ADVERSITY IS THE NEW PROSPERITY – CHRISTIAN SUFFERING – Romans 8
It has been proved again and again by Christians that:
PROSPERITY is the blessing of the Old Testament.
ADVERSITY is the blessing of the New.
Art as expression – NOT as market campaigns, will still capture our Imaginations
It has been proved again and again by Christians that:
PROSPERITY is the blessing of the Old Testament.
ADVERSITY is the blessing of the New.
This psalm is both historical and prophetic. It refers to things that happened in Israel; and it is a prophecy concerning the New Testament Church.
Darkness is used here as antithetical to light, and very similarly to the writings of John; these passages refer not to literal darkness and light, but to the state of rebellion against God (darkness) and to the state of obedience (light).
These six graces:
WORK
LABOR
PATIENCE
FAITH
HOPE
LOVE
properly united in the hearts of people, and thus conjoined will regenerate the human race!
There are two intercessors for the Christian: (1) Christ at the right hand of the Majesty on High. (Hebrews 7:25) (2) The Holy Spirit within the Christian himself.
The total corruption of the antediluvian world had been achieved by the evil one when the “imagination of men’s hearts” had become evil, and only evil, without intermission (Genesis 6:5).
The indwelling God in Christian hearts is greater than any particular advocate of Satan’s teaching.