Because of this representative union between Christ and His people, all of our responsibilities before God rest upon Him, and all of His merit accrues to us. Jesus, as our representative, assumed all the obligations in which Adam failed, and fulfilled them on our behalf. So, just as Adam’s sin was as truly your sin [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Christ’
His Performance, Our Perfection
Posted in Bridges, Jerry, tagged Adam, Christ, Christ's Obedience, God's Law, The Fall on September 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Even Paul Did Not Offer Christ as the Path to Your Best Life Now
Posted in Horton, Michael, tagged Acts 17, Christ, God's Judgment, Paul on May 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
So it is surprising that when the apostle to the Gentiles was given a spot at the philosophers’ forum in Athens, he did not offer Christ as the best path to “your best life now” but told the story of how God is the Creator who needs nothing from us but has stooped to save [...]
The Wake of the Serpent’s Tail
Posted in Horton, Michael, tagged Christ, Satan, Spiritual Warfare on April 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Wherever Christ is truly and clearly being proclaimed, Satan is most actively present in opposition. The wars between the nations and enmity within families and neighborhoods is but the wake of the serpent’s tail as he seeks to devour the church. – Horton, Michael; Christless Christianity: The Alternative Gospel of the American Church; Baker Books; Grand [...]
Often It Seems We Need a Life Coach Instead of a Redeemer
Posted in Horton, Michael, tagged Christ, God's Holiness, Happiness, Sinners on April 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It is easy to become distracted from Christ as the only hope for sinners. Where everything is measured by our happiness rather than by God’s holiness, the sense of our being sinners becomes secondary, if not offensive. If we are good people who have lost our way but with the proper instructions and motivation can [...]
Our Authority Rests on Nothing Less
Posted in Driscoll, Mark, tagged Christ, Gospel on September 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Indeed, the authority of our mission rests on nothing less than the authority delegated to us by the exalted Lord Jesus Christ who rules over all. It is the one gospel of Jesus Christ that is needed by all tribes, races, nations, tongues, ethnicities, religions, and cultures. – Driscoll, Mark and Gary Breshears, Vintage Church: [...]
The Work of the Holy Spirit in and through Christ
Posted in Kupyer, Abraham, tagged Christ, Church, Holy Spirit, Mediator, Scripture, Work of Holy Spirit on September 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This ought to be carefully noticed, especially since the Church has never sufficiently confessed the influence of the Holy Spirit exerted upon the work of Christ. The general impression is that the work of the Holy Spirit begins when the work of the Mediator on earth is finished, as tho [sic] until that time the [...]
They May Be Cutting Themselves Off From Christ
Posted in Piper, John, tagged Christ, Christians, Eastern Religions, Yoga on August 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Some Christians, who don’t know what they believe about how God relates to us, through the mind, lose their bearings and drift into the practices of Eastern religions [like yoga] without any sense that they may be cutting themselves off from Christ. – John Piper, Finally Alive, Christian Focus Publishers, copyright 2009, page 112
A Truly Amazing Promise
Posted in Piper, John, tagged Born-Again, Christ, John 1, New Life on June 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If your heart is drawn to the truth and beauty of Christ, receive him as your life. John holds out this amazing promise, “To all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” (John 1:12) – John Piper, Finally Alive, Christian Focus Publishers, copyright 2009, [...]
Where the Journey to Transparency Begins
Posted in Manning, Brennan, tagged Christ, Self-Righteousness, Transparency, Truth on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The journey to transparency requires that we humbly acknowledge, before God, that we are inordinately preoccupied with security, pleasure and power. It requires genuine compassion for others when we see them acting out their addictions and emotion-backed demands; it is our inner solidarity in darkness that reduces self-righteousness and irritability and makes compassion possible. The [...]
What Are Most Failures to Act on the Word Traced To?
Posted in Manning, Brennan, tagged Christ, Conversion, God's Commands, Gospel on February 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Most failures to act on the Word can be traced to ignorance, inattention, or insufficient esteem for the person of Christ. A loose goodwill toward the world replaces the radical conversion and explicit death to self that the gospel demands. We do not want a God who would change or challenge us. – Brennan Manning, [...]
