2 Corinthians 5:12

THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Chapter 23 Its Reception-Continued In our last we sought to show that the words "be reconciled to God" (2 Cor. 5:20) are not an exhortation unto saints to acquiesce in the Divine providences or to render submission to His discipline and ordinances, but instead, that th... Read More

The Satisfaction of Christ Studies in the Atonement 13. Its Results Having sought to show from Scripture the nature of the Satisfaction which the Mediator offered unto God, and, by virtue of His acceptance of the same, its certain efficacy to procure and secure all that it was ordained to accomplish... Read More

Summary of sermon by Erlo Stegen, 16 Mar 2014 (David Kid gave his testimony before the service, how he came back after 18 years of going astray like the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32), and what God taught him these days from Philippians 3:7-8 ) Hebrews 9 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die,... Read More

Let us look forward to the day spoken of in 2 Corinthians 5, where Paul reminds the believers to live in the fear of God because we all will stand before the judgment seat of Christ. This is not a punitive judgment; it is not as though we are being tried for a crime that was committed. Rather, it is... Read More

"...making known unto us the mystery of his will..." (Eph. 1:9). "...how that by revelation was made known unto me the mystery... my understanding in the mystery of Christ... to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God" (Eph. 3:3,4,9). "This myster... Read More

"Thou hast heard it; behold all this; and ye, will ye not declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou hast not known. They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, behold, I knew them" (Isa... Read More

Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:1-21. "For the love of Christ constraineth us..." (verse 14). "...that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him..." (verse 15). Those are the two fragments which will govern our meditation: "...the love of Christ constraineth us...", "...hence... Read More

THE DIVINE DILEMMA AND ITS SOLUTION IN THE INCARNATION § 6 WE saw in the last chapter that, because death and 'cor ruption were gaining ever firmer hold on them, the human race was in process of destruction. Man, who was created in God's image and in his possession of reason reflected the very Word ... Read More

CONCLUSION § 56 HERE, then, Macarius, is our offering to you who love Christ, a brief statement of the faith of Christ and of the manifestation of His Godhead to us. This will give you a beginning, and you must go on to prove its truth by the study of the Scriptures. They were written and inspired b... Read More

The extent to which the four Gospels were designed to show forth the fulfillment of the O.T. prophecies in the manifestation of Christ Jesus the Son of God, and to introduce in Him the N.T. mystery of the Kingdom of God, the realisation of all O.T. promise to Israel, has not been sufficiently percei... Read More