The Christian is a New Man
The Christian is a New Man
The Christian is not someone who is trying to better themselves; the Christian is someone who has been recreated and made new.
What is the “Old Man”?
What is the “Old Man”?
What does the Bible mean when it talks about the "old man"? Do we still have the old man? Is the old man completely gone? Is there a tension or balance between the two?
How Alive is Alive? Seated With Christ in The Heavenly Places (Part 3)
How Alive is Alive? Seated With Christ in The Heavenly Places (Part 3)
This passage is the very pinnacle of what God has already done for the believer. The Apostle is giving us this great reality about who we are as Christians...
How Alive is Alive? He Raised Us Up With Him (Part 2)
How Alive is Alive? He Raised Us Up With Him (Part 2)
This is where we often go wrong: When we look at lost men we do not think they are as lost as they are. And when we look at Christians, we do not recognize...
How Alive is Alive? The Four-Fold Risenness of the Christian (Part 1)
How Alive is Alive? The Four-Fold Risenness of the Christian (Part 1)
The Bible teaches us that it is God who makes Christians. Paul says in Ephesians that God has made us alive together with Christ. God makes people into...
Old Man is Sinning, Not the New Creation?
Old Man is Sinning, Not the New Creation?
Tim refutes the idea that some come away with from 1 John 5:18. The error that born again believers have two natures: the old, and the new nature...
Believer: You’re Dead to Sin (Part 3)
Believer: You’re Dead to Sin (Part 3)
What truth is it that Paul wants us to be gripped by? That we are dead to sin and that in our union with Christ our relationship to sin has been severed...
Life Transformation Will Always Accompany Forgiveness
Life Transformation Will Always Accompany Forgiveness
Life transformation will always accompany the forgiveness of our sins. Always. When God declares the sinner righteous, legally they're forgiven; it always accompanies...
Christian: You Can Fight Sin Because You’re New!
Christian: You Can Fight Sin Because You’re New!
I need a new heart. And I got news you for you: I have one! God made me new. He saved me. He took my heart...
The Gospel of Christ Powerfully Saves
The Gospel of Christ Powerfully Saves
The separation from God that you and I should experience throughout all of eternity was suffered for us by Jesus Christ on the Cross.
True Christianity is Always the Activity of God
True Christianity is Always the Activity of God
True Christianity is always the activity of God and our faith is a reaction to God's initial call.
The Doctrine of Regeneration
The Doctrine of Regeneration
The doctrine of regeneration is one of the foundational doctrines of our faith and lack of clarity on it can lead to deadly error.
Regeneration: A Change of Realms (Part 3)
Regeneration: A Change of Realms (Part 3)
Regeneration is a transfer from the realm of the flesh into the realm of the Spirit...
Regeneration: A New Birth (Part 2)
Regeneration: A New Birth (Part 2)
Regeneration is a new birth (Jn 3:1-8, 1 Jn 3:9); the receiving of a new nature (Matt 7:15-20; 12:33);...
Regeneration (Part 1)
Regeneration (Part 1)
Regeneration is an act of God in which He changes all Christians, so that they begin to hate sin and pursue...
How Shall We Sin?
How Shall We Sin?
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? - Romans 6:1-2