THE DOCTRINE OF THE RESURRECTION – Easter 2022 – Hebrews 11

The entire teaching of Christ is oriented to the doctrine of the resurrection.

THE 7 MIRACLES AT CALVARY – Matthew 27

There are actually seven Calvary miracles, the greatest and most wonderful, of course, being the resurrection of Christ. The rending of the veil, occurring simultaneously with the death of Christ, must be associated with that death; and, looking more closely, it is plain that the veil, in practically all of its functions and even in its colors, was a most instructive type of Christ.

BROTHERLY LOVE – Hebrews 13

Every man is my brother; for, if I miss him in Christ, I shall hit him in Adam!

THE ONE BODY – 1 Corinthians 12

God saves people, not by injecting righteousness into them (on the grounds of their faith and/or obedience), but by transferring them “into Christ,” identifying them “as Christ,” and making them, in fact, to be Christ.

PROHIBITIONS REGARDING WORSHIP – John 4

Part 2 in “Worship” Blog Series

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.

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.