“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you."Matthew 5:11-12 I find it interesting that in the Beatitudes that Jesus speaks three times to the issue of persecution, especially … [Read more...] about Dying for the Kingdom
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It Is Finished
"Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him." (Romans 6:8-9) From death to life. The reversal of the natural order takes a supernatural effort that can only come through the grace of the Father by the power of the Holy Spirit for … [Read more...] about It Is Finished
A Question of Life and Death
"For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. For one who has died has been set free from sin." (Romans 6:5-7 ESV) The issue of sin in the … [Read more...] about A Question of Life and Death