We were Reconciled in one Body to God through the Cross and have been Brought Near

On the cross in one Body both the Jews and the Gentiles were reconciled to God; we were reconciled in one Body to God, and now we are one with the Lord to preach the gospel of peace. Christ Himself is the peace offering for the Body of Christ as revealed in Ephesians 2:14. He […]

Christ as the Peacemaker Made Peace on the Cross by Abolishing all the Ordinances

The peace offering typifies Christ as the peacemaker; because of the ordinances, regulations, customs, habits, rituals, and ways of living and worship, we all are divided and scattered, so Christ came and made peace between us in His body on the cross. Hallelujah, Christ is our peace, Christ made peace, and Christ came to preach […]

Our God is a God of Peace; in the World we have Affliction but in Christ we have Peace

Our God is a God of peace, and His peaceful nature is in us; the peace of God is the God of peace infused into us through our fellowship with Him in prayer, and even though we have affliction in the world, in Him we have peace. We need to come to the Lord so […]

The Son of God was Manifested that He might Destroy the Works of the Devil in Us

Praise the Lord, the Son of God was manifested for so that He might destroy the works of the devil (1 John 3:8)! God became a man – He put on humanity, and in Jesus Christ the infinite God became a man; He had the likeness of the flesh of sin but without the sin […]

How Christ Died as a Bronze Serpent for us to be Saved of our Serpentine Nature

Christ came in the likeness of the flesh of sin to be the reality of the type of the bronze serpent, and He died as our Substitute on the cross to condemn sin and destroy the devil – who is the source of sin. This is really amazing. In Leviticus 4 we see the sin […]

Christ Came in the Likeness of the Flesh of Sin and God Condemned Sin in the Flesh

When Christ died as a man in the flesh on the cross, God condemned sin in the flesh (Rom. 8:3). I’m so full of appreciation and love for the Lord who didn’t give up on us, fallen sinful men. Even though Satan injected his evil nature into us and right now all human beings are […]

The Word Became Flesh: Christ came in the Likeness of the Flesh of Sin yet without Sin

On one hand, the Word became flesh (John 1:14), and on the other, God sent His Son in the likeness of the flesh of sin and concerning sin to condemn sin in the flesh (Rom. 8:3). This is a wonderful matter in the New Testament. Christ came as the reality of the sin offering, and […]