LIVE UNTO GOD.” Vs 20 #1 If I am crucified with Christ, (planted in the likeness of His death), I live. #2 But something is radically different!! “It is not I, But Christ Lives in me.” #3 The life I now live is this “day to day” flesh, this body, I live out of a new “operating center”, the “Christ in me” center, the “UNTO GOD” center. #4 The faith by which I live out of the “Christ in me” center is more than just my fledgling faith. I live by the faith of the Son of God, my Resurrected Jesus, Who loved me and gave Himself for me. Hebrews 5:1-9 All of the above is the work of our Great High Priest, who lived His Life in the days of His Incarnation (as completely human as Divinely possible) in the faith and confidence of His oath of office as our Eternal Priest “after the order of Melchisedek”. Vs 7 His “strong crying and tears” were perfectly human and sinless. He possessed the full range of human emotions and proper desire of preservation, without the controlling lust that grips us. His control was the Will of His Father!!! Was He saved from death? Heb. 2:10-15 Note the statement of His Faith in vs 13: ”I will put my trust in Him.” Colossians 1:27 This is the glorious mystery of the Gospel, Christ in you, the hope of Glory.” Philippians 3:3 This UNTO GOD LIFE is the resurrection life our Christ Jesus purchased for us through His Own Blood. This is our faith mark of that life. “For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the Spirit, Rejoice in Christ Jesus, AND HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH.” Our flesh contributes nothing to this life!!! The Father, the Bosom of the Gospel Part 6
2 Peter 3-4 1. Everything that we need for life and godliness is already given to us by His Divine Power (Eph. 1:19-20) through the knowledge of God and our Lord Jesus Christ.(vs 2) 2. And in that knowledge are given “great and precious promises that by these you might be partakers of the Divine Nature.” (Eph. 3:19; Col. 2:8-10; 1 John 3:1-3) 3. “Having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” (Gal. 1:3-4) But we have a problem: 1 Corinthians 1:9-16 1. Again, the blessings of the “things which God hath prepared for them that love Him” exceed human understanding. 2. Vs 9 Such blessing has never even entered the heart of man!! 3. Vs 11 “The things of God NO MAN KNOWS, but the Spirit of God, Whom we have received of God, that we might know the things freely given to us of God. (John 16:13-16) 4. Vs 16 “But we have the mind of Christ.” And this is 1 John 5:20!!! This Spirit of God given to us that we may “Know Him, that is TRUE, and we are IN HIM that is TRUE, even IN His Son, Jesus Christ. This is the TRUE God and Eternal Life”. Hebrews 10:12-20 This is the Sprit of the New Covenant, 1. Vs 12-14 The Covenant that IS the MAN Christ Jesus (Isa. 42:6, 49:8; Gal. 3:16-17) 2. Vs 15-22 This Spirit, is the Spirit of Sonship (Gal. 4:4-7), the Spirit of the “The New and Living Way” (Vs 20, 8:13, 2 Cor. 5:17), Vs 15 The Spirit that Witnesses within us the New Covenant Promise of the Father!!! (16-23, Jer. 31:33-34) Ezekiel 26:25-27 This is the Father’s Spirit that He promised to put within His people, to “cause you to walk in my statutes (laws), and you shall keep my judgements and do them.” And that brings us to Romans 8:2: “For the LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS (operation of the Father’s Spirit in our hearts) has made me free from the law of sin and death.” Vs 4 “That the Righteousness of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” But first things first:Unless we know and believe the truth of 1a, the truth of rest of Romans 8 does not belong to us!! Vs 9 Only those who are IN CHRIST JESUS have the Spirit of Christ dwelling in them. Hebrews 4:12-16 The Spirit’s continually gracious and active “law work” in our heart’s. 1. Eph. 6:17 The Word of God is the Spirit’s surgical tool, it cuts both ways!! It reveals sin and brings life. 2. 4:12 It “divides soul and spirit”. We don’t understand the difference at first. But the Spirit makes the distinction between what is of the first man Adam (1 Cor. 15:45, the living soul) and the last Adam (a life giving Spirit). This is usually very uncomfortable!! 3. “And joints and marrow”. Our flesh and it’s lusts govern so much of our activity (joints). We hardly have ever given a thought to the “whys” of behavior other that to feed our ego’s. But the Spirit gets down to the very marrow, the root of things and “breeds white blood cells” to fight the infections of the flesh. 4. “Thoughts and Intents of the heart”. This is painful, the stuff of our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount! (Matt.5-6). Vs 13 This is life lived before the Father Who sees in secret! 5. Vs 14-16 But if Romans 8:1 is true of us, Never fear, we have a Great High Priest, our Advocate with the Father.(1 John 2:1-3) We are to find ourselves continually at His Throne of Grace and Mercy. Remember, this is the Spirit of Adoption whereby we cry Abba Father!!! |
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