https://mikebcybershots.do.am/publ/ Publisher Sun, 30 Dec 2012 11:57:55 GMT uCoz Web-Service <h1><a href="http://firstimportance.org/christ-or-antichrist/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Make only Christ’s righteousness triumphant">Make only Christ’s righteousness triumphant</a></h1>Whatever comes in, when you go to God for acceptance, besides Christ, call it Antichrist; bid it be gone; make only Christ’s righteousness <span style="white-space: nowrap">triumphant.<br><br></span><h1><a class="comments" href="http://firstimportance.org/he-made-himself-one-with-us/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to He made himself one with&nbsp;us">He made himself one with&nbsp;us</a></h1><blockquote><p>Our union with Christ is grounded on his union with us. We can be one with him because he made himself one with us. As always, the divine initiative comes first. Christ’s union with us took place in his <span style="white-space: nowrap">incarnation. <span class="closequotemark"></span></span></p></blockquote><cite style="font-style: normal;"><span class="author"></span></cite><div class="post"><strong class="date"></strong><h1><a class="comments" href="http://firstimportance.org/the-relief-of-poverty-hunger-and-injustice/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The relief of poverty, hunger, and injustice">The relief of poverty, hunger, and injustice</a></h1><blockquote><p>God created both soul and body, and the resurrection of Jesus shows that he is going to redeem both the spiritual and the material. Therefore God is concerned not only for the salvation of souls but also for the relief of poverty, hunger, and injustice.</p><p>The gospel opens our eyes to the fact that all our wealth (even wealth for which we worked hard) is ultimately an unmerited gift from God. Therefore the person who does not generously give away his or her wealth to others is not merely lacking in compassion, but is <em>unjust. </em></p><p>Christ wins our salvation through losing, achieves power through weakness and service, and comes to wealth through giving all away. Those who receive his salvation are not the strong and accomplished but those who admit they are weak and lost. We cannot look at the poor and the oppressed and callously call them to pull themselves out of their own difficulty. Jesus did not treat us that <span style="white-space: nowrap">way. <br></span></p><h1><a class="comments" href="http://firstimportance.org/that-precious-jewel-christ-jesus/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to That precious jewel Christ Jesus">hat precious jewel Christ Jesus</a></h1><blockquote><p>Faith, if it is to be sure and steadfast, must lay hold upon nothing else but Christ alone, and in the conflict and terrors of conscience it has nothing else to lean on but this precious pearl Christ Jesus. So, he who apprehends Christ by faith, although he be terrified with the law and oppressed with the weight of his sins, yet he may be bold to glory that he is righteous. How? Even by that precious jewel Christ Jesus, whom he possesses by <span style="white-space: nowrap">faith. <span class="closequotemark"></span></span></p></blockquote><p><br><span style="white-space: nowrap"><span class="closequotemark"></span></span></p></blockquote><cite style="font-style: normal;"><span class="author"></span><span class="book" style="margin-left: 22px"></span></cite></div> https://mikebcybershots.do.am/publ/god_first_in_all_things/1-1-0-1 My articles https://mikebcybershots.do.am/publ/god_first_in_all_things/1-1-0-1 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 11:57:55 GMT