Archive for August, 2017


Our standing in Christ

By on Friday, August 18th, 2017 | No Comments

Someone asked me today what my views were on the difference, if any, between our position in Christ and our standing in Christ. I answered as follows……. My immediate reaction – and I haven’t ever considered it before – is in very general terms, the difference between blessings and authority. One can be very blessed […]

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Walking in the Power of God

By on Thursday, August 10th, 2017 | 1 Comment

Now here are some thoughts for the day! This is the record of an exchange with my dear friend and brother in Christ, David.   You are right, the gospel is about future glory – but not entirely is it? Is there nothing of it in our present lives?   I am not so sure […]

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Are the Gifts For Today?

By on Monday, August 7th, 2017 | No Comments

So much controversy surrounds the practice of gifts since the days of the apostles. So many clever men argue in favour of cessation but they argue out of their intellects unsupported by the word of God anywhere. See what the church fathers say on this subject. Justin Martyr (100-165): “For the prophetical gifts remain with […]

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Sanctified by blood

By on Monday, August 7th, 2017 | No Comments

Sanctified by the Blood Hebrews 13:12: Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without (outside) the gate. The blood of Christ is so pure that it has purged every one of our sins and set us apart unto God. The all-seeing, all-piercing eye of Yahweh could discover no […]

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Are Tongues For Today?

By on Sunday, August 6th, 2017 | 1 Comment

We have to be so careful about this and treat the whole subject with the humility that comes from knowing that God’s ways are not our ways. My reason for saying this is as follows. We can be absolutely sure that at Pentecost the disciples were heard by others in their own languages. Acts 2:7 […]

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