Alonzo Jones writes:
Christ was “made” what, before, He was not in order that the man might be made now and forever what he is not.
Christ was Spirit. 1 Corinthians 15:45. He became flesh in order that humanity, who is flesh, might become spirit. John 3:6; Romans 8:8-10.
Christ, who was altogether of the divine [...]
The command has come forth in 2 Peter 3:18 to grow. Grow in grace. Dr. E. J. Waggoner tells us that all we but do is submit to that just as the grass submits to the call of God in the beginning to “let the earth bring forth…”
Where is that which the true follower of Christ aims? Ellen Write wrote in Testimonies Volume 1 page 160
“Those who feel the constraining love of God do not ask how little may be given in order to obtain the heavenly reward; they ask not for the lowest standard, but aim at perfect conformity to [...]
The Power of God. I had a discussion with someone a little while ago on the issue of obedience to God. The person argued that we cannot perfectly obey God because of our liabilities of being human. When I attempted to speak on the reality of obedience in the Christian life, my [...]
Proverbs 27:14 reminds us that there can be a wrong time even for a blessing. When it is time for something else, and someone comes in and loudly shouts even the right sounding thing, we can find out blessing turning into a curse. This scripture gives the example of someone yelling the blessing to wake [...]
We often lose in our battle because we don’t really want to win. We talk about desiring victory over sin, but we keep the emblems of sin around, “just in case.” Sure we want victory, just not the victory that requires sacrifice. We want the victory that doesn’t require giving up anything. We want an [...]
As we near the close of this earth’s history, we find ourselves in need of a complete savior. Too often we fall into the trap of only wanting a partial savior. You know the savior who drapes us with a superficial sappy “love”, but never disciplines us.
However, the Jesus who came to this [...]
Many of us live our lives with little thought for the future. We assume that we will never have to walk that lonely road that leads into forever.  We see people dying everyday. We see sickness, accidents, and nature taking away even friends and family, but we never come face to the face with the [...]
When Abraham was told about he and Sarah having a child, he fell down and laughed. (Gen 17:15-17). He laughed. Sarah laughed as well according to Gen 18:11-12. They both laughed at God because both were advanced in years. They were well past the child bearing age. However, the promise that was given to them was not based in their ability to fulfill the promise. The promise was based in the ability of the one giving the promise to fulfill the promise.
We have often heard it said that the Christian life will not necessarily be a smooth one in this life. We could have the same problems and issues others have. A recession can take our job away just like every one else. Our parents die while we are in middle age, like every one else. Unexpected natural disasters and doctor’s diagnoses also cloud our horizon. We know of these things intellectually and theologically.
