WE REJOICE IN HOPE OF THE GLORY OF GOD – Romans 5
This marvelous peace is exactly the blessing which troubled man most needs and so incessantly seeks, even if his seeking is but an unfulfilled subconscious longing after it.
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THE NEW BIRTH IN CHRIST – John 3
When a person is truly baptized (and only believing, penitent, confessing persons can be TRULY baptized), as Christ commanded, God sends the Holy Spirit into his heart (the second element of the new birth); and, when viewed in connection with this divine fulfillment of the promise of the Holy Spirit, baptism is the new birth; but it is not a birth of water only, but a birth of “water and of the Spirit” as Jesus said.
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CHRIST AND MAN’S SIN – John 1
Christ bore our sins in his own body on the tree, thus accomplishing what no typical lamb ever achieved.
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DRAWING NEAR TO GOD
Even the privilege of drawing near to some great man, such as a president, a prince or a king excites and challenges men, and how much greater is the privilege of drawing near to the Almighty God himself!
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THE MEANING OF JACOB’S LADDER – Genesis 28
The ladder is also a type of the Lord Jesus Christ. The ladder was “the way” between earth and heaven; and Christ affirmed that he is indeed “The Way” (John 14:6); and, as Jacob saw the angels of God ascending and descending upon that ladder, Jesus affirmed to Nathaniel that he would “see angels ascending and descending upon the Son of Man” (John 1:51).
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THE SON OF MAN – John 1
The title “Son of man” was used at least forty times by Jesus, twelve times in this Gospel; and, with the exception of Stephen’s use of it (Acts 7:56), it is found only in our Lord’s reference to himself.
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THE SECOND COMMANDMENT – THOU SHALT NOT MAKE UNTO THEE ANY GRAVEN IMAGE – Exodus 20
By its very nature any religious image is false, being a lying, man-made, presentation of what is allegedly represented.
