Posted by Chris on 9/7/2006, 9:56 am, in reply to "Unity" I have been away, and also the computer keeps crashing, both are causes for my absence from the forum. I haven't yet read the studies by Tom Ballinger, but hope to be able to soon. For some reason the computer refuses to download anything from the internet now!! (We are going to have to replace it) (Mat 10:34-36) "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household." (So it was, and will yet be in Israel) Yet as members of the Body of Christ, we have only one weapon and that is the sword of the Spirit, and that for defensive purposes only, not to be used against flesh and blood but against spiritual wickedness. "The Word of God". It is the Word of God that acts within our own selves discerning the thoughts and intents of our hearts, revealing error and cleansing from the effects that the world has upon us as we live in it each day. It is the source of our spiritual food and drink, but can only become so through the person of the Living Word. His Words are Spirit and they are life - praise His Name - God manifest in the flesh. With the helmet of salvation, and the breastplate of righteousness, the girdle of truth and the sheild of faith, the sword of the Spirit and feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of 'His' peace on our feet we are able to stand against the wiles of the enemy - Praise God. We have been brought, We are 'of God'IN Christ Jesus, where nothing can seperate us from the Love of God. We have died with Christ We will enjoy the lovingkindness of our God in the ages to come in His Beloved Son our Saviour, Lord and Head. Praise God Chris
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Hi there Lynn,
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(Heb 4:12) For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
out of Adam into Christ,
out from under the law of sin and death into the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus,
out of darkness into light,
out of bondage into freedom.
Been buried with Christ
Quickened with Christ
Raised with Christ
Ascended with Christ
Are seated with Christ
And 'praise God' will one day be manifested with Christ in glory.
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