Grace is a gift not a reward. Righteousness is by faith not by works. Gifts come from givers. Gifts are determined by the giver. Receivers only receive. Receivers of gifts don't earn them but just receive them. Rom 4:3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” 4 Now to the … Continue reading Catching Pop Flies
Category: Surrender
The Gate
Since the fall, our brains see through law. When we ate from the wrong tree we took on a law way of thinking. We thought in terms of lists. In the original language, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was a tree that made us aware of what is good or bad … Continue reading The Gate
Yielded to His Touch
Transformation begins with a rebirth at the cross but is matured in surrender. We are born again a new creation and are transformed into the image of Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. The transformation happens primarily in the mind through our yielding to His way of thinking. We give ourselves as a … Continue reading Yielded to His Touch
Options
Slavery is a life of no options. Self-life is slavery. Before the cross all you knew was selfish with a healthy dose of Sin input. Anything was OK for us. We had a conscience as a product of wrong fruit ingestion but it didn't matter. The thought of being without something was much more powerful than … Continue reading Options
Something Missing
When I was a pilot in the Navy we had to undergo regular training to be familiar with the physiological effects of flying high performance jet aircraft. We called it, guess what, physiology training. One of the exercises was to get in the pressure chamber and take a ride to an altitude of 25,000 ft … Continue reading Something Missing
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