Thursday, September 2, 2010

Are you of the New Covenant or the Old or Both?

Tina Willis In the past, I would sometimes get depressed when reading the Bible. Now I know why. I did not understand the important distinction between the two operating systems - the Old Covenant and the New Covenant. I was operating under both, but God never intended for the two to be mixed. We are to chose one.

September 2 at 3:09am · ·
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    • Lori Ellis Coates Christs' sacrifice on the cross made the Old Covenant obsolete. He is our New Covenant C:
      September 2 at 3:10am · · 6 people
    • Angie Marcum-Wharton Jesus is a fulfillment of the Old Testament!
      September 2 at 3:14am · · 3 people
    • DeeDee LaPenna Amen. And SO MANY Christians mix the Old with the New. That kind of doctrine makes me confused and makes me feel crazy!! God is NOT the author of confusion!!!
      September 2 at 3:15am · · 2 people
    • Paul Schuck Today, I walk forgiven and Loved by His Grace... Moving forward to share his Love and Truth.. I surrender all I have to Him and ask Him to lead me to his destiny for me... Blessings and Love Sister in the Precious Holy name of Jesus Christ
      September 2 at 3:18am · · 5 people
    • Sheila Ring Reed okay SIC, which one. you know I am a cheater, so just tell me the answer, plus I am new so don't I get a few cheating points or something...anyone?
      September 2 at 3:18am · · 2 people
    • Kermit Kiser
      I don't think God does "takebacks". His words stand forever. It is only our understanding that changes.
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      Mat 5:18 "For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.
      Mat 5:19 "Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
      September 2 at 3:21am · · 1 person
    • Allison Ake Amen. I have forsaken the Old and am learning to walk in the newness of Life
      September 2 at 3:23am · · 1 person
    • Sheila Ring Reed peeps I am waiting....lol.
      September 2 at 3:24am · · 2 people
    • Amanda Lynn Weber Amen Tina....God reveals these treasures to us as we grow in Christ!!! We develope a greater understanding as we study his word!!!
      September 2 at 3:25am · · 2 people
    • Tina Willis
      Kermit, with all due respect, it's time for the church to wake up and see how good we have it on this side of the cross. Some Christians are fixated on the law when it's only a shadow. Hebrews 8:6 says "The ministry Jesus has received is as superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises. IF the law were able to save, there'd be no reason for the NEW. The OLD is OLD news! Something greater is now in effect, so why wouldn't we hold fast to the NEW? OT believers were justified by faith ALONE, apart from the law. Does the law involve faith? NO, the Bible clearly shows that "the Law is NOT of Faith (Gal. 3:12). After all, does it take faith to carry out religious tasks or adhere to regulations?

      OT saints such as Abraham were made right because they put their confidence in God and in the coming Messiah (Romans 4:13) Abraham lived long before the law, but he was declared righteous.

      SO BEING "RIGHT" WITH GOD.... NEVER, NEVER, NEVER HAD ANYTHING TO DO THE LAW! Now that's GREAT news! Amen.
      September 2 at 3:35am · · 8 people
    • Michael Kaminski
      Amen, sister!
      It got so bad for me that I didn't even want to pick up the bible because I was afraid to find out some more things I had to do to please God......
      'How can I ever live up to this standard?' I thought in my despair.
      The answer was I couldn't. But thanks be to God who leads us in triumph through Jesus Christ our Lord!
      September 2 at 3:36am · · 2 people
    • Paul Schuck As the Truth is understood in the Heart through the Truth of his word..Only the Holy Spirit can lift the scales off the eyes and cause the deaf ear to hear the Truth. I have found intimate time with Him is the key to all this happening. Blessings and love in the name of Jesus Christ.
      September 2 at 3:40am · · 2 people
    • Kermit Kiser Tina, with all due respect, you have proven my point - if OT saints were saved by faith, then nothing has changed except our understanding.
      September 2 at 3:40am · · 1 person
    • Lisa Joy Stiefken I read last night that we need to become ONE KINGDOM people-not two-in every area. It appears we've raised a lot of schizophrenic Christian.
      September 2 at 3:45am · · 3 people
    • John P. Cwynar It's sort of like trying to have two operating systems on your computer at the same time...it just doesn't work. Some here just need to upgrade to the Jesus Grace OS...changes everything. (And I did not build it!:)
      September 2 at 3:46am · · 3 people
    • Paul Schuck ‎1 church, 1 body, in unity and Love all under His Grace
      September 2 at 3:48am · · 1 person
    • Debbie Caldwell For those of you that haven't met Joseph Prince the Gospel of Grace preacher, please visit his site, your spirit will rejoice ! :)http://www.facebook.com/josephprince?ref=ts
      September 2 at 3:51am · · 2 people
    • Brian Alexander The Old was the forerunner pointing to the new and the restoration of all things in Christ. Now it is "Finish" we live in the New and the New in us no longer looking forward but rather delivering Christ in His fullness
      September 2 at 3:52am · · 2 people
    • Debi Basson Christ came to fulfil the law not remove it , didn't He?
      September 2 at 3:52am · · 4 people
    • Beverley Allen Not choose! You need one to better understand the other, so has to know where we are coming from and why the other had to come about!
      September 2 at 3:54am · · 1 person
    • Debbie Caldwell Please read this you will be truely blessed and the light will shine :)

      http://www.facebook.com/notes/joseph-prince/jesus-the-measure-of-your-righteousness/115409471846221
      September 2 at 3:57am · · 2 people
    • Debi Basson I agree Beverley
      September 2 at 3:57am · · 1 person
    • Brian Alexander I died to the law
      September 2 at 3:59am · · 1 person
    • Tina Willis
      SHEILA: I love you my peep SIC. The purpose of the Old Covenant, which is the 10 commandments is for one audience... unbelievers. It is to show man that it can NEVER be kept, that it is IMPOSSIBLE to keep, that no one has ever been able to keep it, nor is there anyone who ever will be able to keep it. Through the law, God shouts that he demands no less than perfection. When the world sees the standard, they have no choice but to "SHUT UP". Their mouths are silenced. Check this out:

      Galatians 3:22 New American Standard Bible says,
      But the Scripture has shut up everyone under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. And...

      Romans 3:19-20 says,
      Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God; because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.

      So we have a choice, we can live under the law to be right with God, or we can be "made" right with God by the blood of Jesus. We get to choose! I choose the blood, Sister... it's the only way. Jesus said, I am THE Way, THE Truth, and The Life and ain't no one getting to Father but through me (the "ain't" is Tina's version : )
      September 2 at 4:01am · · 4 people
    • Debbie Caldwell This is the start of the article from Joseph Prince " God wants us to seek His righteousness and not our own righteousness. When we seek our own righteousness, we will always end up feeling miserable because we can never be righteous by our works, no matter how hard we try. That is why our loving Father wants us to remember that righteousness is not right behavior but a person — Jesus (1 Corinthians 1:30), and that we have “become the righteousness of God in Him”.
      September 2 at 4:01am · · 4 people
    • Brian Alexander Gal 2:19 "For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God."

      Cant live with legalism, the law and the old covenant and at the same time live to God by His New covenant and Grace
      September 2 at 4:03am ·
    • Naomi Lang'at Debi. Christ came to fulfil the law not remove it. Right. If its already fulfiled why should we try fulfiling it yet 'it is finished'?
      September 2 at 4:04am · · 2 people
    • Tina Willis Beverly, excellent point, we need to understand the purpose of the old to understand the new, but when it comes to living, one must indeed choose to live under one or the other. Good word, Sis!
      September 2 at 4:05am · · 2 people
    • Beverley Allen Thanks Debbie. I agree whole heartedly...thanks be to God!!
      September 2 at 4:06am · · 1 person
    • Debbie Caldwell Yes Naomi Christ fulfilled the Law, and though accepting Jesus finished work on the cross we now live under Grace not under the Law. The Law was to show us we was sinners, and that because of our sin we could never please God. But Jesus washed away our sin with his Blood, so now when our Father looks at us, he sees us though the Blood of Jesus, forever cleansed and acceptable to God :)
      September 2 at 4:09am · · 6 people
    • Jeannie Jacobs I can only say again; I did crazy things trying to work for my righteousness. I nearly died... Shooo! Thank YOU JESUS for showing me just in time that YOU ARE All my Righteousness, and I stand complete In YOU!! It took me a lifetime to realise I failed miserably under the law...
      September 2 at 4:09am · · 5 people
    • Tina Willis Jeannie, right there with ya, Sister! Been there, done there, ain't EVER going back. I'm resting in the "It is finished" words of our Lord! Woo-Hoo, thank you Jesus! : )
      September 2 at 4:11am · · 5 people
    • Allan Ochoa Yes! We should have crossed the line now, from the old to the new. We are now under the New Covenant of Grace. :-)
      September 2 at 4:16am · · 2 people
    • Beverley Allen Tina, it really not about chooseing, its more acceptance.Because, look at the book of Hebrews, the people were ready to give up on their faith untill Jesus comes.
      September 2 at 4:25am ·
    • Sandra Mapson That's right we are not to mix the old and new convenants!! That's why I get depressed and frustrated!! Let God be the Glory!!!! Let Him manifest in us!!! We rejoice in Him no matter what!!! Halleljuah!!!!
      September 2 at 4:30am · · 4 people
    • Beverley Allen Amen to that, sisters...finish with the " old " and an with the " new " amen!!
      September 2 at 4:30am · · 2 people
    • Corinne Smit Yip the right one, the law of the ressurected Christ who walked the earth in the flesh, died, and rose again and is now seated in heavenly places at the right hand of The Father. The One whose Spirit dwells inside of us and lives through us once we become born again of water and Spirit. Amen.
      September 2 at 4:38am · · 2 people
    • Alan St Andrew
      The law was fulfilled IN and BY Jesus. HIS righteousness is now the gift to all who will receive it. ALL sin has been PAID IN FULL, OVERPAID, really. Save ONE. Not believing Christ. Not believing that God the Father will BY NO MEANS EVER remember your sin, BECAUSE it was punished FULLY in Jesus on the cross.

      17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. Matthew 5:17 (ESV)

      Did Jesus ever NOT do what He said He was to do? Did He leave ANYTHING "unfulfilled". What is "fulfilling the Law"? The righteous man KEEPS the Law to God's standard of perfection, and the UNRIGHTEOUS MAN MUST DIE. Jesus kept ALL of God's Law TO GOD'S STANDARD OF PERFECTION, AND He STOOD IN THE PLACE OF THE UNRIGHTEOUS, and DIED in their (OUR) PLACE. He fulfilled the Law COMPLETELY. Every jot, every tittle. And Heaven and Earth has not yet passed away...His words have PROVEN TRUE.

      Nobody here preaching the Gospel of Grace is even SUGGESTING that anyone live in any way that BREAKS the Law. Licentiousness is the RESULT of man's inability to do what Jesus did, keep the Law to God's standard of perfection. And so God the Father nailed the Law to the Cross.

      13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, 14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. Colossians 2:13-14 (NKJV)

      56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:56-57 (ESV)

      God the Father HIMSELF erased His "handwriting", because ALL has been fulfilled in Jesus. And so, He is RIGHTEOUS in counting the BELIEVER "righteous". His own righteousness is counted as ours.

      5 And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, 6 just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works: 7 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; 8 blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.” Romans 4:5-8 (ESV)

      It was the LAW that brought sin "to a head". And so it does to this day.

      7 What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” 8 But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law, sin lies dead. 9 I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died. 10 The very commandment that promised life proved to be death to me. 11 For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me. 12 So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good. 13 Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure. Romans 7:7-13 (ESV)

      19 Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. 20 For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin. Romans 3:19-20 (ESV)

      1 Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. 2 We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things. 3 Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God? 4 Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that GOD'S KINDNESS IS MEANT TO LEAD YOU TO REPENTANCE? 5 But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. Romans 2:1-5 (ESV)

      The Gospel of Grace is that there is a RIGHTEOUSNESS and JUSTIFICATION that comes APART from the "works of the Law", APART from "doing good". And, rejoicing at the knowledge of being COUNTED RIGHTEOUS by God the Father and so BEING at PEACE with Him, RIGHT LIVING results, and by His grace, anything that "falls short" IS NOT EVEN COUNTED by God the Father!

      8 blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.” Romans 4:8 (ESV)

      This only makes sense WHEN A SIN HAS BEEN COMMITTED. If the Law is kept, then there is NO SIN TO "NOT COUNT" against the man!

      Israel in the desert between Egypt and Sinai is the pristine picture of living in this grace, where God does not even seem to notice the sin! For every whine and accusation, God does NOT PUNISH, HE PROVIDES! Abraham lying about Sarah to Pharaoh and Abimelech is another EXCELLENT picture of "life under GRACE".

      It was always about BELIEVING GOD, since the VERY FIRST SIN. WRONG BELIEVING led to the WRONG LIVING, the wrong "action", the wrong "work" of eating the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. The "wrong living" of choosing to live UNDER LAW, BY MEANS OF "SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS".

      Righteous people do righteous things BECAUSE they are righteous, NOT to "become" righteous. THAT is "grace".
      September 2 at 4:43am · · 2 people
    • Alan St Andrew I think I'm hanging out with Dawn too much! LOL! I'm not only slicing and dicing with the SWORD, I'm BASHING BRAINS OUT with the SHIELD!

      ROFLMHO!!!
      September 2 at 4:46am · · 3 people
    • Beverley Allen hahaha..it happen!!
      September 2 at 4:49am · · 2 people
    • Tina Willis
      Beverly, for me personallly, it absolutely "IS" about choosing. When we are under the law, we are under the ministry of death (2 Corinthians 3:7 ~ But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away, how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious?)

      When I lived under both, I felt like I was dying a slow, miserable death... didn't know why at the time, but now I understand why. When I tried to maintain my own righteousness out of obligation, it was nothing more than self righteousness and what I was doing was nullifying the finished work of our Lord.

      Now that I am under grace, I am have a sincere desire to live a godly life and the Holy Spirit empowers to be in a position where sin no longer has dominion over me. Does that mean that I am without sin? Absolutely not, but when I do miss the mark, I thank God that my sins and lawless deeds He remembers no more. I thank Him that I am forgiven. Knowing this and believing that there is no condemnation for those in Christ, is what empowers me to go and sin no more! Woo-Hoo! That is the power of the blood of our Jesus! Glory to God forever!
      September 2 at 4:49am · · 4 people
    • Magdalene Kinnah Fitzerald I was the same sis..but now, since i knew about 'GRACE' I am so looking forward to read my Bible. Every pages/words from Genesis to Revelation becomes alive WhEN reading them THROUGH THE CROSS of my JESUS....i found that i am excitedly reading the books that i used to SKIP such as Leviticus & Judges!.
      September 2 at 4:50am · · 2 people
    • Alan St Andrew I agree, it's about using our God given freedom to choose RIGHTLY. It's part of our being made in His image. He "cannot" violate that, BECAUSE He is ABSOLUTELY righteous and holy.
      September 2 at 4:52am · · 2 people
    • Alan St Andrew I'll second that "WOOHOO"!! ;-)
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    • Minister Anthony Hayble
      Tina, when you are reading the Bible, you got to understand that each testament has its own significance. There are things you can learn from the Old Testament and there are also things you can learn from the New Testament. When you get depressed when reading the Bible, then you are reading it with the wrong mindset. Remember, the Bible is the Supreme Word of God and inspired by him. It should bring joy, wisdom and restoration. As a christian washed with the blood of Jesus, you should be operating under the grace of God and under the promises of God in the New Testament. However, you can also learn from the Old Testaments books of Genesis, Psalms and Proverbs as well as the Prophets. The Bible is the basic manual written by God for us and he often speaks to us in scriptures. It is very important that before you read the Bible, you have to fully submit your mind to the Holy Spirit and let him teach you and give you divine wisdom in understanding what you are reading. Also, it is very important that you imply what you have read into your daily life.
      September 2 at 4:55am · · 5 people
    • Joy Nicole King so true! I kinda thought of that today when I was listening to a reading of Romans 8...how I never really got some of the verses before because I was a. not reading them in context of what the passage as a whole was saying and b. I was reading them from a very skewed viewpoint of old AND new covenant...
      September 2 at 4:57am · · 1 person
    • Debbie Caldwell We no longer walk in darkness ( The Law ) but in the Light ( Jesus ) of truth :) Praise the Lord, Thank you Jesus ! :)
      September 2 at 4:58am · · 1 person
    • Mandy Garford Tina, magdalen, Alan- I have very little to add except a huge AMEN and WOOHOO!
      September 2 at 5:02am · · 2 people
    • Beverley Allen Tina, as I have said before, we all experience God differently and it's okay. Knowing that God loves me enough to sent Jesus to save my life!! Glory to God forever!
      September 2 at 5:02am · · 1 person
    • Pang William Heb 8:12 For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more." 13 By calling this covenant "new," he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear. Amen!!
      September 2 at 5:03am · · 6 people
    • Debra Arnold Gonzales GREAT BIG SIGH OF RELIEF!!! SO TRUE!!! LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT! I AM GOING TO COPY AND PASTE, THAAAAAAAAANK YOUUUU!!!
      September 2 at 5:04am · · 2 people
    • Tina Willis Minister Anthony, I couldn't agree with your more. There are NO insignificant details of the bible! Jesus Christ is hidden all throughout the OT, it's now so exciting to go on a treasure hunt for our Lord when reading the OT. Yes, I was referring to the past when referring to being depressed... that is no longer the case, I truly have been set free. The Holy Spirit is my Teacher, my Wisdom, my EVERYTHING that leads me into all truth. Glory to GOD!!! Amen, Brother!
      September 2 at 5:06am · · 6 people
    • Tina Willis Beverly, AMEN SIS, He saved us. Done. Resting in that, my friend!
      September 2 at 5:07am · · 2 people
    • Alan St Andrew
      I too got the "oppression" when reading the Bible before Grace got through to me. Old Testament, New Testament; it didn't matter. There are points that don't feel right when GRACE is absent. Nothing whatever to do with being "submitted". It was the CONDEMNATION MINDSET, the "evil conscience" that would drive me from the throne in fear. I know firsthand what is meant by a "conscience seared with a hot iron". I couldn't see the Hand that was waiting to lift me to safety, because everywhere I looked, I saw me FALLING SHORT...

      22 We have been sprinkled {with his blood} to free us from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with clean water. So we must continue to come {to him} with a sincere heart and strong faith. 23 We must continue to hold firmly to our declaration of faith. The one who made the promise is faithful. Hebrews 10:22-23 (GW)

      1 The Spirit says clearly that in later times some believers will desert the Christian faith. They will follow spirits that deceive, and they will believe the teachings of demons. 2 These people will speak lies disguised as truth. Their consciences have been scarred as if branded by a red-hot iron. 3 They will try to stop others from getting married and from eating certain foods. God created food to be received with prayers of thanks by those who believe and know the truth. 4 Everything God created is good. Nothing should be rejected if it is received with prayers of thanks. 5 The word of God and prayer set it apart as holy. 1 Timothy 4:1-5 (GW)

      kautēriazō Thayer Definition: 1) to mark by branding, to brand, BRANDED WITH THEIR OWN CONSCIENCES
      1a) whose souls are branded with the marks of sin
      1b) who carry about with them THE PERPETUAL CONSCIOUSNESS OF SIN

      GRACE is the ONLY Way. And from Grace, Scripture opens up!

      51 “Have you understood all these things?” They said to him, “Yes.” 52 And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.” Matthew 13:51-52 (ESV)
      September 2 at 5:11am · · 6 people
    • Beverley Allen Amen, Sis Tina and Minister Anthony, well said sir!!
      September 2 at 5:13am ·
    • Anna Foley Remember ~ ALL scripture ( OT & NT) is given by inspiration of GOD and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: so that the man of GOD may be perfect, and throughly furnished unto all good works. (2Tim.16-17)
      September 2 at 5:16am · · 3 people
    • Alan St Andrew Amen! That was the PROBLEM then, and the JOY NOW!
      September 2 at 5:17am · · 4 people
    • Pang William Rom 4:15 because the law brings about wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression. ... Praise Daddy! Rom 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace. Amen!
      September 2 at 5:19am · · 5 people
    • Sandra Mapson In the past I used to read the bible and loves it....then I fell away losing the desire to read....just because I thought problems were too big for me or God hated me, or I felt I have lost Him....I didn't know who I was in Christ!! Until now when I started listening to several sermons of several people like Dr. Scott, Melissa Scott, Andrew Wommack, and Joseph Prince! I realized that no matter what happens in my life I STILL choose to read the bible!! He brings me LIFE in me!!! WOW!
      September 2 at 5:21am · · 4 people
    • Alan St Andrew
      OH JUST AMEN, WILLIAM! That is EXACTLY what I have LIVED! GOD'S WORD IS TRUE, and I got to SEE that in my own life! HALLELUJAH!

      6 Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts. 7 Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward the top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’ ” Zechariah 4:6-7 (ESV)

      And so I say, "GRACE! GRACE!"
      September 2 at 5:22am · · 5 people
    • Pang William Alan, Grace, Grace is all! Amen!
      September 2 at 5:25am · · 3 people
    • Tina Willis Love you guys, there is SO much life and freedom in truth! Amen.
      September 2 at 5:29am · · 6 people
    • Karl Gordon Colebrook-Smith Reckon I'II go with the new eh
      September 2 at 5:29am · · 3 people
    • Mandy Garford
      We know the bible is an integrated message system inspired with Holy spirit finger prints all over it! 554 chapters in and we get to psalm 118 with 554 chapters on the other side of it! It's the middle chapter. And in the middle of the middle chapter we get- it is better to put your trust in the lord than to put confidence in man. Psalm 118:8. Jesus is in the centre of our Bible- every part of it is precious!
      Btw: before understood Grace I refused point blank to read revelation!- now it's one of my favourite books!
      September 2 at 5:29am · · 5 people
    • Alejandro Grace Ararat Thank you my (our) Abba Father for giving us the gift of no condemnation for me (us) because I am in Christ Jesus amen.
      September 2 at 5:30am · · 6 people
    • Alan St Andrew AMEN!
      September 2 at 5:30am · · 1 person
    • Pang William Mandy, the book of Revelation is the Revelation of Jesus Christ. Rev 1:1 ... There are so much more to be revealed still and I like it! Hallelujah!
      September 2 at 5:37am · · 3 people
    • David Rochus ‎@Debi, yes He came to fulfill the law but left with two laws that sum up all other laws and this time we are to keep them in Him and through Him.
      September 2 at 5:37am · · 1 person
    • Alan St Andrew
      There is ONE LAW in Christ; BELIEVE! When we believe, the love that we are loved with FLOWS THROUGH US, to Him, and to each other!

      28 Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” John 6:28-29 (ESV)

      Full circle, from the original sin of DISBELIEVING GOD, to BELIEVING CHRIST. It's the only "clause" in the New Covenant; that we BELIEVE that Papa ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT remember our sins any more.

      31 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord. 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” Jeremiah 31:31-34 (ESV)
      September 2 at 5:42am · · 5 people
    • Tina Willis Alan, you're on fire brother! Preach it! Woo to the Hoo!
      September 2 at 5:43am · · 3 people
    • Mandy Garford William, yay! ...that he gave unto Him... God gave the revelation of Jesus christ to Jesus, to show us! I love it all!
      September 2 at 5:45am · · 4 people
    • Alan St Andrew
      ROFLMHO!!! WOOOO THE HOOO! Call me the "Laughing Dog Preacher"!!

      Here's another verse, to tie up a few loose ends...

      15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” 16 But they have not all OBEYED THE GOSPEL. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has BELIEVED what he has heard from us?” 17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. Romans 10:15-17 (ESV)
      September 2 at 5:46am · · 4 people
    • Alan St Andrew BELIEVE=FAITH=OBEDIENCE=....GRACE!!!!
      September 2 at 5:47am · · 4 people
    • Alan St Andrew Sure am glad this is HOLY FIRE! I'm sitting in a WOODEN CHAIR, at a WOODEN DESK! LOL!
      September 2 at 5:48am · · 2 people
    • Noel Course Not so sister Tina the complete bible is one even as we are one in the body.
      September 2 at 5:49am ·
    • Tina Willis I got pretty feet! A's to the men. Woo to the Hoo! You go, Laughing Dog Preacher! You're feet are beautiful, too! WE ALL have beautiful feet, my Brothers and Sisters in Christ! Amen & Amen!
      September 2 at 5:50am · · 1 person
    • Mandy Garford I'm gonna have 2 copy and paste some of this thread to read again! Great preaching and teaching! ....with a hint of dog! Lol!
      September 2 at 5:52am · · 2 people
    • Pang William Rom 3:25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, 26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. 27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith. ... BELIEVE=FAITH=OBEDIENCE=....GRACE!!!!
      September 2 at 5:52am · · 4 people
    • Mandy Garford Praise the lord I've found the 'like' button! Liking lots now! :-)
      September 2 at 5:54am · · 4 people
    • Alan St Andrew
      Noel, the Pharisees knew the Scripture inside and out, and Saul was the "Hebrew of the Hebrews". Look at what Scripture WITHOUT THE GRACE OF CHRIST pressed HIM to do! And then, When Christ came to him, he became PAUL, THE APOSTLE OF GRACE, rightly dividing the Word of God through the Cross. Jesus is the "key" to Scripture. Without Him, there is only failure. So says Scripture.

      10 For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” 11 Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for “The righteous shall live by faith.” 12 But the law is not of faith, rather “The one who does them shall live by them.” 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”— 14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith. Galatians 3:10-14 (ESV)
      September 2 at 5:54am · · 5 people
    • Alan St Andrew
      William, have you looked at the Greek for "propitiation"?

      hilastērion
      hil-as-tay'-ree-on
      Neuter of a derivative of G2433; an expiatory (place or thing), that is, (concretely) an atoning victim, or (specifically) the lid of the Ark (in the Temple): - mercyseat, propitiation.

      JESUS is the "mercy seat", that covers all the tokens of man's "falling short", the Stone Tablets, the Budded Rod, and the Manna that was rejected....

      And HE IS ABOVE ALL! COVERED IN THE BLOOD OF ATONEMENT!

      GRACE! GRACE!
      September 2 at 5:59am · · 3 people
    • Wavel Joseph Woodock Yes, law or grace....or in other words, death or life; the ministry of death or the ministry of life, the ministry of condemnation or the ministry of righteousness, wrath or peace, judgement or forgiven, joy or fear, hell or kingdom, works or rest....and the list goes on and on
      September 2 at 6:03am · · 4 people
    • Pang William No Alan, I didn't look at the Greek for propitiation but I learnt that from JP before... the Mercy Seat in between the two cherubim. Thanks.
      September 2 at 6:05am · · 1 person
    • Tina Willis So cool, Alan. All three were placed in the Ark and the lid is stay closed forever! Done! Finished! Why oh, why does man want to keep opening the lid and pulling out something that God himself found fault with (the law)?
      September 2 at 6:06am · · 3 people
    • Alan St Andrew ‎19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. THEREFORE CHOOSE LIFE, that you and your offspring may live, 20 loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.” Deuteronomy 30:19-20 (ESV)
      September 2 at 6:06am · · 1 person
    • Mandy Garford ‎....hold on... Jesus is the mercy seat? I thought that was the lid of the ark? I know u just explained it but it went whoosh over my head!
      September 2 at 6:06am ·
    • Alan St Andrew NO PEEKING!!!!!

      OH!!! YOU PEEKED!!!

      LOL!
      September 2 at 6:07am ·
    • Tina Willis Yes, Alan, the KEY word being "CHOOSE"... and he even told us which one to choose... LIFE! For crying out loud, CHOOSE LIFE!
      September 2 at 6:07am · · 3 people
    • Barry Hansen
      The Whole word of God is beneficial for us, but we must Rightfully divide the word. The Old Testament points forward in history to the Cross, The New Testament points back to the Cross. We are in the New Covenant and as such enjoy the blessing of the Finished work of the Cross. Jesus work on the Cross fulfilled ALL the Requirements of the Old Testament, the Prophesies about Him and the Laws, The Old Testament shows us our need of a Savior. In the New Testament The Savior has arrived in Power and Glory, and we enjoy the fruits of his labor. Hallelujah
      September 2 at 6:08am · · 2 people
    • Tina Willis Amen Barry. Well said, brother.... simple and true. Amen.
      September 2 at 6:09am · · 1 person
    • Alan St Andrew
      The Old Testament also hold pictures of OUR LIFE under His grace, as when Israel first left Egypt. Jesus was "slain from the foundation of the world", and we even see "pre-incarnate" visitations of His throughout the Old Testament.

      Jesus has ALWAYS been "in His own timezone"! ;-)
      September 2 at 6:10am · · 2 people
    • Alan St Andrew And Mandy, yes, the Mercy Seat. Noah's Ark, saving the remnant from the wrath of God, coming to rest (Noah="rest") on the ground of "The Reversed Curse" (Ararat="the curse reversed")...

      Papa's soo cool!
      September 2 at 6:13am · · 2 people
    • Pang William Act 20:24 But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. ... There is so much LIFE here! Hallelujah!!
      September 2 at 6:14am · · 3 people
    • Alan St Andrew Name studies just show another layer where Papa CONFIRMS HIS WORD.
      September 2 at 6:15am · · 2 people
    • Mandy Garford Alan, Yep- it sounds good- and I know the meanings but more whooshing! Lol! Time 4 bed- brain switched off! Nite all.
      September 2 at 6:15am · · 2 people
    • Alan St Andrew Amen William! He is here with us. HALLELUJAH!
      September 2 at 6:15am · · 2 people
    • Alan St Andrew Sweet dreams, dear Mandy!
      September 2 at 6:16am · · 2 people
    • Tina Willis G'nite sweet Mandy, Shalom!
      September 2 at 6:18am · · 2 people
    • Alan St Andrew I think we might need a "GRACEBOOK ARCHIVE"!
      September 2 at 6:18am · · 2 people
    • Pang William Good idea, Alan.
      September 2 at 6:20am · · 2 people
    • Pang William Luk 9:24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. ... Who won't lose our life to gain His Life? Praise Daddy for our new Life!
      September 2 at 6:29am · · 3 people
    • Alan St Andrew A-MEN!!! NEW LIFE IN HIM!!! WOOOOHOOOO!
      September 2 at 6:32am · · 1 person
    • Tina Willis Cheers to new life! Amen William! Amen Friends!
      September 2 at 6:33am · · 2 people
    • Pang William Joh 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. 11 "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. ... LIFE more abundantly... that's us! Hallelujah!!
      September 2 at 6:36am · · 2 people
    • Ferdinand Maradona The new testament in old testament is concealed and the old testament in new testament is REVEALED .... THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHESIES ARE RE-QUOTED 186 TIMES IN NEW TESTAMENT... THIS SHOWS HOW SERIOUS WAS GOD ABOUT HIS WORD.....
      September 2 at 7:09am · · 2 people
    • Alan St Andrew ‎1 A Psalm of David. I will praise You with my whole heart; Before the gods I will sing praises to You. 2 I will worship toward Your holy temple, And praise Your name For Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word above all Your name. Psalms 138:1-2 (NKJV)
      September 2 at 7:15am · · 2 people
    • Bertha Harmon THAT'S GOOD!!!...I CHOSE GRACE, GRACE, GOD'S AMAZING GRACE!!!
      September 2 at 7:56am · · 2 people
    • Magdalene Kinnah Fitzerald You bunch of 'GRACE' believer!!!! ....YOUR COMMENTS=LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOL
      September 2 at 8:26am · · 2 people
    • Sharon Taylor Glory to God the new is the RIGHT choice
      September 2 at 8:57am · · 2 people
    • Sue Edwards How long has it taken, Tina, to know that you know the blessedness of the New Covenant? For me it's been a long time coming.
      September 2 at 9:54am ·
    • Tina Willis Sue, I've been a follow of Christ for 17 years and just been set free from the law a little over a year ago. Ya, I'd say the last 10 years were the worst... gradually felt like I was dying a slow miserable death and I didn't know or understand why. Ya, Sister, I'd say it's been a long time coming for me as well. Thank you Jesus for setting US free!!!
      September 2 at 10:13am · · 2 people
    • Robert Longest Thank you Holy spirit for showing us how to rightly divide the word of truth.We can now study to show ourselves that we ARE approved!!! Thanks to Tina for sharing holy ghost revealed truth.Bless you sister!!GRACE...GRACE.. and more GRACE!!!!!!!!!
      September 2 at 11:30am · · 2 people
    • Bethel Collie There was a time when I'd look for God's discipline and correction when I read the Bible so that I could confess and get forgiveness. Once I was reading and thinking "where am I here" He whispered that I was the good guy in this particular story. Wow. Slowly but surely He has freed me and freed me and freed me. I'm resting.
      September 2 at 12:49pm · · 1 person
    • Pang William
      Joh 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. 8 And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me; 10 of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; 11 of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

      The Holy Spirit has only one sin to convict the world of and that is the sin of unbelief! But to the believers... He only convict them of their righteousness in Christ Jesus. And to the devil... that he is defeated!

      But many believers are hearing more from the accuser instead of from Holy Spirit... Why??? Whenever we live by the law (sin conscious), we awaken the accuser for his weapon is the law. But if we live by Grace (righteous conscious), we become sensitive to the Holy Spirit and His very present becomes real in us to hear His voice sharply... and the Holy Spirit... always, always and always remind you of your righteousness in Christ! Never, never and never convict you of sin! Hallelujah!!
      September 2 at 2:26pm · · 1 person
    • Jeannie Jacobs Tina, you 17, me, 23 years of carrying a heavy burden! Whilst sitting and 'listening' for a change, I could release the heavy burden to JESUS! I am such a slow learner... I thank The Good Shepherd, that came and found me, confused, looking around and following the thief... JESUS, JEHOVAH ROI, The Good Shepherd, Halleluja to YOU!
      September 2 at 5:09pm · · 1 person
    • Jeannie Jacobs And this is the will of HIM that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up a the last day. John 6:40.
      September 2 at 5:13pm · · 1 person
    • Margrit Porter JESUS IS THE TRUTH THE WAY AND THE LIFE CHOOSE HIM
      September 2 at 9:36pm ·
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