Galatians 3:10-14 NASB "For all who are of works of the Law are under a curse; for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all the things written in the book of the Law, to do them.” [11] Now, that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, “the righteous one will live by faith.” [12] However, the Law is not of faith; on the contrary, “The person who performs them will live by them.” [13] Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”— [14] in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith." Being under the law comes with a curse. Living under legalistic religious demands is a doomed endeavor. You have to do it perfectly. You can't. You don't. That's why we are told that, "no one is justified by the Law before God." Living by faith, trusting in Jesus and his finished work as all that is needed for righteousness, comes with the blessing of Abraham. Live by faith. Don't trust in your own obedience and ability to do the impossible. #grace #gospel #faith #jesuschrist #cross

1 Corinthians 4:1 NASB "This is the way any person is to regard us: as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God." Many people who have been deceived into believing false Gospels, those that add any human effort to salvation, which is a gift from God to all those who place their faith in Jesus alone, think that they are servants of Christ because they go about spreading their false gospels. BUT they believe in a different gospel and follow a different christ. Ministers of the true gospel are "stewards of the mysteries of God." The word "steward" was translated from the Greek word οἰκονόμος, pronounced oy-kon-om'-os, and it means, according to Strong's Exhaustive Dictionary, "a house distributor (that is manager) or overseer that is an employee in that capacity; by extension a fiscal agent (treasurer); figuratively 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 (𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗹): - chamberlain governor steward." Preachers of the true gospel preach about the mysteries of God. 👇👇👇 1 Corinthians 2:7-13 NASB "but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory; [8] the wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory; [9] but just as it is written: “Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, And which have not entered the human heart, All that God has prepared for those who love Him.” [10] For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. [11] For who among people knows the thoughts of a person except the spirit of the person that is in him? So also the thoughts of God no one knows, except the Spirit of God. [12] Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God. [13] We also speak these things, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words." The great mystery is this: that God would so love us that he withheld nothing from us, even offering up the body and blood of his own son for us, so that if we'd only believe in Jesus and his finished work at Calvary as being sufficient for our salvation, that we would be given the righteousness of God in Christ, salvation, redemption, justification, sanctification and inherit eternal life through no effort of our own or any of our own works through obedience to the commandments. Anything else is a false Gospel. Anyone offering you a Jesus who wasn't enough is offering you a false Jesus and a different Jesus. #jesuschrist #faith #cults #gospel #grace

Genesis 15:6-8 NASB "Then he believed in the Lord; and He credited it to him as righteousness. [7] And He said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess it.” [8] But he said, “Lord God, how may I know that I will possess it?'” Look at that! 👀 Look and see how quickly belief can turn to doubt. Yes, Abraham believed. Yes, God gave him right standing, not because of his actions but simply because he believed God had told him the truth. The Apostle Paul made Abraham's righteousness through faith a significant point of the gospel message, and he was right in doing so. Belief is what Jesus told Nicodemus was necessary to inherit eternal life. Abraham believed God. God accounted Abraham's belief as enough reason to give right standing to Abraham. Yet, in the next line, we read that God said something else to Abraham right after Abraham was declared righteous. God told Abraham that he would possess the land he was in, and Abraham's response to this new promise? Doubt. "How will I know that I will possess it," he asked? Keep the faith! Doubts are normal and natural, but, when it comes to God's word, never believe your doubts or doubt your belief in Him. #believe #faith #jesuschrist #cross #grace

Colossians 2:13-14 NASB "And when you were dead in your wrongdoings and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our wrongdoings, [14] having 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 the 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 of debt 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀 against us, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀; and He has taken it out of the way, having 𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 it to the cross." We believers were spiritually dead in sin and guilty of wrongdoings too, but Jesus washed that all away and made us spiritually alive! That born again spiritual life is "eternal life." We will never be judged again for our sins, because even the "𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲" "𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀" "𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀" has been "𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱" and "𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱" to the cross. What is this certificate consisting of decrees that are hostile to us? 👇👇👇 Ephesians 2:15-16 NASB "by abolishing in His flesh the hostility, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘄 composed of commandments expressed in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two one new person, in this way establishing peace; [16] and that He might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the hostility." Notice the answer. The thing hostile to us consisting of decrees, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, is the law. It is NOT the ordinances themselves. It is the 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀. The Amplified Bible puts it this way. 👇👇👇 Ephesians 2:14-15 AMPC "For He is [Himself] our peace (our bond of unity and harmony). He has made us both [Jew and Gentile] one [body], and has broken down (destroyed, abolished) the hostile dividing wall between us, [15] By abolishing in His [own crucified] flesh the enmity [caused by] 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 [which He annulled]; that He from the two might create in Himself one new man [one new quality of humanity out of the two], so making peace." How can the commandments be "𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲" to us? Because to be subject to them, to be under them, we are held accountable to our performance at obeying them. If we disobey, if we break them, which we do, which we did, we were guilty of sin, and the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). The good news is that we are no longer under the law. We are under grace (Romans 6:14). How's that possible? Because, for the believer, the law has been "𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱," so we are no longer accountable to it. We are dead to it (Romans 7:4). We have been reborn as a new creature in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). We are born again, and we have eternal life.

2 Corinthians 4:13-15 NASB "But having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written: “I believed, therefore I spoke,” we also believe, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸, [14] knowing that He who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus, and will present us with you. [15] For all things are for your sakes, 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲, will cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God." We believers proclaim the good news of God's grace, so that the gospel of grace will spread to more people and free them from sin and legalistic religion (which results in death) and cause them to rejoice in thanksgiving that brings glory to our God who saves and gives eternal life. #jesus #grace #faith #believe #cross

Psalm 51:1-2 NASB "Be gracious to me, God, according to Your faithfulness; According to the greatness of Your compassion, wipe out my wrongdoings. Wash me thoroughly from my guilt And cleanse me from my sin." To be washed clean from our guilt isn't a result of our baptism in water or even our works of confession and pleas of mercy, due to our sorrowful regret over our wrongdoings. The forgiveness of sin, and our rightstanding with God, is according to the faithfulness and compassion of God.

It 𝐢𝐬 about trust. The gospel is all about placing trust in Jesus and his finished work at the cross. Trying to earn and/or keep God's approval through obedience to the law is placing trust in yourself. We can’t keep the law. The Jews thought they could. They watered it down to ways in which they believed they were keeping it. Jesus showed them how high the standard was. The standard is perfection. "Be holy for I am holy," God said. Moses told them, Jesus said, not to commit adulatory, but then Jesus lifted it to an even higher bar by bringing in their thought life as another way to fall short of God's holy standard regarding human conduct. Most people remember this verse, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23 NKJV It speaks the truth. You sin, I sin, we all sin. 𝐍𝐨𝐧𝐞 of us can keep the law. We are NOT doomed though. Let’s look at the surrounding verses too. Romans 3:19-24 NKJV Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. [20] Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin. [21] 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰 the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, [22] even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; [23] for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, [24] being justified freely 𝐛𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, Look to Jesus. Trust in Jesus. Trust in your redemption. Trust in his grace. #jesus #grace #faith #believe #cross

Demons & Devils Believe? James 2:19 NASB “You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder.” Believing God is, as James pointed out, one thing, but putting your trust in him alone for your salvation is another. Besides, whether James still hadn’t fully grasped new covenant thinking or not when the letter was penned, Hebrews 11:1 makes it clear that seeing isn’t believing. Believing is placing faith in Jesus without even seeing. Meanwhile, James’ entire point of the chapter is to demonstrate that seeing IS believing for the rest of the unsaved. He wants us to “prove” our faith to unbelievers by showing it through good works towards others. We, of course, need not prove anything to anyone. We just stand sure in our faith and follow the directions of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Good works will flow out of our grateful hearts for the grace shown to us. We will want to do good for others. Devils believe, but they do not believe into salvation. They believe the word of God, but they don’t place their trust, their reliance or their confidence in Jesus. They are still in rebellion. Christian believers trust in, rely on and give full confidence to Jesus for their salvation. They are not in rebellion. They have willingly submitted to Jesus’ lordship in their lives. Our kind of belief is Bible belief in Jesus. Bible belief is not just a warm and fuzzy feeling it must be true. Demons 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 it’s true. Bible belief is to trust in, rely on, and give full confidence to Jesus for your salvation. Demons 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 do that. #believe #demon #faith #jesuschrist #cross

Positioned in Christ has only one thing to do with performance … good works flow out of people that are securely in Christ. The Holy Spirit fills us with his fruit and we exhibit it. Performance doesn’t matter at all though to keep our position in Christ. That’s where people that push their obedience and works centered ideas are “dead wrong.” They think faith without works dies, but that’s not what the Bible says. We are told that faith without works 𝙄𝙎 dead. #faith #works #fruit #love #jesuschrist

Acts 28:23 NASB When they had set a day for Paul, people came to him at his lodging in large numbers; and he was explaining to them by solemnly testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them concerning Jesus, from both the Law of Moses and from the Prophets, from morning until evening. That's what Jesus did too for the disciples on the road to Emmaus.

Did you mess up? Did you sin? Is your conscience convicting you into shame, remorse, regret and even self loathing? Move forward in faith that the word is true. Look at what the word says about believers. 👇👇👇 Romans 4:7-8 NASB “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds have been forgiven, And whose sins have been covered. [8] “Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not take into account.” True? Yes! So, accept it. Embrace it. Shake off the guilt, the shame, the remorse, the bad conscience. Walk in the grace God has given you through your faith in Jesus. Press forward, and don't let the desires of your flesh rule you. We all make mistakes, but thank God our mistakes in life don't affect our eternal life or our relationship with him. We are adopted. We are accepted. Rebuke the devil. Rebuke your own soul's conscience that is convicting you. Shake it all off and learn from it in order to do the right thing next time. Sin is bad. There are real world consequences, even physical ones to our mistakes. Jesus told a man he healed to, "sin not, lest a worse thing come upon you." Hebrews 4:16 NASB "Therefore let’s approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace for help at the time of our need." We have a great confidence from our position in Christ. Is it based on our performance? No. We sin. We screw up. We are still broken people in recovery from our past. It is based on our position. Where are we positioned? In Christ. We walk in faith believing we are redeemed, justified and sanctified by the blood of Jesus which was shed for us despite how bad we have been, how bad we are or how bad we can become. 1 Peter 1:23 says, “for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God.” The imperishable seed endures forever. Peter even tells us in 1 Peter 1:4-5 that our hope is, “to obtain an inheritance which is 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱, and 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆, 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦, who 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗱 in the last time.” We are human. Humans sin. We all fall short. Praise God that when we believers sin, our human condition doesn’t affect our spiritual condition or void our right standing with God. We keep moving forward. Nothing we do can stop the love of God in our lives. #jesus #grace #faith #believe #cross

No one needs the definition of good works. We know what those are. I could tell you most assuredly though that nothing we can produce could even remotely come close to the good works that would be necessary to secure our right standing with God. Thankfully, we receive righteousness now, not because of our performance, but by placing our faith in Jesus and his finished work at the cross as being sufficient for our salvation. Does this mean we do nothing in the body of Christ? Of course not! We do things. We are productive in the kingdom. We witness to others, we help others, we feed others, we go where we are led to go and we say what we are led to say. We are lights in the darkness showing the world "THE WAY." #jesus #grace #faith #believe #cross

The 𝐬𝐨𝐧 of God is mentioned in the OT. Proverbs 30:4 NASB Who has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has wrapped the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name or 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝗻's name? Surely you know! Isaiah 7:14 NASB Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will conceive and give birth to a 𝐬𝐨𝐧, and she will name Him Immanuel. Isaiah 9:6-7 NASB For a Child will be born to us, a 𝐬𝐨𝐧 will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. [7] There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace On the throne of David and over his kingdom, To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness From then on and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of armies will accomplish this. Daniel 3:24-25 NASB Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astounded and stood up quickly; he said to his counselors, “Was it not three men that we threw bound into the middle of the fire?” They replied to the king, “Absolutely, O king.” [25] He responded, “Look! I see four men untied and walking about in the middle of the fire unharmed, and the appearance of the fourth is like a 𝐬𝐨𝐧 of the gods!” Hosea 11:1 NASB When Israel was a youth I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My 𝐬𝐨𝐧. The entire point of the Bible is all about Jesus. If you've made it about something else, you've missed the point.

Thinking that one must say the name of Jesus in Hebrew or Aramaic or salvation is withheld and prayers won't be answered is just more legalistic rigamarole that contributes to the judaizing of the body of Christ. Names change in different languages, but God knows, understands and can speak all the languages. An English speaking person saying "Jesus" is just as acceptable to God as saying "Yeshua." My name is Stephen. Like all biblical names, Stephen has forms in other world languages. Among them are: Esteban – Spanish,[5] Filipino Estebão – Old Portuguese Estepan, Estebe, Extiban, Estevan – Old Spanish Estêvão – Portuguese[6] Esteve – Catalan[7] Estevo – Galician[8] Étienne[9] ("Estienne" is an archaic spelling), Stéphan, Stéphane [10] Stéphen, Stéfane, Stéphanne – French İstefanos, Stefan – Turkish İstfan, Stepan – Azeri István,[11] Stefán, Csépán – Hungarian Estebe, Eztebe – Basque[12] Sitiveni – Fijian Steafán, Stiofán[13], Steabhán – Irish Štefan – Slovak, Slovene[14] Stefan, Shtjefën, Fan – Albanian Stef, Stefan, Stephan, Steven, Stefanus, Steffen,[15] Stefaan, Stefans – Afrikaans, Dutch Stefan, Stephan, Steffen – German[16] Stefan, Stevan – Cornish, as in Eglosstefan, Lannstevan Stefan, Steven – Breton, as in Sant-Stefan-ar-Roudouz, Gwion Steven Ștefan,[17] with the diminutives Ștefănel, Ștefăniță, Ștefănuț – Romanian Stefan, Szczepan – Polish[18] Stefano[19] – Italian Language|Esperanto Stefans, Stepans, Stepons, Stīvens – Latvian Stefanus, Stephanus – Latin Stefán – Icelandic[20] Steven, Stephen, Stefanus, Stefan – Indonesian Staffan, Stefan – Swedish[21] Steffan,[22] Stifyn, Stîfyn – Welsh Steffen – Norwegian[23] Steffen,[23] Stephen, Stefan,[22] Stephan – Danish Steffeni, Stefani, Stiifaat – Greenlandic Štěpán – Czech[24] Steponas,[25] Stepas – Lithuanian Stiefnu – Maltese Stèaphan[26], Stìobhan, Stìophan – Scottish Gaelic Stjepan[27], Stijepo, Stepan, Stipan, Stipe, Stipo, Stipa, Šćepan, Šćepo, Štef, Stevko,[28] Stevo, Stefan, Stevan, Stevica – Serbo-Croatian as in Stefan the First-Crowned Tapani, Teppo, Tahvo[29], Teppana,– Finnish Têphanô, Stêphanô, Êtiên – Vietnamese Tehvan – Estonian Tipene – Māori[30] Στέφανος (Stephanos, Stefanos,[31] Stephanas, Stepfan, Stephano, Stephanus – Greek Степан (Stepan[32], the most common; Ukrainian), Стефан (Stefan) Степан/Stepan,[32] Stepa, Stepka, Stepanya, Stepashka – Russian Стефан (Stefan[33]), diminutive: Чефо (Chefo), Стефчо (Stefcho), Стефо (Stefo) – Bulgarian Стефан/Stefan,[33] Стеван/Stevan, Стево/Stevo,[34] Стефо/Stefo, Стефче/Stefche – Macedonian ⲥⲧⲉⲫⲁⲛⲟⲥ (Step(h)anos), ⲥⲧⲉⲫⲁⲛⲉ (Step(h)ana), ⲥⲉⲧⲉⲡⲫⲉⲛ (Sedephen) – Coptic Сцяпан/Sciapan – Belarusian Ычтапан/Içtapan – Tatar[35] სტეფანე (Stepane) – Georgian[36] Ստեփանոս (Stepan),[32] diminutive: Փանոս (Panos) – Armenian סטיבן (Stiven), סטפן (Stefan) – Hebrew እስጢፋኖስ (Estefanos) – Amharic[37] እስቲፋኖስ (Estifanos) – Tigrinya" Source: Stephen - Wikipedia https://share.google/XACGWhbhIIipAmNQp Stop making blood bought believers doubt their salvation with ridiculous theological conditions such as language use.

Romans 8:3-4 NKJV For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. Walking according to the Spirit is NOT a matter of performance. It's a matter of focus. When a person is walking according to the flesh, they focus on themselves and their own works, their own efforts to please themselves and/or God. Trying your best to keep God pleased by your own obedience to the commandments is still walking in the flesh. Your performance won't save you -- not in the least bit. Romans 8:5 NASB For those who are in accord with the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are in accord with the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. What are you focused on? Is it sin? Is it on what you are doing or not doing? Set your mind instead on what the Holy Spirit is doing, what the Spirit is teaching you. Romans 8:6-8 NASB For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. Those who THINK they are obeying the commandments are WRONG. Just like Jesus told that young ruler, "with man it is impossible." They are walking according to the flesh and not resting in the perfection of Christ. Hebrews 11:6 NASB And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for the one who comes to God must believe that He exists, and that He proves to be One who rewards those who seek Him. Romans 8:9-10 NASB - However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness. Faith in the correct object of faith pleases God. Seek him; not what you do for him.

Luke 6:45 NASB "The good person out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil person out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart." Pay attention to criticism you receive from legalistic people, and you will perceive that their hearts need healing. You simply state the gospel truth that you are saved by grace through faith in Jesus, your sins ARE forgiven, no sin will be held to your account, and they will accuse you of wanting to continue in sin without consequences. They will chastise you with statements like, "we are free from sin, but we don't have a license to sin" and "the cross isn't a get out of jail free card." Legalism causes its victims to be sin conscious rather than resting in the righteousness of God in Christ and convinces them that we must just want to go about acting badly now that we have the forgiveness of sins. They want you to be sin conscious too. The truth is ... being born again and set free from sin doesn't encourage people to sin will-nilly. The two things seem irrational at best and completely inconsistent. Any true believer would have dissonance at the mere suggestion, but they don't truly believe in the sufficiency of Jesus' finished work. They believe in self and think they must add their own efforts to what has already been accomplished at the cross to ensure their eternal lives. #gospel #jesuschrist #faith #grace #legalism

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝘂𝗽 We believers are the body of Christ. We ARE the church. All people, regardless of race or history or any other factor, who have placed their faith in Jesus and his finished work as sufficient for their salvation are members together of the body. 👇👇👇 Romans 12:4-5 NASB "For just as we have many parts in one body and all the body’s parts do not have the same function, [5] so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually parts of one another." The new covenant, not the new one with Israel and Judah (Jeremiah 31:31-34) but the one between the Father and the Son, the one written in the sacrificial blood of Jesus that he called the "𝗰𝘂𝗽", is for the benefit of the church. 👇👇👇 Luke 22:41-42 NASB "And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and began to pray, [42] saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝘂𝗽 from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done.'” Luke 22:20 NASB "And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This 𝗰𝘂𝗽, which is poured out for you, is the new covenant in My blood." John 18:10-11 KJV "Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. [11] Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the 𝗰𝘂𝗽 which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?" We believers are made partakers in the 𝗰𝘂𝗽, the new blood atonement covenant between the Father and the Son, because we are in Christ as one body. 👇👇👇 Galatians 3:24-29 NASB "Therefore the Law has become our guardian to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. [25] But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian. [26] For you are all sons and daughters of God through faith in Christ Jesus. [27] For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. [28] There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. [29] And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to promise." #jesuschrist #grace #believers #faith #gospel

We are supposed to be imitators of Jesus. 👇👇👇 Ephesians 5:1-2 NASB Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; [2] and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma. How should we imitate Jesus? Walk in love and service to others. Notice that our love walk is what was emphasized; not our performance -- not our adherence to the commandments. So, Paul also said we should be imitators of himself. 👇👇👇 1 Corinthians 4:15-16 NASB "For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. [16] Therefore I urge you, 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗲." Why would Paul want us to imitate him? Jesus was born of a woman and born under the law (Galatians 4:4). Our Lord operated while on earth within the confines of the old covenant, because the new covenant wasn't ushered in until Mt. Calvary. Jesus was born by a Jewish mother who was married to a Jewish man, and he was raised as a Jew in a Jewish home, according to Jewish laws and traditions. He kept the Sabbath, honored the feast days and kept the law perfectly. Saul, on the other hand, an old covenant Pharisee, a Pharisee of Pharisees, met the risen and ascended Christ while he was on the road to hunt for Christians he could make examples of, and Saul was changed. He even changed his name identity from the Jewish Saul to the Roman Paul. Led by the Holy Spirit to let go of his dependence upon the law and rely completely upon the presence of God in his life, Paul received the revelation of the mystery of the gospel and grace rather than law became his new paramount value. Rather than teach adherence to the commandments, Paul taught that genuine transformation and exhibition of the Fruit of the Spirit comes through embracing the gift of grace; not striving to be perfect as God is perfect. 👇👇👇 Titus 2:11-12 NASB "For the 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people, [12] 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝘀 to 𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 and to 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝘆, 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 in the present age," I urge you today to change old covenant thinking from a legalistic view that since Jesus kept the Sabbath, I need to keep the Sabbath too, to the liberating new covenant thinking that looks toward the cross and the faithfulness, love and charity of Jesus not your own faithfulness and your own obedience.

We believers ARE Holy because we are in Christ. We have the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. There can be no better righteousness than that. It isn't our holiness. It is his. Do we deserve such designation by God? No, of course not. That's grace. It is undeserved, unmerited, unearned favor from God through our faith in his son Jesus who was crucified as payment for our sins. So, we believers are seen by God as holy, sanctified, justified, clean, worthy and acceptable not by our performance but by our position. Where is the believer positioned? The believer is securely positioned in Christ.

Sabbath keepers love to point out these two verses to prove that Jesus made the Sabbath for us to keep and that he kept it. 👇👇👇 Mark 2:27-28 KJV "And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: [28] Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath." Well ... yes, of course, we are told in 1 Timothy 6:15 that Jesus is King of Kings and Lord of Lords! He most certainly is Lord of the Sabbath too. He was saying he can do whatever he wants on the Sabbath. He's the Son of God. PLUS, look 👀 👇👇👇 John 5:15-18 KJV The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole. [16] And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. [17] But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. [18] Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. Look at that. God doesn't keep the Sabbath. He works every day. He took one day off after he finished the work of creation. That's all. He rested on the seventh day; not the fourteenth, not the twenty first, not the twenty eighth day. Go ahead and honor the Sabbath by resting a day, if that's what you think is right, but don't condemn those who are free to honor every day as a day the Lord has made (Psalm 118:24). #sabbath #legalism #grace #freedom #jesuschrist

The Holy Spirit doesn't convict believers of sin. That's churchianity teaching, but it isn't in the Bible. 👇👇👇 The Spirit convicts the unbelievers of sin -- not the believers. There is no condemnation for those in Christ -- not in the least bit. 👇👇👇 Romans 8:1 NASB “Therefore there is now no condemnation at all for those who are in Christ Jesus.” Speaking of the Holy Spirit Jesus said in John 16:8, “And He, when He comes, will convict the world regarding sin, and righteousness, and judgment:” But look at the next verse. 👇👇👇👇👇 John 16:9 NASB “regarding sin, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞;” He convicts the 𝘂𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 of sin. He doesn’t convict believers of sin. The Holy Spirit convicts those who 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 in Jesus of their sin. He convicts believers of their righteousness. 👇👇👇👇 John 16:10 NASB “and regarding righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you no longer are going to see Me; We know unbelievers are unrighteous, but believers have the righteousness of God in Christ. 👇👇👇 2 Corinthians 5:21 NASB “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin in our behalf, so that we might become 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱 in Him.” We believers are in Christ, and we have the righteousness of God. There can be no better righteousness than that! When we sin, we believers are convicted by our own conscience — not the Holy Spirit. 👇👇👇 1 John 3:19-20 NASB We will know by this that we are of the truth, and will set our heart at ease before Him, [20] that if 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗻𝘀 𝘂𝘀, that God is greater than our heart, and He knows all things. The Holy Spirit doesn't convict the believer of sin. If you feel conviction of sin as a believer, it is your own conscience doing that. 👇👇👇 Titus 3:11 NASB knowing that such a person has deviated from what is right and is sinning, being 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗻𝗲𝗱. 2 Corinthians 1:12 NASB For our proud confidence is this: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you. 1 Timothy 1:5 NASB But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart, 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, and from a sincere faith. 2 Timothy 1:3 NASB I thank God, whom I serve 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 the way my forefathers did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day, For a believer, the Holy Spirit is called the comforter - not the convictor. There is no comfort in conviction. There is only condemnation, and we know there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ. #holyspiritpower #holyspirit #thecomforter #conviction #believers