Present Your Bodies
Consecration I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Romans 12:1. You are not your own. Jesus has purchased you with His blood. Do not bury your talents in the earth. Use them for Him. In […]
Yield Your Members
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. Romans 6:13. God’s stamp is upon us. He has bought us, and He desires us to remember that our physical, mental, and […]
Righteousness Fulfilled in Him
Christ Our Righteousness And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Matthew 3:15. Jesus did not receive baptism as a confession of guilt on His own account. He identified Himself with sinners, taking the steps that we are to take, and doing […]
He Became Our High Priest
Christ Our Righteousness Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. Hebrews 2:17. As a consecrated high priest He intercedes for His people. As a […]
His Righteousness Marks His Superiority
Christ Our Righteousness Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Hebrews 1:9. We are God’s servants, and to each of us He has given talents, both natural and spiritual. As children of God, we should be constantly gaining in […]
Reconciliation by His Son
Christ Our Righteousness For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. Romans 5:10. Jesus Christ has given Himself as a complete offering in behalf of every fallen son and daughter of Adam. O what humiliation […]
