galatians-2:20

Summary of Bible-studies given at a Conference in Bangalore India - December 26 to 28, 2000) Reading: Exodus chapters 25 to 31; and 35 to 40. The Old Testament tabernacle was to be a sanctuary where God could dwell in the midst of Israel (Exod.25:8). It was also a picture of Jesus Who came in the fl... Read More

There is perhaps no clearer description of the Spirit- filled life than in Paul's statement in Galatians 2:20, “I am crucified with Christ. It is no longer I but Christ that lives in me." For what is the purpose of the fullness of the Spirit if not to reproduce the life of Jesus in us? And so the me... Read More

Paul speaks much about the great truth that all believers died with Christ when He died on the cross (2 Cor.5:14). He speaks about this in Romans, Corinthians and Galatians. "I am crucified with Christ" (Gal.2:20). "If one died, then all died" (2 Cor.5:14). This was a unique revelation that God gave... Read More

By which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature . . . Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you a... Read More

By which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature . . . Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law . . . that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. (2 Peter 1:4 and Galatians 3:13-14) Here, w... Read More

Reading: 2 Kings 2:1-18 REQUIREMENTS FOR SERVICE Foreign tourists in Britain are said to be amazed by the amount of time we are prepared to spend in that great British institution... the queue. Of course this must not be mistaken for patience for it not patient queuing. I cannot speak for you but I ... Read More

ALL OF "GRACE GEMS" FROM MARCH 2004 IN ONE FILE What are all the gilded toys of time? (J. C. Philpot, "Letters and Memoirs" 1852) What are all the gilded toys of time compared with the solemn, weighty realities of eternity! But, alas! what wretches are we when left to . . . sin, self, and Satan! How... Read More

Grace Gems for MAY 2006 Dig into these golden mines! (Robert Leighton) Let this commend the Scriptures much to our diligence and affection--that their great theme is our Redeemer, and redemption wrought by Him. They contain the doctrine of His excellencies, and are the lively picture of His matchles... Read More

Introductory So much has been said and written on this subject, so various and conflicting have been the opinions expressed, so widely divergent are the meanings even, given by scholars to the very word baptism, that one naturally hesitates to write on such a theme. But a verse in the only Book that... Read More

"Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh." (2 Cor. 4:10,11) H.A. IronsideThis... Read More