The New Man in Christ

Romans 1:1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God-- Romans 1:6 And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ. Romans 1:7 To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Here in all three verses the Greek is kletos. It means to be called or invited. It is an ajective not a verb. It is an accepted invite or call. -------------------------------------------- Romans 4:17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations ,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. In the Holman Christian Standard Bible The meaning of the Greek word katenanti is “He is the father of us all in God’s sight” gives us the sense of the word. The word made is set or appoint Quicken is to be made alive --...

20 things About a Doulos of the Lord Jesus Christ 1. Exodus 21:2, 5, 6 has the insignia, brand, by his deliberate decision based on love For his master 2 “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything. 3 If he comes alone, he is to go free alone; but if he has a wife when he comes, she is to go with him. 4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free. 5 “But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’ 6 then his master must take him before the judges. He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life. ---------------------------------------- 2. Matthew 8:9 Mark 13:34 is a man “under authority” For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under m...

2 Peter 1 We are now moving forward with 2 Peter, it is near the end of Peter’s life. From Bullinger’s “Notes on the Second Epistle of Peter” “In spite of much divergence of opinion, we conclude that the apostle who wrote the First Epistle wrote this one also. While there is some difference between the tone of the two, this difference has been exaggerated by those who deny that Peter wrote the second letter. And a comparison of the language used shows close resemblance between the two epistles.” There is a big debate about this subject I will put in 2 different links to two commentaries about this subject if you are interested in checking it out. REV Commentary Ray Stedman :: 2 Peter: In the Face of Falsehood Those two links will give you the flavor of some of the debate. I believe the answer is far simpler. My brother Michael Lewis calls it “progressive Revelation” I call it “Our learning Curve”. Unlike many we believe these book were written many years apart. Just the ...

1 Peter 3:1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; People do watch us so we need to always be aware we are setting an example for those around us. When people look at you do they see someone who walks the word or do they see someone who talks a good game but does not follow through with actions. Like we are exhorted to do in the book of: James 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. We need to live the word. We will fall short but the idea is not that we are perfect. There used to be something said that I always thought conveyed the idea really well Production unto perfection. We are never going to walk perfectly but each day we do better than we did the day before. It is a process just like everything else in our lives we get better the more we do something. If you were to go and play baseball the first...

I have a friend who believes that the two epistles of Peter were written many years apart. if you read them I can see how he comes to that conclusion. 1 Peter 1 vs 1 check out elect and exiles Aramaic to english 1 Petraus, an Apostle of Yeshua The Messiah, to The Chosen Ones and Pilgrims who are scattered in Pontus and in Galatia, in Qapadoqia, in Asia and in Bithunia; 2 Those who have been chosen in the prior knowledge of God The Father by sanctification of The Spirit, for obedience and for the sprinkling of the blood of Yeshua The Messiah. Grace and peace be multiplied to you. 1:2. “sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ.” This sprinkling of the blood of Christ is not referring to the new birth, or the cleansing of sin when one gets saved. Rather, this is speaking of a continual cleansing of sin throughout a believer’s life. The Greek of 1 Peter 1:2 literally reads, “In sanctification of spirit resulting in [eis # 1519 εἰς] obedience and sprinkling of the blood of ...