My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you (Galatians 4:19, KJV ) The Apostle Paul uses a remarkable analogy to describe the labor of ministers and the maturity of the believer. He compares the struggles and toils of the minister to labor pains and the “baby” that Read More
Spiritual transformation
The Renewal of the New Man
And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him (Colossians 3:10 KJV) The new man or the new creation spirit inside of us is being renewed every single day. The term “renewed” in the verse above is remarkable. It indeed means re-new, that is, Read More
Strengthened with Might by His Spirit in the Inner Man
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man (Eph. 3:16 KJV) The Spirit’s desire is for you to be strengthened with might in your inner man( the spirit man). I will briefly look at three key phrases from this Read More
The Path of the Just is as A Shining Light
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day (Prov. 4:18 KJV) What a description of the life of the righteous! It is like the early morning sun. Can you think of the dim sunlight when you wake up in the morning? Remember how Read More
New Wine Must be Put into New Bottles
But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved (Lk. 5:38 KJV) The Pharisees asked Jesus why His disciples were not following the regular fasting traditions of the day, as John the Baptist’s disciples did. He responded by saying new wine has to be put into new bottles, meaning what He Read More
If these Things be in You
For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Pet. 1:8 KJV) The Apostle Peter through the Spirit tells us if “these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither Read More
God’s Beautiful Design for your Spiritual Growth
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him (Lk. 2:40 KJV) Jesus, as a Man, is God’s perfect picture of what the first Adam was supposed to be, and He is called the last Adam. He was born as a man and had Read More
Beholding in a Glass the Glory of God
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord (2 Cor. 3:18 KJV) Paul makes a comparison between the glory of the Old Testament revealed through Moses and that of Read More