Colossians 3:2-4 Asv

Ye have died, and your life is hid with Christ in God" (Col. 3:3).

When we rely upon and cater to the old man, that ground produces "the works of the flesh" (1). But as we abide in the risen Lord Jesus, that new ground of our position, His life will be manifested in "the fruit of the Spirit" (

Set your affection on things above. . . for ye died and your life is hidden with Christ in God" (Col 3:2; 3)

The spiritual recession that occurs after the early joys of the new birth is not necessarily backsliding at all. The discovery of the...

  Stand fast, therefore, in the liberty with which Christ hath made us free" (Gal. 5:1).

First, the believer understands that he has a right to be free in the Lord Jesus because of the finished work of the Cross; then he sees that same work of the Cross as his means to be free.

"When we truly hate...

Present yourself unto God, as those that are alive from the dead" (Rom. 6:13).

The growth and consolidation of one's spiritual life is predicated upon clear knowledge of the dual facts of Romans 6:11 - dead unto sin; alive unto God. This must come first: Know!...

Of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us. . . sanctification" (1 Cor. 1:30).

If we keep in mind that the Lord Jesus is our Sanctification, the seemingly difficult subject will clearly unfold for us day by day.

"Many fall into the...

Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God" (Ps. 92:13).

Defeat reveals the flesh; testing reveals the Father.

"The inward exercise of Romans Seven and the testing of the wilderness serve the purpose of...

But now we are delivered from the law" (Rom. 7:6a).

The Christian life is not regulated by Moses and the Law, but lived by "the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus." Not rules, but nature.

"God gave His people Israel, a nation living in the world, the law;...

You are made partakers of His resurrection, through the faith wrought in you by God, who raised Him from the dead" (Col 2:12, Cony.).

All true believers are gratefully aware that they are not going to hell, but few realize that they are already in heaven.

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith" (Heb. 10:22).

The darkness of this place will in time turn us to the light of His face - "the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ" (

Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed" (2 Tim. 2:15a).

"There is an entirely baseless sentiment abroad which assumes that every teaching of the Lord Jesus must be binding upon the believer during this age simply because He said it. The fact...