“For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.” (Rom 8:6,7) We are to distinguish the mind of the flesh from the mind that is in accord with God, for the one is at enmity with God and the other in harmony with him. The mind that is in harmony with…
The New Creature does not love sin, but, instead, loves righteousness, the very reverse. If the will, the heart, should turn again, so as to love unrighteousness, so as to desire to do the things that are contrary to the Lord’s will, it would mean that we had died as New Creatures, and become alive again as fleshly creatures, to mind the things of the flesh, to have its hopes, its aims and its objects. In that case we should…
The Law of God, – strict justice without mercy, – represented in the Mosaic Law and its covenant, could not help the weak, fallen race, because the easiest requirement it could make would be perfection toward God and toward men, and our race being fallen was unable to comply with its demands. It was, therefore, “weak” (powerless) for our deliverance, because we were weak on account of the imperfect, fallen flesh. But God, through Christ, made an arrangement for us…
NO CONDEMNATION AND NO SEPARATION. (Rom 8:1-14) “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” The chapter of which this lesson forms a part is unquestionably one of the most precious in the entire Bible. It begins with the assurance that condemnation has passed, and concludes with logical proofs of everlasting divine favor toward those who become “New Creatures” in Christ Jesus. In the preceding chapter the Apostle specially points out…
This study originated as in answer to prayer, I was feeling a bit disillusioned and dishearten after reading the study on “Full Assurance of Faith” (R2642). The problem was of course my own as I had felled to rightly understand how the Lord judges us as new creatures to determine our acceptableness as potential members of the elect Church, the Royal Priesthood. I had been feeling unworthy, that considering my many difficulties (faults) I could not possibly be in among…
The Transfiguration (Luke 9:28-36) “This is my beloved Son: hear him.” Continuing his lessons to the apostles, showing them that his glory and Kingdom could not come until after his suffering and death, our Lord declared, “There be some standing here who will not taste of death until they see the Son of Man coming in his royal majesty.” (Matt. 16:28; 17:1.) Then, six days later (or eight days, counting the one in which this was uttered and the one…
“The Ark of the Covenant or Ark of the Testimony was the only article of furniture in the Most Holy. (Heb 9:2–4 Diaglott footnote) Its name suggests that it illustrated the embodiment of Jehovah’s plan, which he had purposed in himself, before the beginning of the creation of God—before the minutest development of his plan had taken place. It represented the eternal purpose of God—his foreordained arrangement of riches of grace for mankind in (and through) the Christ (Head and…
The “Most Holy” As the passing of the First Vail, the “Door”, represented the death of the human will so the passing of the Second Vail (Individual #5) represents the death of the human body; both are requisite to complete our sacrifice, both fleshly mind and fleshly body must be left behind before we can enter into the “Holiest of All”, perfected as partakers of the Divine Nature and its spirit conditions; for “flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom…
Returning to the Table of Showbread we note the following, “And thou shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake. And thou shall set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD. And thou shall put pure frankincense upon each row that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD. Every Sabbath he shall…
In our previous post we mentioned that not only has the Lord prepared his table of food, but that likewise the Adversary has follow suit and prepared his tables. The following extract taken from The Herald of Christ’s Kingdom, Oct 1921, Page 29 well illustrates the differences between the table of the Lord and those of the Adversary. INTOXICATION OF CHRISTENDOM (Isa 28:1-13) Golden Text.–“Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink.”–Hab 2:15. “We note that, in harmony with the…