🏠 THE ONLY GHOST THAT LIVES HERE IS THE HOLY GHOST
Main Text: Ephesians 1:13–14 KJV
“...after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance...”
Theme:
The believer does not need to live in fear of spirits, ghosts, or supernatural superstition. The saved member of the Body of Christ is indwelt and sealed by the Holy Spirit and should make his home a place where sound doctrine, godliness, grace, and the Word of God dwell richly.
📖 I... more🏠 THE ONLY GHOST THAT LIVES HERE IS THE HOLY GHOST
Main Text: Ephesians 1:13–14 KJV
“...after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance...”
Theme:
The believer does not need to live in fear of spirits, ghosts, or supernatural superstition. The saved member of the Body of Christ is indwelt and sealed by the Holy Spirit and should make his home a place where sound doctrine, godliness, grace, and the Word of God dwell richly.
📖 INTRODUCTION — WHO REALLY LIVES IN YOUR HOUSE?
People sometimes speak about haunted houses, wandering spirits, ghosts, curses, and supernatural manifestations. During certain seasons, these ideas become especially prominent.
But the Christian should not build his worldview from movies, folklore, ghost stories, traditions, or superstition.
We ask:
“WHAT SAITH THE SCRIPTURE?”
From a Dispensational perspective, we must also ask what the risen Christ revealed through Paul concerning the believer's relationship to the Holy Spirit.
Paul does not teach members of the Body of Christ to spend their lives terrified that deceased human spirits are wandering around their houses.
Instead, he teaches:
📖 1 Corinthians 6:19
“...your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you...”
📖 Ephesians 1:13
“...ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,”
The Holy Spirit is not merely an occasional visitor.
He indwells the believer.
He seals the believer.
He strengthens the believer.
Therefore, the Christian home should not be characterized by fear of ghosts, but by faith in God's Word.
1️⃣ THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
The believer is permanently indwelt by the Spirit of God.
📖 Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 6:19
A. His Presence Is Personal
📖 Romans 8:9
“...if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.”
The Holy Spirit is not merely a supernatural force or emotional feeling.
He is God dwelling in the believer.
B. His Presence Is Internal
📖 1 Corinthians 3:16
“...the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?”
Under grace, God's emphasis is not upon a supposedly sacred building where His Spirit lives.
The Spirit indwells believers.
The church building is not the temple of the Holy Ghost.
The believer is.
C. His Presence Is Identifying
📖 1 Corinthians 6:19–20
Because we belong to God, our bodies should glorify God.
The Holy Spirit's indwelling should affect:
our conduct,
our conversation,
our choices,
and our homes.
🔥 PREACHING LINE:
THE QUESTION IS NOT WHETHER THE HOLY GHOST IS IN YOUR HOUSE—IF YOU ARE SAVED, HE IS IN YOU!
2️⃣ THE PERMANENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
The Holy Spirit does not repeatedly enter and leave the saved believer.
📖 Ephesians 1:13–14; Ephesians 4:30; 2 Corinthians 1:21–22
A. We Are Sealed After Believing
📖 Ephesians 1:13
“...after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,”
Notice the order:
Hear the Gospel → Believe the Gospel → Sealed by the Spirit.
The believer does not need to beg for the Spirit to come.
B. We Are Sealed Unto Redemption
📖 Ephesians 4:30
“...whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.”
How long does the sealing last?
Not until your next failure.
Not until you have a bad day.
Not until Satan attacks.
“UNTO THE DAY OF REDEMPTION.”
C. We Possess the Earnest of Our Inheritance
📖 Ephesians 1:14
The Spirit is:
“...the earnest of our inheritance...”
God Himself guarantees our future redemption.
🔥 PREACHING LINE:
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT A TEMPORARY GUEST—HE IS GOD'S SEAL UPON THE SAVED BELIEVER.
3️⃣ THE PROTECTION FROM SPIRITUAL FEAR
Believers should respond to spiritual darkness with truth, not superstition.
📖 2 Timothy 1:7; Romans 8:15; Ephesians 6:10–17
This does not mean Satan and spiritual evil are imaginary.
Paul clearly teaches spiritual warfare.
But spiritual warfare today should not be reduced to sensational ghost stories, charms, rituals, or superstitious practices.
A. Reject the Spirit of Fear
📖 2 Timothy 1:7
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear...”
A Christian should not live terrified by every noise at midnight, strange dream, shadow, or unexplained event.
Not everything unexplained is demonic.
B. Recognize the Real Battle
📖 Ephesians 6:12
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...”
Satan's greatest strategy today is not necessarily making furniture move.
His primary concern is spiritual deception.
📖 2 Corinthians 11:3
He corrupts minds away from:
“...the simplicity that is in Christ.”
C. Rely Upon God's Provision
📖 Ephesians 6:13–17
Paul's answer to spiritual warfare is not:
holy water,
religious objects,
charms,
ritual formulas,
or superstition.
Paul points believers toward:
Truth.
Righteousness.
The gospel.
Faith.
Salvation.
The Word of God.
🔥 PREACHING LINE:
SATAN WANTS YOU LOOKING FOR GHOSTS IN THE HOUSE WHILE HE ATTACKS SOUND DOCTRINE IN YOUR MIND.
4️⃣ THE PRACTICE OF A SPIRIT-FILLED HOME
Being indwelt by the Spirit should produce a godly Christian household.
📖 Ephesians 5:18–6:4; Colossians 3:16–21
A. Let the Word Fill the Home
Compare:
📖 Ephesians 5:18
“...be filled with the Spirit;”
with:
📖 Colossians 3:16
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly...”
A Spirit-filled Christian life is not merely emotional excitement.
It is a life controlled by sound doctrine.
B. Let Grace Govern the Home
Ephesians 5–6 immediately applies Spirit-filled living to relationships.
Wives and husbands.
Children and parents.
The Spirit-filled home is recognizable not because everyone is shouting spiritual phrases, but because biblical doctrine is producing godly relationships.
C. Let Peace Guide the Home
📖 Colossians 3:15
“And let the peace of God rule in your hearts...”
A Christian home should not be ruled by:
anger,
bitterness,
constant fighting,
fear,
or superstition.
It should increasingly reflect Christ.
🔥 PREACHING LINE:
A SPIRIT-FILLED HOUSE IS NOT PROVED BY SUPERNATURAL EXPERIENCES—IT IS PROVED BY SOUND DOCTRINE PRODUCING A GODLY WALK.
5️⃣ THE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL
The greatest spiritual need in any house is salvation through Christ.
📖 1 Corinthians 15:1–4; Romans 3:23–26; Ephesians 2:8–9
This is where we must be careful.
A family can remove every Halloween decoration.
They can refuse every occult practice.
They can stop believing in ghosts.
They can put Bible verses on every wall.
AND STILL BE LOST.
The greatest question is not:
“Is your house haunted?”
The greatest question is:
“ARE THE PEOPLE IN YOUR HOUSE SAVED?”
A. Proclaim Man's Problem
📖 Romans 3:23
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”
Our greatest problem is not ghosts.
Our greatest problem is sin.
B. Proclaim Christ's Payment
📖 1 Corinthians 15:3–4
Christ:
died for our sins,
was buried,
and rose again the third day.
That is the heart of Paul's gospel.
C. Proclaim Salvation by Grace
📖 Ephesians 2:8–9
“For by grace are ye saved through faith... Not of works...”
Salvation is not obtained through:
church membership,
water baptism,
religious rituals,
good works,
or repeating a sinner's prayer.
The sinner must rest by faith in the finished work of Christ.
🔥 PREACHING LINE:
DON'T JUST MAKE YOUR HOUSE GHOST-FREE—MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE IN YOUR HOUSE HAVE HEARD THE GOSPEL OF GRACE!
🏁 CONCLUSION — WHAT SHOULD FILL OUR HOMES?
The Christian home should not be characterized by fascination with:
ghosts,
spirits,
occultism,
superstition,
or fear.
It should be characterized by:
God's Word,
sound doctrine,
prayer,
grace,
love,
peace,
and the Gospel of Christ.
But remember:
THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES NOT PRIMARILY INDWELL YOUR HOUSE—HE INDWELLS YOU.
Therefore, wherever the believer goes, he carries the responsibility to:
walk worthy,
think biblically,
live godly,
and preach Christ.
📣 CALL TO ACTION — THREE “F's”
1. FEED YOUR FAMILY THE WORD
📖 Colossians 3:16
Make God's Word central in your home.
Don't feed your family superstition.
Feed them sound doctrine.
2. FORSAKE SPIRITUAL FEAR
📖 2 Timothy 1:7
Don't allow ghost stories, occult fears, or superstition to dominate your thinking.
Stand upon God's Word.
3. FOCUS ON THE FINISHED WORK
📖 1 Corinthians 15:1–4
Make sure every member of your household understands the Gospel of Grace.
Christ died for our sins.
He was buried.
He rose again.
TRUST CHRIST ALONE.
💎 FINAL THOUGHTS — REMEMBER THE FIVE “P's”
1️⃣ PRESENCE — The Holy Spirit dwells in the believer.
📖 1 Corinthians 6:19
2️⃣ PERMANENCE — The believer is sealed unto redemption.
📖 Ephesians 4:30
3️⃣ PROTECTION FROM FEAR — Stand in truth rather than superstition.
📖 2 Timothy 1:7
4️⃣ PRACTICE — Let sound doctrine transform your household.
📖 Colossians 3:16
5️⃣ PROCLAMATION — Give your family the Gospel of Grace.
📖 1 Corinthians 15:1–4
🔥 FINAL PREACHING DECLARATION
I DON'T NEED CHARMS IN MY HOUSE.
I DON'T NEED RELIGIOUS OBJECTS TO PROTECT MY HOUSE.
I DON'T NEED TO LIVE AFRAID OF GHOSTS.
I HAVE THE WORD OF GOD.
I HAVE MY POSITION IN CHRIST.
AND AS A SAVED BELIEVER, I AM SEALED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.
DON'T BE OCCUPIED WITH GHOSTS—BE OCCUPIED WITH CHRIST.
DON'T FILL YOUR HOME WITH SUPERSTITION—FILL IT WITH SOUND DOCTRINE.
DON'T LIVE IN FEAR—LIVE BY FAITH IN GOD'S WORD.
📖 Ephesians 1:13 KJV
“...after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise.”
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✝️ JESUS CHRIST IS MY EVERYTHING
“Complete in Christ: Who He Is and What He Has Done for Us”
Main Text: Colossians 2:6–10 KJV
Key Verse: Colossians 2:10 — “And ye are complete in him…”
📖 INTRODUCTION
The poster contains many beautiful descriptions of Jesus Christ: King, Way, Truth, Saviour, Lord, Healer, Master, Teacher, Shepherd, Everything. But from a Dispensational perspective, these descriptions must be understood through right division.
📖 2 Timothy 2:15 tells us to be “rightly dividin... more✝️ JESUS CHRIST IS MY EVERYTHING
“Complete in Christ: Who He Is and What He Has Done for Us”
Main Text: Colossians 2:6–10 KJV
Key Verse: Colossians 2:10 — “And ye are complete in him…”
📖 INTRODUCTION
The poster contains many beautiful descriptions of Jesus Christ: King, Way, Truth, Saviour, Lord, Healer, Master, Teacher, Shepherd, Everything. But from a Dispensational perspective, these descriptions must be understood through right division.
📖 2 Timothy 2:15 tells us to be “rightly dividing the word of truth.”
During Christ's earthly ministry, He ministered specifically to “the lost sheep of the house of Israel” (Matthew 15:24), confirming God's promises to Israel (Romans 15:8). After Israel's fall, the risen Christ revealed through Paul the previously hidden truth concerning the Body of Christ and the present Dispensation of Grace (Romans 11:13; Ephesians 3:1–9).
Therefore, we should not merely ask, “Who was Jesus during His earthly ministry?” We must also ask, “Who is the risen, glorified Christ to the Body of Christ today?”
Paul's answer is magnificent:
📖 Colossians 3:11 — “…Christ is all, and in all.”
Our completeness is not found in religion, ceremonies, law-keeping, mystical experiences, or ourselves.
WE ARE COMPLETE IN CHRIST.
1️⃣ CHRIST IS OUR SAVIOUR
Our Redemption is Completely in Him
📖 1 Timothy 1:15; Titus 3:4–7; Ephesians 1:7
Before Christ becomes the center of our Christian walk, we must first know Him as our Saviour.
The sinner's greatest problem is not poverty, sickness, loneliness, or lack of success.
The sinner's greatest problem is SIN.
A. THE SINNER IS RUINED
📖 Romans 3:23
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”
Humanity does not merely need improvement.
We need salvation.
Religion can modify behavior, but religion cannot justify an ungodly sinner.
📖 Romans 3:20
B. THE SAVIOUR REDEEMED
📖 Ephesians 1:7
“In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins…”
Christ did not merely come to give us moral advice.
He gave Himself for our sins.
📖 Galatians 1:4
The saving Gospel for today is clearly declared by Paul:
📖 1 Corinthians 15:3–4
Christ died for our sins.
He was buried.
He rose again the third day.
C. THE SALVATION IS RECEIVED
📖 Ephesians 2:8–9
Salvation is not achieved by:
Water baptism.
Church membership.
Law-keeping.
Religious ceremonies.
Good works.
It is received by grace through faith.
📖 Romans 4:5
🔥 BEFORE YOU CALL CHRIST YOUR EXAMPLE, MAKE SURE YOU KNOW HIM AS YOUR SAVIOUR.
2️⃣ CHRIST IS OUR SUFFICIENCY
Our Completeness is Completely in Him
📖 Colossians 2:9–10
“For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him…”
One of the greatest truths revealed through Paul is the believer's spiritual position IN CHRIST.
Christianity is not simply:
“Jesus helps me become a better person.”
Pauline doctrine declares something much greater:
GOD HAS MADE THE BELIEVER COMPLETE IN CHRIST.
A. ACCEPTED IN CHRIST
📖 Ephesians 1:6
“…he hath made us accepted in the beloved.”
Your acceptance before God is not based upon your daily performance.
It rests upon Christ.
Your performance changes.
Your position in Christ does not.
B. ALIVE IN CHRIST
📖 Ephesians 2:4–5
“…even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ…”
Christianity is not merely moral reform.
God gives the believer spiritual life in Christ.
📖 Colossians 2:13
C. ASSURED IN CHRIST
📖 Ephesians 1:13–14
Having believed the Gospel, the believer is:
“…sealed with that holy Spirit of promise.”
Our security is not based upon our ability to hold onto Christ.
It rests upon God's saving and sealing work.
📖 Ephesians 4:30
🔥 YOU DON'T NEED SOMETHING ADDED TO CHRIST TO MAKE CHRIST SUFFICIENT.
CHRIST + NOTHING = COMPLETE IN CHRIST.
3️⃣ CHRIST IS OUR STANDARD
Our Walk is Completely Centered in Him
📖 Colossians 2:6–7; Ephesians 5:1–2
Grace does not mean:
“I'm saved, therefore it doesn't matter how I live.”
The same grace that saves us also teaches us.
📖 Titus 2:11–12
A. FOLLOW CHRIST THROUGH PAUL'S PATTERN
📖 1 Corinthians 11:1
“Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.”
This is especially important in Dispensational understanding.
Paul does not compete with Christ.
Paul directs us to Christ according to the revelation Christ gave him.
📖 Galatians 1:11–12
Therefore, following Paul properly means following the risen Christ's doctrine for the Body of Christ.
B. FORM CHRIST IN YOUR CONDUCT
📖 Galatians 4:19
Paul desired:
“…until Christ be formed in you.”
Sound doctrine should produce sound living.
Grace should affect:
Our speech.
Our relationships.
Our priorities.
Our morality.
Our ministry.
📖 Ephesians 4:1
C. FOCUS YOUR LIFE ON CHRIST
📖 Colossians 3:1–4
“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”
Our identity is heavenly.
Our Head is in heaven.
Our hope is heavenly.
Our conversation is in heaven.
📖 Philippians 3:20
🔥 THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS NOT SELF AT THE CENTER WITH JESUS AS AN ACCESSORY.
CHRIST MUST BE THE CENTER.
4️⃣ CHRIST IS OUR STRENGTH
Our Power is Completely Through Him
📖 Philippians 4:11–13; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10
The poster calls Jesus our Healer. Here right division becomes especially important.
We must not automatically take Israel's kingdom healing promises and make them unconditional promises of physical healing for the Body of Christ today.
Paul himself experienced physical weakness.
📖 2 Corinthians 12:7–10
📖 1 Timothy 5:23
📖 2 Timothy 4:20
God's answer to Paul was not always physical removal of suffering.
It was:
“My grace is sufficient for thee.” — 2 Corinthians 12:9
A. STRENGTH IN WEAKNESS
📖 2 Corinthians 12:9
Grace does not promise a trouble-free life.
Grace gives sufficiency in trouble.
Paul learned that divine strength could operate through human weakness.
B. STABILITY IN SUFFERING
📖 Romans 8:35–39
Tribulation cannot separate us from Christ.
Distress cannot separate us from Christ.
Persecution cannot separate us from Christ.
Death itself cannot separate us from God's love in Christ.
C. SUFFICIENCY IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE
📖 Philippians 4:11–13
When Paul said:
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me,”
the context is contentment in changing circumstances, not a blank check for worldly success.
Christ strengthens us to remain faithful whether we abound or suffer need.
🔥 SOMETIMES GOD DOES NOT REMOVE THE BURDEN—HE TEACHES US THAT HIS GRACE IS GREATER THAN THE BURDEN.
5️⃣ CHRIST IS OUR SUPREMACY
Our Everything is Completely in Him
📖 Colossians 1:15–18; 3:11
Jesus is not merely one important part of Christianity.
CHRIST IS THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING.
Paul presents Christ as preeminent.
A. CHRIST IS HEAD OF THE BODY
📖 Colossians 1:18
“And he is the head of the body, the church…”
The Head of the Body is not:
A denomination.
A pastor.
A religious organization.
A human institution.
CHRIST IS THE HEAD.
📖 Ephesians 1:22–23
B. CHRIST IS HOPE OF GLORY
📖 Colossians 1:27
“…Christ in you, the hope of glory.”
Our ultimate hope is not earthly prosperity.
The Body of Christ possesses a heavenly hope.
📖 Philippians 3:20–21
We await the Saviour who will transform our vile body like unto His glorious body.
C. CHRIST IS ALL
📖 Colossians 3:11
“…Christ is all, and in all.”
This is where the entire message culminates.
Christ is not merely someone we add to our lives.
For the believer:
Christ is our righteousness.
Christ is our redemption.
Christ is our peace.
Christ is our life.
Christ is our hope.
📖 Colossians 3:4
“When Christ, who is our life, shall appear…”
🔥 CHRIST IS NOT SIMPLY PART OF THE BELIEVER'S LIFE—CHRIST IS OUR LIFE.
📣 CALL TO ACTION — THREE “C's”
1️⃣ COME TO CHRIST BY FAITH
📖 1 Corinthians 15:1–4; Romans 4:5
Do not merely admire Jesus.
Do not merely study Jesus.
Do not merely imitate Jesus.
TRUST what He accomplished for you.
Believe that Christ died for your sins, was buried, and rose again.
2️⃣ CONTINUE IN CHRIST'S DOCTRINE
📖 Colossians 2:6–7
“As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him.”
Be:
Rooted in truth.
Built up in doctrine.
Established in faith.
Study God's Word rightly divided.
📖 2 Timothy 2:15
3️⃣ CENTER EVERYTHING ON CHRIST
📖 Colossians 3:17
Whatever you do:
Marriage — Christ.
Family — Christ.
Ministry — Christ.
Work — Christ.
Decisions — Christ.
Preaching — Christ.
Christianity is not ultimately about making ME successful.
It is about Christ being magnified.
📖 Philippians 1:20–21
🏁 CONCLUSION
There is an important progression:
You can call Jesus Teacher and still need salvation.
You can call Jesus Master and still fail to understand His finished work.
You can admire Jesus as Healer while misunderstanding God's present program.
You can acknowledge Him as King without understanding the distinction between Israel's earthly kingdom program and the Body of Christ's heavenly calling.
But when you understand Paul's Gospel, you see the risen Christ in the fullness of His saving work:
HE DIED FOR OUR SINS.
HE WAS BURIED.
HE ROSE AGAIN.
WE BELIEVE.
WE ARE JUSTIFIED.
WE ARE SEALED.
WE ARE PLACED INTO CHRIST.
AND WE ARE COMPLETE IN HIM.
📖 Colossians 2:10
“And ye are complete in him…”
🔥 FINAL THOUGHTS
1️⃣ CHRIST IS OUR SAVIOUR — He accomplished our redemption.
📖 Ephesians 1:7
2️⃣ CHRIST IS OUR SUFFICIENCY — We are complete in Him.
📖 Colossians 2:10
3️⃣ CHRIST IS OUR STANDARD — We walk according to grace doctrine.
📖 Colossians 2:6
4️⃣ CHRIST IS OUR STRENGTH — His grace is sufficient in weakness.
📖 2 Corinthians 12:9
5️⃣ CHRIST IS OUR SUPREMACY — Christ is all and in all.
📖 Colossians 3:11
✝️ CHRIST FOR MY SALVATION.
❤️ CHRIST FOR MY IDENTITY.
📖 CHRIST FOR MY DOCTRINE.
💪 CHRIST FOR MY STRENGTH.
👑 CHRIST FOR MY ETERNITY.
I DON'T NEED CHRIST PLUS RELIGION.
I DON'T NEED CHRIST PLUS HUMAN MERIT.
I DON'T NEED CHRIST PLUS THE LAW.
I AM COMPLETE IN CHRIST.
“CHRIST, WHO IS OUR LIFE…” — COLOSSIANS 3:4 KJV
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✝️ SPIRIT, SOUL, AND BODY — RIGHTLY DIVIDED
Main Text: 1 Thessalonians 5:23
Key Doctrinal Texts: Romans 12:1–2; 1 Corinthians 6:19–20; 15:51–53; Ephesians 1:13–14; 4:30; Philippians 3:20–21
> **“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” — 1 Thessalonians 5:23 KJV**
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🔰 INTRODUCTION — THE WHOLE MAN UNDER GRACE
Paul specifically speaks of the believer's “spirit and... more✝️ SPIRIT, SOUL, AND BODY — RIGHTLY DIVIDED
Main Text: 1 Thessalonians 5:23
Key Doctrinal Texts: Romans 12:1–2; 1 Corinthians 6:19–20; 15:51–53; Ephesians 1:13–14; 4:30; Philippians 3:20–21
> **“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” — 1 Thessalonians 5:23 KJV**
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🔰 INTRODUCTION — THE WHOLE MAN UNDER GRACE
Paul specifically speaks of the believer's “spirit and soul and body.” We should therefore recognize distinctions without pretending Scripture gives us a complete anatomical chart of the immaterial part of man.
More importantly, we must understand these truths rightly divided.
📖 2 Timothy 2:15
The doctrine and destiny of the Church, the Body of Christ, are revealed especially through the Apostle Paul.
📖 Ephesians 3:1–9
📖 Colossians 1:24–27
For the believer today:
We have spiritual life in Christ.
Our inner man is being renewed through sound doctrine.
Our mortal body awaits redemption and glorification.
📖 Romans 8:23
📖 2 Corinthians 4:16
📖 Philippians 3:20–21
This gives us three great truths:
1️⃣ SPIRIT — OUR SPIRITUAL POSITION
2️⃣ SOUL/INNER MAN — OUR SPIRITUAL PROGRESS
3️⃣ BODY — OUR SPIRITUAL PROSPECT
The believer's story moves from:
POSITION → PROGRESS → PROSPECT
or:
SALVATION → SANCTIFICATION → GLORIFICATION.
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1️⃣ SPIRIT — OUR SPIRITUAL POSITION IN CHRIST
📖 1 Corinthians 2:11–12; 6:17; Ephesians 1:13–14
The first great truth concerns our spiritual standing.
Salvation is not merely becoming religious or reforming our behavior. The moment we believe Paul's gospel, God places us into an entirely new spiritual position in Christ.
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A. QUICKENED BY GOD
📖 Ephesians 2:1, 4–5
> “And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;”
Before salvation, our fundamental problem was not simply poor behavior.
We were spiritually dead in trespasses and sins.
But God:
> **“...hath quickened us together with Christ...”**
Salvation gives life that religion cannot manufacture.
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B. BAPTIZED INTO THE BODY
📖 1 Corinthians 12:13
> “For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body...”
This is crucial in Dispensational doctrine.
The one baptism that identifies the believer with the Body of Christ is not a human religious ceremony.
📖 Ephesians 4:5
> “One Lord, one faith, one baptism,”
The Holy Spirit identifies the believer with Christ and His Body.
Our identity is therefore not primarily:
Baptist, Methodist, Catholic, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, or another denominational label.
Our spiritual identity is:
IN CHRIST — A MEMBER OF HIS BODY.
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C. INDWELT BY THE SPIRIT
📖 1 Corinthians 6:19
> “...your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you...”
The believer does not need to beg the Holy Spirit to come repeatedly.
The Spirit already dwells in the believer.
📖 Romans 8:9
The Christian life is therefore lived from a position of possession—not pursuit—of the indwelling Spirit.
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D. SEALED BY THE SPIRIT
📖 Ephesians 1:13
> “...after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,”
Notice Paul's order:
Hear → Believe → Sealed.
The believer is not sealed because he performed enough works.
He is sealed after believing the gospel of salvation.
And Paul further says:
📖 Ephesians 4:30
> “...whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.”
That gives tremendous assurance.
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E. SECURE IN CHRIST
📖 Romans 8:38–39
Nothing can separate the believer from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus.
Our assurance rests upon Christ's finished work—not our fluctuating emotions or daily performance.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
OUR SPIRITUAL POSITION DOES NOT REST UPON WHAT WE DO FOR CHRIST, BUT UPON WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR US IN CHRIST.
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2️⃣ SOUL/INNER MAN — OUR SPIRITUAL PROGRESS THROUGH SOUND DOCTRINE
📖 Romans 12:1–2; 2 Corinthians 4:16; Ephesians 3:16
After salvation comes spiritual growth.
God does not save us and then leave us spiritually immature.
The believer's inner man must be strengthened, renewed, established, and transformed by truth.
This is where sound Pauline doctrine becomes essential.
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A. MIND MUST BE RENEWED
📖 Romans 12:2
> “...be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind...”
Christian transformation is not merely external behavior modification.
God's Word changes our thinking.
Changed thinking produces changed living.
Therefore:
RIGHT DOCTRINE → RIGHT THINKING → RIGHT LIVING.
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B. MIND MUST BE RIGHTLY DIVIDED
📖 2 Timothy 2:15
> “Study to shew thyself approved unto God... rightly dividing the word of truth.”
All Scripture is for our learning.
📖 Romans 15:4
But not every command in Scripture was addressed directly to the Body of Christ.
We must distinguish:
Prophecy from Mystery.
Israel from the Body of Christ.
Law from Grace.
Earthly promises from our heavenly calling.
Confusion in division produces confusion in doctrine.
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C. INNER MAN MUST BE RENEWED
📖 2 Corinthians 4:16
> “...though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.”
Notice the contrast:
Outward man — perishing.
Inward man — renewing.
Your physical body grows older.
But your spiritual understanding can grow stronger.
A believer may become physically weaker while becoming doctrinally stronger.
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D. INNER MAN MUST BE STRENGTHENED
📖 Ephesians 3:16
> “...to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;”
Spiritual strength is not measured primarily by shouting, emotion, outward manifestations, or religious excitement.
Paul emphasizes strength “in the inner man.”
Sound doctrine gives stability when emotions change and circumstances become difficult.
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E. LIFE MUST BE TRANSFORMED
📖 Ephesians 4:22–24
Paul teaches believers to put off the former conversation and put on the new man.
Grace does not say:
“You are saved, therefore sin does not matter.”
Grace teaches the opposite.
📖 Titus 2:11–12
Grace teaches us to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts and to live soberly, righteously, and godly.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
SALVATION HAPPENS IN A MOMENT; SPIRITUAL MATURITY DEVELOPS AS SOUND DOCTRINE WORKS IN THE INNER MAN.
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3️⃣ BODY — OUR SPIRITUAL PROSPECT IN GLORY
📖 Romans 8:22–23; 1 Corinthians 15:51–53; Philippians 3:20–21
The believer has been spiritually blessed in Christ, but our present physical body has not yet been glorified.
We still experience:
aging, weakness, sickness, pain, and eventually physical death unless the Rapture occurs first.
But this body has a glorious future.
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A. BODY IS PRESENTLY MORTAL
📖 Romans 8:10–11
Our present body remains subject to mortality.
Salvation does not guarantee that believers will never become sick or physically die during this present dispensation.
Paul himself understood physical weakness.
📖 2 Corinthians 12:7–10
Our hope is not perfect health now.
Our hope is future glorification.
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B. BODY BELONGS TO GOD
📖 1 Corinthians 6:19–20
> “...ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body...”
Although our body is mortal, it still matters how we use it.
Grace is not permission for immorality.
Our bodies should be instruments of service rather than instruments of sin.
📖 Romans 6:12–13
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C. BODY AWAITS REDEMPTION
📖 Romans 8:23
Paul says we are:
> “...waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.”
Notice carefully:
The believer is already saved.
Yet there remains a future aspect of redemption concerning the body.
We are waiting for its transformation.
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D. BODY WILL BE CHANGED
📖 1 Corinthians 15:51–52
> “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,”
At the Rapture, the dead in Christ will be raised and living members of the Body will be changed.
📖 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17
This is part of our blessed hope.
Death does not have the final word.
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E. BODY WILL BE GLORIFIED
📖 Philippians 3:20–21
> “Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body...”
What a future!
Our present bodies are:
Mortal → but they will become immortal.
Corruptible → but they will become incorruptible.
Weak → but they will be raised in power.
📖 1 Corinthians 15:42–44, 53
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
THE BODY THAT NOW EXPERIENCES CORRUPTION WILL ONE DAY EXPERIENCE GLORIFICATION.
🏁 CONCLUSION — POSITION, PROGRESS, PROSPECT
Understanding spirit, soul/inner man, and body should lead us beyond mere theological terminology.
It shows the completeness of God's work in the believer.
SPIRITUAL POSITION
We have been made alive, placed into Christ, indwelt, and sealed.
SPIRITUAL PROGRESS
Our inner man is being renewed through sound doctrine.
SPIRITUAL PROSPECT
Our mortal body awaits redemption and glorification.
Therefore, the Christian life is not:
“Try harder so God will accept you.”
It is:
KNOW WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST.
GROW THROUGH SOUND DOCTRINE.
LIVE IN LIGHT OF COMING GLORY.
📖 Colossians 2:10
> **“And ye are complete in him...”**
📣 CALL TO ACTION — FIVE G's
1️⃣ GRASP YOUR POSITION
📖 Ephesians 1:3
Stop trying to earn what God has already freely given you in Christ.
Know your identity.
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2️⃣ GROW IN DOCTRINE
📖 2 Timothy 2:15
Study your Bible rightly divided.
Don't remain spiritually dependent on sermons, traditions, and emotional experiences.
Become established in truth.
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3️⃣ GUARD YOUR MIND
📖 Philippians 4:8
Be careful what you continually allow to shape your thinking.
Feed the inner man with truth.
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4️⃣ GLORIFY GOD IN YOUR BODY
📖 1 Corinthians 6:20
Your body belongs to the Lord.
Use your hands, feet, voice, strength, time, and abilities for honorable service.
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5️⃣ GAZE TOWARD GLORY
📖 Philippians 3:20–21
Do not live as though this present world is everything.
Our conversation is in heaven.
Our present suffering is temporary.
Our glorified condition is coming.
💡 FINAL THOUGHTS
1️⃣ THE SPIRIT REMINDS US OF OUR POSITION IN CHRIST.
📖 1 Corinthians 6:17
2️⃣ THE INNER MAN REMINDS US OF OUR NEED FOR DAILY RENEWAL.
📖 2 Corinthians 4:16
3️⃣ THE BODY REMINDS US THAT OUR REDEMPTION HAS A GLORIOUS FUTURE COMPLETION.
📖 Romans 8:23
4️⃣ THE HOLY SPIRIT INDWELLS THE BELIEVER.
📖 1 Corinthians 6:19
5️⃣ THE SPIRIT BAPTIZES US INTO ONE BODY.
📖 1 Corinthians 12:13
6️⃣ THE BELIEVER IS SEALED UNTO THE DAY OF REDEMPTION.
📖 Ephesians 4:30
7️⃣ THE MIND MUST BE TRANSFORMED THROUGH RENEWAL.
📖 Romans 12:2
8️⃣ THE INNER MAN CAN GROW EVEN WHILE THE OUTWARD MAN PERISHES.
📖 2 Corinthians 4:16
9️⃣ OUR MORTAL BODY WILL BE CHANGED AT THE RAPTURE.
📖 1 Corinthians 15:51–53
🔟 OUR FINAL DESTINY IS GLORIFICATION WITH CHRIST.
📖 Philippians 3:20–21
✝️ SPIRIT — POSITION IN CHRIST
📖 INNER MAN — PROGRESS IN TRUTH
👑 BODY — PROSPECT OF GLORY
SAVED BY GRACE.
SEALED BY THE SPIRIT.
STRENGTHENED IN THE INNER MAN.
SERVING IN THE PRESENT BODY.
WAITING FOR THE GLORIFIED BODY.
> **“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” — 1 Thessalonians 5:23 KJV**
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📖 CHRIST GIVES GIFTS TO HIS CHURCH
ONE BODY — DIFFERENT MINISTRIES — ONE PURPOSE
Main Text: Ephesians 4:7–12 KJV
Key Text: 1 Corinthians 12:4–7 KJV
“But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.” — 1 Corinthians 12:7
Theme: Christ has equipped His Body for ministry. However, rightly dividing Scripture requires us to distinguish the foundational/sign gifts operating during the transitional Acts period from the continuing ministry and local-church offices describ... more📖 CHRIST GIVES GIFTS TO HIS CHURCH
ONE BODY — DIFFERENT MINISTRIES — ONE PURPOSE
Main Text: Ephesians 4:7–12 KJV
Key Text: 1 Corinthians 12:4–7 KJV
“But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.” — 1 Corinthians 12:7
Theme: Christ has equipped His Body for ministry. However, rightly dividing Scripture requires us to distinguish the foundational/sign gifts operating during the transitional Acts period from the continuing ministry and local-church offices described in Paul's completed instructions.
🔰 INTRODUCTION — GIFTS ARE FOR SERVICE, NOT STATUS
The Body of Christ is one Body, but its members do not all perform the same function.
📖 Romans 12:4–5
“For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: So we, being many, are one body in Christ…”
God never designed the local church to be a one-man ministry where everyone watches while one person does everything.
At the same time, we must rightly divide the ministries listed in passages such as Ephesians 4:11.
Apostles and prophets had a foundational function associated with revelation and the establishment of the early Body of Christ. Evangelistic, pastoral, teaching, oversight, and service ministries continue as believers carry out the work of ministry under the completed revelation entrusted through Paul.
Therefore:
Gifts are not for GLORY but SERVICE.
Gifts are not for COMPETITION but EDIFICATION.
Gifts are not for SELF but the BODY.
Our seven points are:
FOUNDATION — GOVERNANCE — REVELATION — PROCLAMATION — SHEPHERDING — INSTRUCTION — SERVICE
1️⃣ FOUNDATION — THE APOSTLE
📖 Ephesians 4:11; 1 Corinthians 3:10; Romans 11:13; Ephesians 2:20
The first ministry is apostolic. But from a Dispensational position, we must distinguish the foundational apostles from modern church ministry.
A. FOUNDATIONAL COMMISSION
📖 1 Corinthians 3:10
“According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation…”
Paul occupied a unique position in God's revelation of the Mystery.
He was not merely another pastor or missionary.
Christ made him:
📖 Romans 11:13
“...the apostle of the Gentiles…”
B. FOUNDATIONAL REVELATION
📖 Ephesians 3:2–3
“If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward…”
The risen Christ revealed through Paul truth concerning the Dispensation of Grace and the Mystery.
📖 Romans 16:25
📖 Ephesians 3:1–9
📖 Colossians 1:25–27
This distinguishes Paul's ministry from Israel's prophetic program.
C. FOUNDATIONAL COMPLETION
📖 Colossians 1:25
Paul was made a minister:
“...to fulfil the word of God;”
A foundation is laid once.
Therefore, from this Dispensational understanding, we do not seek new apostles today possessing Paul's revelatory authority.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER APOSTLE—WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE DOCTRINE CHRIST ALREADY GAVE THROUGH PAUL.
📖 1 Corinthians 11:1
2️⃣ GOVERNANCE — THE BISHOP
📖 1 Timothy 3:1–7; Titus 1:5–9; Philippians 1:1
The local church requires biblical leadership.
Paul gives specific qualifications for a bishop.
A. GODLY CHARACTER
📖 1 Timothy 3:2
“A bishop then must be blameless…”
Leadership begins with character.
A man's ability to preach loudly does not automatically qualify him to oversee God's assembly.
B. GOOD GOVERNANCE
📖 1 Timothy 3:4–5
The bishop must be:
“One that ruleth well his own house…”
Paul connects faithfulness in one's household with responsibility in the local assembly.
Leadership is stewardship—not dictatorship.
C. GUARDING DOCTRINE
📖 Titus 1:9
“Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught…”
A bishop must not merely organize activities.
He must guard sound doctrine.
📖 1 Timothy 4:16
📖 Titus 2:1
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
A BIBLICAL BISHOP DOES NOT LORD OVER THE FLOCK—HE LEADS BY DOCTRINE, CHARACTER, AND EXAMPLE.
3️⃣ REVELATION — THE PROPHET
📖 Ephesians 4:11; 2:20; 3:5; 1 Corinthians 13:8–10
Prophets functioned during the foundational period of the early Body when God's revelation concerning the Mystery was being communicated.
A. REVELATORY MINISTRY
📖 Ephesians 3:5
The Mystery:
“...is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;”
Their ministry was connected with divine revelation.
B. REQUIRED DURING TRANSITION
Before Paul's epistles and the revelation committed through him had been fully given and circulated, believers did not possess the complete body of written Pauline instruction that we possess today.
Thus revelatory gifts served an important purpose during that transitional period.
📖 1 Corinthians 12:28
📖 1 Corinthians 14:29–33
C. REPLACED BY COMPLETED REVELATION
📖 1 Corinthians 13:8
“...whether there be prophecies, they shall fail…”
From a cessation Dispensational perspective, we should not seek new revelation from modern prophets.
Our authority is God's written Word.
📖 2 Timothy 3:16–17
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
WE DO NOT NEED A NEW WORD FROM GOD WHEN GOD HAS GIVEN US HIS WRITTEN WORD.
4️⃣ PROCLAMATION — THE EVANGELIST
📖 2 Timothy 4:5; Romans 1:16; 1 Corinthians 15:1–4
Unlike foundational revelation, gospel proclamation remains essential.
A. PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL
📖 2 Timothy 4:5
“...do the work of an evangelist…”
The evangelist announces God's saving message.
But what gospel should we preach today?
The Gospel of the Grace of God centered upon Christ's finished crosswork.
B. PRESENT CHRIST'S FINISHED WORK
📖 1 Corinthians 15:3–4
“Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day…”
The evangelist does not preach:
Join our denomination.
Keep religious ceremonies.
Reform yourself first.
Earn salvation.
He proclaims what Christ accomplished.
C. PERSUADE PEOPLE TO BELIEVE
📖 Romans 3:26
God is:
“...the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.”
Salvation today is received by grace through faith apart from works.
📖 Ephesians 2:8–9
📖 Romans 4:5
📖 Titus 3:5
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
THE EVANGELIST'S MESSAGE IS NOT “DO SOMETHING TO BE SAVED,” BUT “BELIEVE WHAT CHRIST HAS DONE.”
5️⃣ SHEPHERDING — THE PASTOR
📖 Ephesians 4:11–12; 1 Timothy 4:6, 12–16; 2 Timothy 4:2
Pastoral ministry involves much more than standing behind a pulpit once a week.
The pastor cares for believers by feeding them sound doctrine.
A. SHEPHERD THE SAINTS
📖 Ephesians 4:12
“For the perfecting of the saints…”
The pastor's goal is not to make believers permanently dependent upon him.
His ministry should help them mature.
B. STRENGTHEN THE SAINTS
📖 1 Timothy 4:6
“...nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine…”
Believers grow through sound doctrine—not entertainment.
The local church should therefore be a place of biblical instruction.
C. SET AN EXAMPLE FOR THE SAINTS
📖 1 Timothy 4:12
“...be thou an example of the believers…”
The pastor must practice what he preaches.
His life should demonstrate:
sound speech,
godly conduct,
charity,
faith,
purity.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
THE PASTOR'S JOB IS NOT TO BUILD HIS OWN KINGDOM—IT IS TO BUILD BELIEVERS THROUGH GOD'S WORD.
6️⃣ INSTRUCTION — THE TEACHER
📖 Ephesians 4:11; Romans 12:7; 2 Timothy 2:2, 15
Every believer should study Scripture, but God particularly uses capable teachers to establish believers in sound doctrine.
A. INTERPRET RIGHTLY
📖 2 Timothy 2:15
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God…rightly dividing the word of truth.”
The teacher must recognize distinctions Scripture itself makes.
In particular:
Prophecy ≠ Mystery
Israel ≠ Body of Christ
Law ≠ Grace
Earthly calling ≠ Heavenly calling
B. INSTRUCT FAITHFULLY
📖 2 Timothy 2:2
“And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men…”
Notice the pattern:
Christ → Paul → Timothy → faithful men → others
Sound doctrine is to be preserved and transmitted.
C. INCREASE MATURITY
📖 Ephesians 4:14
God does not want believers to remain:
“children, tossed to and fro…”
Doctrine produces discernment.
A mature believer asks not merely:
“Is this biblical?”
but:
“Where does this belong in God's dispensational program?”
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
THE BIBLE IS ALL FOR US, BUT NOT EVERYTHING IN THE BIBLE IS WRITTEN DIRECTLY TO US.
7️⃣ SERVICE — THE DEACON / MINISTER
📖 1 Timothy 3:8–13; Romans 12:6–8; 1 Corinthians 12:4–7
One correction to the graphic is important: Acts 6 does not actually call the seven men “deacons.” For doctrine concerning deacons in the Body of Christ, 1 Timothy 3:8–13 is the clearer Pauline passage.
Ministry is not limited to preaching.
God values faithful service throughout the assembly.
A. SERVE WITH HUMILITY
📖 Romans 12:3
“...not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think…”
There are no insignificant members of Christ's Body.
Public visibility does not determine spiritual value.
B. SERVE WITH FAITHFULNESS
📖 1 Corinthians 4:2
“Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.”
God does not primarily require fame.
He requires faithfulness.
C. SERVE FOR EDIFICATION
📖 1 Corinthians 12:7
“But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.”
Whatever our capacity for service, its purpose should be the benefit and edification of others.
📖 Ephesians 4:16
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
MINISTRY IS NOT ABOUT HAVING A TITLE—IT IS ABOUT FAITHFULLY SERVING CHRIST AND HIS BODY.
🏁 CONCLUSION — DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS, ONE BODY
📖 1 Corinthians 12:12
“For as the body is one, and hath many members…”
The church is not supposed to be:
One pastor doing everything while everyone else watches.
Christ's Body contains many members capable of useful service.
But rightly dividing Scripture also prevents us from trying to reproduce every supernatural and foundational ministry seen during the transitional Acts period.
Apostles laid the FOUNDATION.
Bishops provide GOVERNANCE.
Prophets supplied REVELATION during the foundational period.
Evangelists continue PROCLAMATION.
Pastors provide SHEPHERDING.
Teachers provide INSTRUCTION.
Ministers/deacons provide SERVICE.
Different functions.
Different responsibilities.
But:
ONE BODY.
ONE HEAD.
ONE LORD.
ONE PURPOSE.
📖 Colossians 1:18
“And he is the head of the body, the church…”
📣 CALL TO ACTION
1️⃣ DISCOVER WHERE YOU CAN SERVE
📖 Romans 12:4–6
Do not spend your Christian life merely observing others serve.
Ask:
Where can I help?
Whom can I edify?
How can I advance the Gospel?
2️⃣ DEVELOP YOUR CAPACITY TO SERVE
📖 2 Timothy 2:15
Study.
Grow.
Learn sound doctrine.
Become useful in the ministry.
You do not need an impressive title to become profitable to Christ.
3️⃣ DEDICATE EVERYTHING TO CHRIST
📖 1 Corinthians 15:58
“...be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord…”
Do not serve for applause.
Do not serve for position.
Do not serve for money.
Do not serve to compete with another believer.
SERVE BECAUSE YOU BELONG TO CHRIST.
💡 FINAL THOUGHTS
1️⃣ FOUNDATION — APOSTLE
Paul was Christ's chosen apostle of the Gentiles and wise masterbuilder.
📖 Romans 11:13; 1 Corinthians 3:10
2️⃣ GOVERNANCE — BISHOP
Qualified overseers guard doctrine and lead the local assembly.
📖 1 Timothy 3:1–7
3️⃣ REVELATION — PROPHET
Prophets served a revelatory role during the foundational period.
📖 Ephesians 2:20; 3:5
4️⃣ PROCLAMATION — EVANGELIST
The Gospel of Christ must still be boldly proclaimed.
📖 2 Timothy 4:5; 1 Corinthians 15:1–4
5️⃣ SHEPHERDING — PASTOR
Pastors nourish and establish believers in sound doctrine.
📖 Ephesians 4:11–12; 1 Timothy 4:6
6️⃣ INSTRUCTION — TEACHER
Teachers establish believers by rightly dividing God's Word.
📖 2 Timothy 2:2, 15
7️⃣ SERVICE — DEACON/MINISTER
Faithful servants strengthen the local assembly without seeking personal glory.
📖 1 Timothy 3:8–13
✝️ CHRIST IS THE HEAD
🫂 WE ARE HIS BODY
📖 PAULINE DOCTRINE ESTABLISHES US
📣 THE GOSPEL IS OUR MESSAGE
🤝 EDIFICATION IS OUR MINISTRY
💪 FAITHFULNESS IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY
👑 GOD'S GLORY IS OUR PURPOSE
“For we are labourers together with God…”
— 1 Corinthians 3:9 KJV
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🕊️ THE HOLY SPIRIT
Main Text: Ephesians 1:13–14 KJV
“In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.”
Key Pauline Texts
Ephesians 1:13–14 • Ephesians 4:30 • 1 Corinthians 2:10–13 • 1 Corinthians 6:19 • 1 Corinthians 12:13 • Romans 8:9–16, 26–27... more🕊️ THE HOLY SPIRIT
Main Text: Ephesians 1:13–14 KJV
“In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.”
Key Pauline Texts
Ephesians 1:13–14 • Ephesians 4:30 • 1 Corinthians 2:10–13 • 1 Corinthians 6:19 • 1 Corinthians 12:13 • Romans 8:9–16, 26–27 • Galatians 5:16–25
INTRODUCTION — THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE DISPENSATION OF GRACE
There is much confusion today concerning the ministry of the Holy Spirit. Some identify spirituality primarily with tongues, miracles, emotional experiences, falling down, visions, dreams, or supernatural manifestations.
But when we rightly divide the word of truth (2 Timothy 2:15), we recognize that God's dealings in Scripture must be understood dispensationally.
The Holy Spirit's ministry connected with Israel's prophetic program must not automatically be made identical to His ministry in the Body of Christ.
For the believer today, the Holy Spirit is not someone we must repeatedly beg to “come down.” The moment we believe the Gospel of Christ—Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again—we are sealed by the Holy Spirit.
📖 Ephesians 1:13
Therefore, the question is not merely:
“Do you feel the Holy Spirit?”
The biblical questions are:
Have you believed the Gospel?
Are you sealed by the Spirit?
Are you walking in the Spirit according to revealed truth?
1️⃣ THE PERSON OF THE SPIRIT
He is Divine, Personal, and Real
📖 1 Corinthians 2:10–11; Ephesians 4:30; 2 Corinthians 3:17
The Holy Spirit is not merely an influence, emotion, force, or religious atmosphere. Scripture presents Him personally and divinely.
A. He POSSESSES Knowledge
📖 1 Corinthians 2:11
“...the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.”
The Spirit knows. Knowledge demonstrates personality and intelligence.
B. He POSSESSES a Will
📖 1 Corinthians 12:11
“...dividing to every man severally as he will.”
The Holy Spirit exercises will. He is not an impersonal force controlled by man.
C. He POSSESSES Emotion
📖 Ephesians 4:30
“And grieve not the holy Spirit of God...”
You cannot grieve electricity or an impersonal power.
The Holy Spirit is a divine Person.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
WE DO NOT MANIPULATE THE HOLY SPIRIT—WE SUBMIT TO THE TRUTH HE REVEALED.
2️⃣ THE PROCLAMATION OF THE SPIRIT
He Reveals and Communicates God's Truth
📖 1 Corinthians 2:10–13; Ephesians 3:3–5
God's truth is not discovered by man's wisdom. It is revealed by God.
A. The Spirit REVEALS
📖 1 Corinthians 2:10
“But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit...”
Divine truth requires divine revelation.
B. The Spirit RECORDS
📖 1 Corinthians 2:13
Paul speaks of truths:
“...which the Holy Ghost teacheth...”
The Spirit communicated God's revelation through God's chosen apostles and prophets.
C. The Spirit's Revelation must be RIGHTLY DIVIDED
📖 2 Timothy 2:15
All Scripture is inspired, but not every command in Scripture is addressed directly to the Body of Christ.
We must distinguish Prophecy from Mystery, Israel from the Body of Christ, and God's kingdom program from the present Dispensation of Grace.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
THE HOLY SPIRIT NEVER LEADS YOU CONTRARY TO THE WRITTEN WORD HE INSPIRED.
3️⃣ THE PERSUASION OF THE SPIRIT
He Works Through the Gospel of Christ
📖 1 Corinthians 2:1–5; Romans 10:17; 1 Corinthians 15:1–4
The Spirit's work is not separated from God's revealed message.
A. The MESSAGE is Christ Crucified
📖 1 Corinthians 2:2
“For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.”
Our preaching centers upon Christ and His finished work.
B. The MEANS is God's Word
📖 Romans 10:17
“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
Faith is not produced by emotional manipulation.
Preach the Word.
C. The MYSTERY Gospel must be understood through Paul's ministry
📖 1 Corinthians 15:1–4; Romans 2:16; Romans 16:25
For today, the saving message is Christ's death for our sins, His burial, and resurrection.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
THE SPIRIT DOES NOT SAVE THROUGH RELIGIOUS CEREMONY; GOD SAVES THE SINNER WHO BELIEVES THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST.
4️⃣ THE PLACEMENT BY THE SPIRIT
He Baptizes the Believer into the Body
📖 1 Corinthians 12:13; Romans 6:3–4; Galatians 3:27
Here is one of the most important Dispensational distinctions concerning baptism.
A. ONE SPIRIT
📖 1 Corinthians 12:13
“For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body...”
The Spirit performs the baptism.
B. ONE BODY
The result is identification with Christ and membership in His Body.
📖 1 Corinthians 12:27
“Now ye are the body of Christ...”
C. ONE BAPTISM
📖 Ephesians 4:5
“One Lord, one faith, one baptism,”
From a Dispensational understanding, the operative baptism for the Body of Christ today is Spirit baptism, not water baptism as a requirement for salvation or membership in Christ's Body.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
WATER CAN PUT YOU INTO WATER; ONLY THE SPIRIT CAN PUT YOU INTO CHRIST'S BODY.
5️⃣ THE PRESENCE OF THE SPIRIT
He Indwells Every Believer
📖 Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 6:19
The believer does not need to travel somewhere to find God's presence.
A. His RESIDENCE is in the Believer
📖 1 Corinthians 6:19
“...your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you...”
B. His RESIDENCE belongs to Every Saved Person
📖 Romans 8:9
“...if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.”
Having the Spirit is not reserved for an elite class of Christians.
C. His RESIDENCE demands Responsible Living
📖 1 Corinthians 6:20
“For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body...”
Grace does not encourage careless living.
Grace gives us a new reason for godliness.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
THE BELIEVER DOES NOT NEED MORE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT; THE HOLY SPIRIT SHOULD HAVE MORE CONTROL OF THE BELIEVER THROUGH THE WORD.
6️⃣ THE PRESERVATION OF THE SPIRIT
He Seals the Believer unto Redemption
📖 Ephesians 1:13–14; Ephesians 4:30
This is one of the strongest truths concerning eternal security.
A. The SEALING follows Believing
📖 Ephesians 1:13
“...after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,”
We do not earn the sealing.
God seals the believer.
B. The SEAL guarantees Security
📖 Ephesians 4:30
“...whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.”
Notice the duration:
UNTIL THE DAY OF REDEMPTION.
Not until your next failure.
Not until you commit another sin.
Not until you lose your emotions.
C. The SPIRIT is our Earnest
📖 Ephesians 1:14
The Spirit is the earnest of our inheritance—God's guarantee concerning what He has promised.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
WE ARE NOT HOLDING ON TO GOD TO STAY SAVED—GOD HAS SEALED US BY HIS SPIRIT.
7️⃣ THE PRAYER OF THE SPIRIT
He Helps Our Infirmities
📖 Romans 8:26–27
Believers sometimes misunderstand prayer. We do not always know what we should pray for.
But God has made provision.
A. He HELPS our Weakness
📖 Romans 8:26
“Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities...”
The Spirit knows our weakness.
B. He HELPS when we lack Wisdom in Prayer
“...for we know not what we should pray for as we ought...”
Prayer is not a technique for manipulating God.
C. He INTERCEDES according to God's Will
📖 Romans 8:27
“...he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.”
Our confidence rests not in our eloquence but in God's provision.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY, GOD IS NOT CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT YOU NEED.
8️⃣ THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT
He Produces Godly Living Through Truth
📖 Romans 8:1–4; Galatians 5:16; Ephesians 3:16
The Spirit-filled life is not primarily about spectacular manifestations.
It is about Christ being formed in our practical walk.
A. POWER over the Flesh
📖 Galatians 5:16
“Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”
The answer to the flesh is not returning to Mosaic law.
B. POWER for the Inner Man
📖 Ephesians 3:16
“...strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;”
God works from the inside outward.
C. POWER through Grace Doctrine
📖 Romans 6:14
“For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.”
Grace is not permission to sin.
Grace is God's program for victorious Christian living.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
THE SPIRIT-FILLED LIFE IS NOT CONTROLLED BY FEELINGS; IT IS GOVERNED BY SOUND DOCTRINE WORKING IN THE INNER MAN.
9️⃣ THE PRODUCE OF THE SPIRIT
He Produces Spiritual Fruit
📖 Galatians 5:22–25
Spirituality is not measured by how loudly someone shouts or how dramatically someone behaves.
Paul gives us measurable evidence.
A. FRUIT in Character
📖 Galatians 5:22
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace...”
The Spirit changes character.
B. FRUIT in Conduct
📖 Galatians 5:22–23
Longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance become evident in practical life.
C. FRUIT through Walking
📖 Galatians 5:25
“If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”
Our position should influence our practice.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
THE STRONGEST EVIDENCE OF SPIRITUAL MATURITY IS NOT A SPECTACULAR GIFT BUT A SCRIPTURALLY TRANSFORMED LIFE.
🔟 THE PROGRAM OF THE SPIRIT
He Glorifies Christ Through the Body of Christ
📖 Ephesians 3:9–10, 21; Philippians 1:20; 1 Corinthians 12:12–13
Here we reach the dispensational purpose.
God is forming something today that was once a mystery:
THE BODY OF CHRIST.
A. A MYSTERY was Revealed
📖 Ephesians 3:9
Paul was commissioned:
“And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery...”
This truth had been hid in God.
B. A MANIFESTATION of God's Wisdom
📖 Ephesians 3:10
Through the church, the manifold wisdom of God is displayed even to principalities and powers in heavenly places.
C. A MISSION to Glorify Christ
📖 Ephesians 3:21
“Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus...”
The Holy Spirit does not draw attention to human personalities.
His ministry works toward God's purpose in Christ.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT BUILDING OUR PERSONAL KINGDOMS—HE IS WORKING OUT GOD'S PURPOSE IN THE BODY OF CHRIST.
🏁 CONCLUSION — THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE BELIEVER TODAY
When we rightly divide Scripture, we discover that the Holy Spirit is not merely about emotional experiences or miraculous manifestations.
He is intimately involved in the believer's entire Christian life.
He REVEALS truth.
He PLACES us into Christ's Body.
He INDWELLS us.
He SEALS us.
He HELPS us in prayer.
He STRENGTHENS the inner man.
He PRODUCES spiritual fruit.
He works according to God's revealed purpose for the Body of Christ.
Therefore:
DON'T SEEK A SENSATION WHEN GOD HAS GIVEN YOU SCRIPTURAL TRUTH.
📣 CALL TO ACTION — THREE “W's”
1. WALK IN THE SPIRIT
📖 Galatians 5:16
Do not live under the domination of the flesh. Allow sound grace doctrine to renew your thinking and govern your conduct.
2. WALK IN THE WORD
📖 Colossians 3:16
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly...”
The Spirit-filled life and the Word-filled life are inseparable in practical Christian living.
3. WALK WORTHY
📖 Ephesians 4:1
Your salvation is secure, but your walk matters.
We do not live godly lives to become saved.
We live godly lives because we are already saved by grace and sealed by the Spirit.
💎 FINAL THOUGHTS — 10 TRUTHS ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT
1️⃣ PERSON — He is God, not merely a force.
2️⃣ PROCLAMATION — He revealed God's truth.
3️⃣ PERSUASION — He works through God's Gospel and Word.
4️⃣ PLACEMENT — He baptizes believers into one Body.
5️⃣ PRESENCE — He indwells every believer.
6️⃣ PRESERVATION — He seals us unto the day of redemption.
7️⃣ PRAYER — He helps our infirmities.
8️⃣ POWER — He strengthens the inner man.
9️⃣ PRODUCE — He produces spiritual fruit.
🔟 PROGRAM — He works according to God's purpose for the Body of Christ.
🕊️ THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT SOMEONE YOU MUST BEG TO COME INTO YOU AFTER YOU ARE SAVED.
According to Ephesians 1:13, when you hear the Gospel, believe it, and trust Christ, God seals you with the Holy Spirit.
And according to Ephesians 4:30, you are:
“SEALED UNTO THE DAY OF REDEMPTION.”
Therefore, believer:
Know your position.
Believe sound doctrine.
Rightly divide the Word.
Walk in the Spirit.
Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly.
And glorify Christ through your life.
SAVED BY GRACE.
BAPTIZED INTO ONE BODY BY THE SPIRIT.
INDWELT BY THE SPIRIT.
SEALED BY THE SPIRIT.
STRENGTHENED BY THE SPIRIT.
UNTIL THE DAY OF REDEMPTION.
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⚰️ THE JOURNEY OF THE BODY: FROM LIFE TO DUST—BUT NOT THE END!
Main Text: 1 Corinthians 15:42–58
Key Verses: 2 Corinthians 5:1–8; Philippians 3:20–21; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18
Theme: The earthly body returns to dust, but for the believer death is not the end. Our hope is not the preservation of this corruptible body, but resurrection and transformation through Jesus Christ.
Important note: The exact physical decomposition timeline in the image should not be treated as a fixed biblical or scie... more⚰️ THE JOURNEY OF THE BODY: FROM LIFE TO DUST—BUT NOT THE END!
Main Text: 1 Corinthians 15:42–58
Key Verses: 2 Corinthians 5:1–8; Philippians 3:20–21; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18
Theme: The earthly body returns to dust, but for the believer death is not the end. Our hope is not the preservation of this corruptible body, but resurrection and transformation through Jesus Christ.
Important note: The exact physical decomposition timeline in the image should not be treated as a fixed biblical or scientific timetable. Decomposition varies greatly with burial method, environment, temperature, moisture, embalming, coffin type, and other conditions. Scripture's theological point is certain: our mortal bodies are corruptible and return to the earth, but God will raise the dead.
🔰 INTRODUCTION — THE GRAVE IS REAL, BUT IT IS NOT FINAL
From the moment we are born, our physical bodies are moving toward death.
We grow.
We mature.
We age.
Our strength eventually declines.
And unless the Rapture occurs during our lifetime, physical death awaits us.
📖 Romans 5:12 KJV
“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin…”
Death was not man's original glory. It entered through sin.
Yet for the saved member of the Body of Christ, the story does not finish with a coffin, cemetery, or decomposed body.
Paul declares:
📖 1 Corinthians 15:52
“...the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.”
Therefore the Christian can look at the grave and declare:
MY BODY MAY RETURN TO DUST, BUT MY SAVIOUR HAS NOT FINISHED WITH MY BODY!
1️⃣ THE CREATION OF THE BODY — FORMED FROM DUST
📖 Genesis 2:7; Genesis 3:19; 1 Corinthians 15:47
Understanding death begins with understanding man's physical origin.
A. FORMED FROM THE EARTH
📖 Genesis 2:7
“And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground…”
Our physical bodies remind us that we are creatures.
God is the Creator.
Man possesses no independent immortality or glory.
B. FALLEN THROUGH SIN
📖 Romans 5:12
Death entered through sin.
The grave is therefore a reminder of mankind's fallen condition.
Sin is not merely a bad habit.
Its consequence is death.
📖 Romans 6:23.
C. FATED TO RETURN
📖 Genesis 3:19
“...for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”
The body eventually deteriorates after death.
Whether rapidly or slowly, Scripture's conclusion remains:
THE EARTHLY BODY IS CORRUPTIBLE.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
WE CAME FROM DUST, AND THIS MORTAL BODY WILL RETURN TO DUST—BUT GOD'S PLAN DOES NOT END IN THE DUST.
2️⃣ THE CORRUPTION OF THE BODY — FADING BECAUSE OF SIN
📖 1 Corinthians 15:42–44; Romans 8:22–23; 2 Corinthians 4:16
The image emphasizes bodily decay. Paul gives us the doctrinal explanation behind our mortality.
A. A CORRUPTIBLE BODY
📖 1 Corinthians 15:42
“It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:”
Our present body ages, becomes sick, weakens, and eventually dies.
No amount of money can permanently prevent mortality.
B. A CRUMBLING BODY
📖 2 Corinthians 4:16
“...though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.”
The believer's outward body may deteriorate while his spiritual life in Christ continues.
This is why Christian hope cannot be centered upon permanent comfort in our present body.
C. A CHANGING BODY
📖 Romans 8:23
Paul speaks of believers waiting for:
“...the redemption of our body.”
Salvation involves more than what God has already accomplished in our inner man.
There remains a future bodily redemption.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
THE BELIEVER IS SAVED NOW—BUT HE IS STILL WAITING FOR THE REDEMPTION OF HIS BODY.
3️⃣ THE CONDITION AFTER DEATH — PRESENT WITH CHRIST
📖 2 Corinthians 5:1–8; Philippians 1:21–23
Right division helps us avoid the idea that physical death means the believer simply ceases to exist.
A. DEPARTURE FROM THE BODY
📖 2 Corinthians 5:8
Paul writes:
“...to be absent from the body…”
Physical death separates us from our present earthly body.
The corpse is not the totality of the person.
B. DWELLING WITH THE LORD
The same verse continues:
“...and to be present with the Lord.”
For the saved believer, death does not mean abandonment by Christ.
Our hope extends beyond the grave.
C. DESIRE TO BE WITH CHRIST
📖 Philippians 1:23
Paul desired:
“...to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:”
Notice Paul's hope.
He did not say:
“Death is better because death itself is wonderful.”
He said being:
“WITH CHRIST”
is far better.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
WHEN A BELIEVER DIES, THE BODY MAY BE IN THE GRAVE—BUT THE BELIEVER'S HOPE IS CHRIST.
4️⃣ THE COMING RESURRECTION — RAISED INCORRUPTIBLE
📖 1 Corinthians 15:51–54; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18
Here we reach one of the glorious truths revealed through Paul's ministry.
The destiny of the believer's body is not permanent corruption.
A. THE DEAD WILL BE RAISED
📖 1 Thessalonians 4:16
“...and the dead in Christ shall rise first:”
Think about this.
The body may have been dead for:
ten years,
one hundred years,
or centuries.
That presents no difficulty to Almighty God.
B. THE LIVING WILL BE CHANGED
📖 1 Corinthians 15:51
“...We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,”
Some members of the Body of Christ will still be alive when Christ catches away His Church.
They will not need to experience physical death first.
C. THE CORRUPTIBLE WILL BECOME INCORRUPTIBLE
📖 1 Corinthians 15:53
“For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.”
What a contrast!
Corruption → Incorruption
Mortality → Immortality
Weakness → Power
Dishonour → Glory
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
THE GRAVE CAN HOLD A BODY TEMPORARILY—BUT IT CANNOT CANCEL GOD'S RESURRECTION PROMISE.
5️⃣ THE CHANGE OF THE BODY — FASHIONED LIKE CHRIST'S GLORIOUS BODY
📖 Philippians 3:20–21; 1 Corinthians 15:49–58
The final destiny of the saved believer is not to remain dust.
God has something infinitely greater prepared.
A. A GLORIOUS TRANSFORMATION
📖 Philippians 3:21
Christ:
“Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body…”
Our hope is not merely repairing this aging body.
It is divine transformation.
B. A GLORIOUS TRIUMPH
📖 1 Corinthians 15:54–55
“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
Death looks powerful at the funeral.
But Calvary and the empty tomb tell us death has already met its Conqueror.
📖 1 Corinthians 15:57:
“But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
C. A GLORIOUS TASK UNTIL THEN
📖 1 Corinthians 15:58
After explaining resurrection, Paul says:
“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord…”
Resurrection doctrine should produce faithful Christian service.
Since our labour is not in vain:
SERVE WHILE YOU STILL HAVE TIME.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
DON'T SPEND YOUR SHORT LIFE BUILDING ONLY FOR A BODY THAT WILL RETURN TO DUST—LABOUR FOR CHRIST AND ETERNAL REWARD.
🏁 CONCLUSION — FROM DUST TO GLORY
The natural journey of our present body is sobering:
Birth.
Growth.
Strength.
Aging.
Weakness.
Death.
Corruption.
Dust.
But that is where human observation ends.
GOD'S REVELATION GOES BEYOND THE GRAVE.
For the believer:
Death → Departure
Grave → Temporary resting place of the body
Rapture → Resurrection
Corruption → Incorruption
Mortality → Immortality
Weakness → Glory
The undertaker may bury the body.
The cemetery may contain the remains.
Time may erase the visible evidence.
BUT GOD HAS NOT FORGOTTEN ONE MEMBER OF THE BODY OF CHRIST.
📖 1 Thessalonians 4:16
“...the dead in Christ shall rise first:”
📣 CALL TO ACTION
1️⃣ RECEIVE THE GOSPEL WHILE YOU ARE ALIVE
📖 1 Corinthians 15:1–4
Christ:
died for our sins,
was buried,
and rose again the third day.
Do not trust your religion, works, baptism, morality, church membership, or ceremonies.
📖 Ephesians 2:8–9
Salvation is by grace through faith.
2️⃣ REDEEM THE TIME WHILE YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITY
📖 Ephesians 5:16
“Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”
Your body will not remain young forever.
Your opportunities will not remain forever.
Use your life for Christ now.
3️⃣ REMAIN STEADFAST UNTIL CHRIST COMES
📖 1 Corinthians 15:58
Don't quit because you are aging.
Don't quit because ministry is difficult.
Don't quit because your body is becoming weaker.
KEEP SERVING UNTIL YOUR LAST BREATH OR UNTIL THE TRUMPET SOUNDS.
💡 FINAL THOUGHTS
1️⃣ CREATION — FROM DUST
God formed man's physical body from the earth.
📖 Genesis 2:7
2️⃣ CORRUPTION — RETURNING TO DUST
Our present mortal body is subject to decay.
📖 1 Corinthians 15:42
3️⃣ CONDITION — WITH CHRIST
For the saved believer, to depart is to be with Christ.
📖 Philippians 1:23
4️⃣ COMING — RAISED FROM THE DEAD
The dead in Christ shall rise first.
📖 1 Thessalonians 4:16
5️⃣ CHANGE — FROM CORRUPTION TO GLORY
Christ will transform our mortal body.
📖 Philippians 3:20–21
👶 WE ENTER THIS WORLD IN WEAKNESS.
👴 WE AGE IN A CORRUPTIBLE BODY.
⚰️ OUR BODY MAY RETURN TO DUST.
📯 BUT THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE.
👑 AND WE SHALL BE CHANGED!
📖 1 Corinthians 15:52 KJV
“In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump... the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.”
THE GRAVE IS NOT THE FINAL CHAPTER FOR THE BELIEVER—GLORY IS COMING.
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📖 THE HOLY TRINITY
ONE GOD — THREE DISTINCT PERSONS
Main Text: 2 Corinthians 13:14 KJV
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.”
Key Doctrinal Text: Ephesians 2:18 KJV
“For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.”
INTRODUCTION — ONE GOD, THREE PERSONS
The word “Trinity” is not found in the Bible, but the doctrine expressed by that word is revealed throughout Scripture. The Bible does not te... more📖 THE HOLY TRINITY
ONE GOD — THREE DISTINCT PERSONS
Main Text: 2 Corinthians 13:14 KJV
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.”
Key Doctrinal Text: Ephesians 2:18 KJV
“For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.”
INTRODUCTION — ONE GOD, THREE PERSONS
The word “Trinity” is not found in the Bible, but the doctrine expressed by that word is revealed throughout Scripture. The Bible does not teach three Gods, nor does it teach that Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are merely three titles or manifestations of one Person.
Biblical Trinitarian doctrine teaches:
There is ONE God.
The Father is God.
The Son is God.
The Holy Spirit is God.
The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are personally distinct.
📖 1 Corinthians 8:4 — “...there is none other God but one.”
From a Dispensational perspective, Paul's epistles give remarkable clarity concerning the believer's relationship with all three Persons of the Godhead.
📖 Ephesians 4:4–6 presents:
One Spirit — v.4
One Lord — v.5
One God and Father — v.6
And Ephesians 2:18 beautifully summarizes our relationship with the Triune God:
THROUGH THE SON — BY THE SPIRIT — UNTO THE FATHER.
Our three alliterated points are:
THE FATHER — PURPOSE
THE SON — PROVISION
THE SPIRIT — POWER
1️⃣ THE FATHER — HIS PURPOSE
📖 Ephesians 1:3–6; 3:9–11; 4:6
The Father is not merely “God in another mode.” He is personally distinguished from the Son and the Holy Spirit. In Paul's revelation, we see the Father's eternal purpose being accomplished through Christ.
A. THE FATHER PLANNED
📖 Ephesians 1:3–4
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ…”
God's plan did not begin when man sinned.
Before the foundation of the world, God already knew His eternal purpose in Christ.
For the Body of Christ, our blessings are not earthly promises connected with Israel's covenant program.
Paul says:
“...all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.”
Our position is heavenly because our calling is in Christ.
B. THE FATHER PURPOSED
📖 Ephesians 1:9–10
Paul speaks about:
“...the mystery of his will…”
God's ultimate purpose centers everything in Christ:
“...things in heaven, and things on earth…”
Right division helps us recognize two spheres within God's great purpose:
Prophecy particularly reveals God's purpose concerning the earth.
The Mystery reveals God's previously hidden purpose concerning the heavenly places through the Body of Christ.
📖 Compare Acts 3:21 with Romans 16:25–26.
C. THE FATHER PREDESTINED
📖 Ephesians 1:5
“Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself…”
This should not be reduced to the idea that God arbitrarily predestined certain unbelievers to believe while refusing salvation to everyone else.
Paul's emphasis is the glorious destiny God has prepared for those who are in Christ.
📖 Ephesians 1:11
The believer has a predetermined position and inheritance in Christ.
D. THE FATHER PROVIDED
📖 Romans 8:32
“He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all…”
Salvation originated in God's grace.
We did not persuade an unwilling God to save us.
God provided what sinful humanity could never provide for itself.
He gave His Son.
E. THE FATHER PLACED CHRIST ABOVE ALL
📖 Ephesians 1:20–22
God:
“...set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places…”
Christ presently occupies the place of supreme authority.
He is:
above principality,
above power,
above might,
above dominion.
And He is the Head of the Church, the Body of Christ.
F. THE FATHER WILL PERFECT HIS PURPOSE
📖 Ephesians 3:10–11
“According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
The Church which is Christ's Body is not God's emergency plan.
It belongs to His eternal purpose.
What was once a Mystery—“hid in God” (Ephesians 3:9)—has now been revealed through the apostle Paul.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
THE FATHER DESIGNED THE PURPOSE; CHRIST IS THE CENTER OF THE PURPOSE; AND THE BODY OF CHRIST HAS A HEAVENLY PLACE WITHIN THAT PURPOSE.
2️⃣ THE SON — HIS PROVISION
📖 Romans 3:24–26; 1 Corinthians 15:1–4; Colossians 1:13–20
Jesus Christ is not a created being.
He is not merely a prophet.
He is not merely a good teacher.
He is eternally God, who truly became man.
📖 Colossians 2:9
“For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.”
A. CHRIST PERSONIFIES GOD
📖 Colossians 1:15
“Who is the image of the invisible God…”
If you want to understand the character and glory of God, look to Christ.
He is not merely similar to God.
Scripture attributes deity to Him.
📖 Titus 2:13
“...the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.”
B. CHRIST POSSESSES CREATORSHIP
📖 Colossians 1:16
“For by him were all things created…”
Jesus cannot be part of creation if all things were created by Him.
Paul specifically mentions:
visible and invisible,
thrones,
dominions,
principalities,
powers.
Christ is Creator.
C. CHRIST PREEXISTED CREATION
📖 Colossians 1:17
“And he is before all things…”
Bethlehem was the beginning of Christ's human life on earth, not the beginning of His existence.
The Son existed before creation.
Indeed:
“...by him all things consist.”
D. CHRIST PAID FOR SIN
📖 1 Corinthians 15:3
“...Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures.”
Here stands the heart of Paul's Gospel.
Our salvation rests not upon what we do for Christ, but upon what Christ accomplished for us.
📖 Romans 5:8
“...while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
E. CHRIST PROVIDED REDEMPTION
📖 Colossians 1:14
“In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins.”
The believer does not work toward redemption.
Paul says:
“WE HAVE REDEMPTION.”
It is a present possession in Christ.
Our redemption is not purchased by water baptism, religious works, keeping Israel's Law, sacraments, or church membership.
THE PRICE WAS CHRIST'S BLOOD.
F. CHRIST PREVAILS AS HEAD
📖 Colossians 1:18
“And he is the head of the body, the church…”
This is especially important dispensationally.
Christ is the Head.
The Church today is His Body.
📖 1 Corinthians 12:27
“Now ye are the body of Christ…”
The Body does not replace Israel.
Rather, the Body of Christ is the new creation revealed through Paul's apostleship in connection with the Mystery.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
THE SON IS NOT SIMPLY PART OF GOD'S PLAN—THE SON IS THE CENTER OF GOD'S ETERNAL PURPOSE AND THE COMPLETE PROVISION FOR OUR SALVATION.
3️⃣ THE HOLY SPIRIT — HIS POWER
📖 Ephesians 1:13–14; 1 Corinthians 2:10–13; Romans 8:9–16
The Holy Spirit is not merely an influence, emotion, supernatural force, or religious feeling.
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GOD.
📖 1 Corinthians 2:10–11
He searches, knows, reveals, teaches, leads, seals, and intercedes—personal actions demonstrating that He is not an impersonal force.
For the Body of Christ, Paul's epistles particularly emphasize the Spirit's work in believers.
A. THE SPIRIT PLACES US INTO CHRIST
📖 1 Corinthians 12:13
“For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body…”
This is crucial in Dispensational doctrine.
The one baptism of Ephesians 4:5 is not dependent upon water.
The Holy Spirit identifies the believer with Christ and His Body.
SPIRIT BAPTISM PLACES US INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST.
B. THE SPIRIT PERMANENTLY INDWELLS
📖 Romans 8:9
“...if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.”
Every saved member of the Body possesses the Holy Spirit.
There are not two classes of Christians:
“ordinary Christians” and “Christians who finally received the Spirit.”
If you belong to Christ, the Spirit dwells in you.
C. THE SPIRIT PRESERVES BY SEALING
📖 Ephesians 1:13
“...after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise.”
Notice the dispensational order:
HEARD → BELIEVED → SEALED.
The Spirit's sealing is not a temporary emotional experience.
📖 Ephesians 4:30
We are:
“...sealed unto the day of redemption.”
This is powerful assurance of the believer's security in Christ.
D. THE SPIRIT PROVIDES UNDERSTANDING
📖 1 Corinthians 2:12
“Now we have received… the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.”
The Spirit does not lead believers away from Scripture.
He inspired God's Word and enables spiritual understanding.
But we must study that Word correctly.
📖 2 Timothy 2:15
“...rightly dividing the word of truth.”
SPIRITUALITY NEVER CANCELS SOUND BIBLE STUDY.
E. THE SPIRIT PRODUCES GODLY WALK
📖 Galatians 5:16
“Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”
The Christian life is not maintained by returning to Israel's Mosaic Law.
📖 Galatians 5:18
“But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.”
Grace does not produce careless living.
Grace teaches us to live differently because of who we already are in Christ.
F. THE SPIRIT PRODUCES FRUIT
📖 Galatians 5:22–23
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace…”
Notice Paul says:
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
not merely:
EFFORT OF THE FLESH.
As sound doctrine renews our minds and we yield ourselves to God, the Spirit produces Christlike character through us.
📖 Romans 12:1–2
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
THE SPIRIT PLACES US IN CHRIST, LIVES IN US, SEALS US, TEACHES US THROUGH TRUTH, STRENGTHENS OUR WALK, AND PRODUCES HIS FRUIT THROUGH US.
🔥 THE TRINITY IN OUR SALVATION
Paul gives us one of the clearest Trinitarian patterns in Scripture:
📖 Ephesians 2:18
“For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.”
Notice:
UNTO THE FATHER — DESTINATION
THROUGH THE SON — MEDIATION
BY THE SPIRIT — ACCESS
Not three Gods.
Not one Person pretending to be three.
ONE GOD — THREE DISTINCT PERSONS.
And all three Persons are active in God's saving purpose.
🏁 CONCLUSION — THE GODHEAD WORKS IN PERFECT UNITY
The doctrine of the Trinity is not merely theological terminology for seminary classrooms.
It touches the entire Christian life.
THE FATHER PURPOSED.
THE SON PROVIDED.
THE SPIRIT PERFORMS.
The Father planned our blessings in Christ.
The Son accomplished redemption through His blood.
The Spirit places the believing sinner into Christ and seals him unto the day of redemption.
📖 2 Corinthians 13:14
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost…”
That is beautiful Pauline Trinitarian truth.
📣 CALL TO ACTION — THREE RESPONSES
1️⃣ BELIEVE THE GOSPEL
📖 1 Corinthians 15:1–4
Christ died for our sins.
He was buried.
He rose again the third day.
Do not trust religion, baptism, law-keeping, church membership, or personal righteousness.
TRUST CHRIST'S FINISHED WORK ALONE.
2️⃣ BUILD YOUR LIFE UPON SOUND DOCTRINE
📖 Romans 12:2
“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind…”
Study Paul's epistles.
Understand your identity in Christ.
Learn God's Word rightly divided.
📖 2 Timothy 2:15
3️⃣ BEHAVE ACCORDING TO YOUR POSITION
📖 Ephesians 4:1
“...walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called.”
You have been blessed by the Father.
You have been redeemed by Christ.
You have been indwelt and sealed by the Spirit.
NOW WALK LIKE WHO GOD HAS MADE YOU IN CHRIST.
💡 FINAL THOUGHTS
1️⃣ THE FATHER — PURPOSE
📖 Ephesians 1:3–11
He planned the eternal purpose.
2️⃣ THE SON — PROVISION
📖 Colossians 1:14–20
He accomplished redemption and is Head of the Body.
3️⃣ THE SPIRIT — POWER
📖 Ephesians 1:13–14
He indwells, identifies, seals, and empowers believers.
✝️ REMEMBER THIS SIMPLE OUTLINE:
🔵 THE FATHER — PURPOSED IT
🔴 THE SON — PURCHASED IT
🟢 THE SPIRIT — PERFORMS IT
ONE GOD
THREE DISTINCT PERSONS
ONE PERFECT ETERNAL PURPOSE IN CHRIST
📖 Ephesians 2:18
“For THROUGH HIM we both have access BY ONE SPIRIT UNTO THE FATHER.”
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📖 BEFORE THEY DIED: ONLY CHRIST CONQUERED DEATH
Main Text: 1 Corinthians 15:3–4 KJV
“Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.”
INTRODUCTION — THE QUESTION IS NOT “WHICH RELIGION?” BUT “WHO IS CHRIST?”
The world offers many religions, philosophies, teachers, traditions, and systems. But Christianity ultimately stands or falls upon a historical and biblical claim:
JESUS CHRIST DIED, WAS BURI... more📖 BEFORE THEY DIED: ONLY CHRIST CONQUERED DEATH
Main Text: 1 Corinthians 15:3–4 KJV
“Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.”
INTRODUCTION — THE QUESTION IS NOT “WHICH RELIGION?” BUT “WHO IS CHRIST?”
The world offers many religions, philosophies, teachers, traditions, and systems. But Christianity ultimately stands or falls upon a historical and biblical claim:
JESUS CHRIST DIED, WAS BURIED, AND ROSE AGAIN.
Paul does not present salvation as merely adopting Christ's philosophy. He declares a saving Gospel centered upon a Person and His finished work.
📖 1 Corinthians 15:14
“And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.”
Therefore, we should not merely ask:
Which religion sounds best?
We must ask:
Who dealt with my sin?
Who died for my sins?
Who conquered death?
Who can give me eternal life?
The answer of Scripture is:
JESUS CHRIST.
Our five truths are:
1️⃣ THE PERSON — CHRIST IS UNIQUE
2️⃣ THE PROBLEM — SIN IS UNIVERSAL
3️⃣ THE PAYMENT — CHRIST DIED FOR US
4️⃣ THE PROOF — CHRIST ROSE AGAIN
5️⃣ THE PROMISE — SALVATION IS IN CHRIST
1️⃣ THE PERSON — CHRIST IS UNIQUE
📖 Colossians 1:15–19; 2:9
Jesus Christ cannot rightly be reduced to merely another religious teacher among many. According to Scripture, He is the eternal Son of God and the Creator who became man.
A. His PREEMINENCE
📖 Colossians 1:18
“...that in all things he might have the preeminence.”
Christ does not merely deserve a place in our lives.
He deserves THE PREEMINENCE.
Paul does not place Christ alongside other religious authorities. Christ stands supreme over all creation.
B. His PERSON
📖 Colossians 2:9
“For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.”
Christ is truly man, yet He is truly God.
📖 Philippians 2:6–8
He took upon Himself:
“the form of a servant”
and was:
“made in the likeness of men.”
The incarnation makes Christ absolutely unique.
C. His POWER
📖 Colossians 1:16–17
“For by him were all things created…”
Christ is not part of creation.
HE IS THE CREATOR.
Everything exists through Him and ultimately for Him.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
JESUS IS NOT MERELY ONE RELIGIOUS TEACHER AMONG MANY—HE IS LORD OF ALL.
2️⃣ THE PROBLEM — SIN IS UNIVERSAL
📖 Romans 3:9–23
Before comparing religions, Scripture exposes humanity's deeper problem.
Our greatest problem is not merely poverty.
It is not lack of education.
It is not merely bad government.
It is not simply the wrong philosophy.
OUR FUNDAMENTAL SPIRITUAL PROBLEM IS SIN.
A. Sin's PRESENCE
📖 Romans 3:23
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”
Rich or poor.
Religious or irreligious.
Educated or uneducated.
Jew or Gentile.
ALL HAVE SINNED.
No human philosophy can erase that verdict.
B. Sin's PENALTY
📖 Romans 6:23
“For the wages of sin is death…”
Sin earns wages.
Those wages are death.
Death is therefore not merely a natural inconvenience to humanity. Scripture connects death with the entrance of sin.
📖 Romans 5:12
“...by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin…”
C. Sin's POWERLESSNESS
📖 Romans 3:20
“Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight…”
Religion cannot cure sin.
Good works cannot erase sin.
Keeping commandments cannot justify a guilty sinner.
The Law reveals guilt; it cannot provide the righteousness sinful humanity needs.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
MAN'S PROBLEM IS NOT THAT HE NEEDS BETTER RELIGION—HE NEEDS A SAVIOUR.
3️⃣ THE PAYMENT — CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS
📖 1 Corinthians 15:1–4
This brings us directly to Paul's Gospel.
CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS.
He did not merely die as a martyr.
He did not merely die to leave an inspiring example.
His death was for our sins.
A. The PRICE
📖 Romans 3:24
“Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.”
Salvation has a price—but the sinner does not pay it.
CHRIST PAID IT.
Redemption is in Christ Jesus.
B. The PROPITIATION
📖 Romans 3:25
“Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood…”
The cross demonstrates God's righteousness.
God does not simply pretend sin never happened.
Christ dealt with sin.
God therefore remains:
📖 Romans 3:26
“just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.”
C. The PEACE
📖 Romans 5:1
“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Religion often asks:
“What must I continually do to make myself acceptable?”
Grace announces:
CHRIST HAS DONE THE WORK NECESSARY FOR OUR JUSTIFICATION.
The sinner is justified by faith, apart from works.
📖 Romans 4:5
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
SALVATION IS NOT WHAT WE DO FOR GOD; IT RESTS UPON WHAT CHRIST HAS DONE FOR US.
4️⃣ THE PROOF — CHRIST ROSE FROM THE DEAD
📖 1 Corinthians 15:4
“And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.”
The resurrection is indispensable to the Gospel.
Christianity does not proclaim merely:
“OUR TEACHER DIED.”
We proclaim:
OUR SAVIOUR ROSE AGAIN!
A. The PROCLAMATION
📖 1 Corinthians 15:12
Paul preached:
“that Christ rose from the dead…”
The resurrection was not an optional addition to Paul's preaching.
It stood at the center of his proclamation.
B. The PROOF
📖 1 Corinthians 15:5–8
Paul lists witnesses of the risen Christ, including Cephas, the twelve, more than five hundred brethren, James, the apostles, and finally Paul himself.
Paul therefore presents the resurrection as an event witnessed by people—not merely an abstract spiritual idea.
And Paul's own encounter with the risen Christ radically redirected his life.
📖 Acts 9:3–6
C. The POWER
📖 Romans 4:24–25
Christ:
“...was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.”
If Christ remained dead, Christianity would have no saving message.
Paul says plainly:
📖 1 Corinthians 15:17
“And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.”
But Christ was raised.
Therefore:
THE CROSS WAS NOT DEFEATED.
THE GRAVE DID NOT WIN.
DEATH DID NOT HAVE THE FINAL WORD.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
THE EMPTY TOMB DECLARES THAT THE CRUCIFIED CHRIST IS THE RISEN LORD.
5️⃣ THE PROMISE — SALVATION IS FOUND IN CHRIST
📖 Romans 6:23
“...the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
The Gospel does not invite us merely to admire Christ.
We must trust what He accomplished for us.
A. Salvation is PROVIDED BY GRACE
📖 Ephesians 2:8–9
“For by grace are ye saved through faith…”
Salvation is:
not earned,
not purchased,
not merited,
not achieved.
It is God's gift.
B. Salvation is POSSESSED BY FAITH
📖 Ephesians 1:13
Paul gives a beautiful order:
HEARD → BELIEVED → SEALED
“...after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed…”
No sinner's prayer is presented here as the instrument of justification.
No sacramental system.
No religious performance.
HEAR THE GOSPEL.
BELIEVE THE GOSPEL.
TRUST CHRIST.
C. Salvation is PERMANENT IN CHRIST
📖 Ephesians 1:13–14
The believer is:
“sealed with that holy Spirit of promise.”
And Ephesians 4:30 says:
“sealed unto the day of redemption.”
Our security does not rest upon our ability to hold onto Christ perfectly.
IT RESTS UPON GOD'S FINISHED WORK AND HIS SEALING SPIRIT.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
CHRIST DID THE SAVING WORK; FAITH RECEIVES WHAT GRACE FREELY PROVIDES.
⚠️ RIGHTLY DIVIDING JOHN 14:6
The poster correctly quotes Christ:
📖 John 14:6
“I am the way, the truth, and the life…”
That statement is eternally true concerning Christ.
However, as dispensationalists, we should recognize its dispensational setting.
Christ spoke John 14 during His earthly ministry to His disciples within Israel's prophetic program.
Later, through Paul, God revealed further truth concerning the Mystery and the Church, the Body of Christ.
📖 Romans 16:25
“...according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began.”
The revelation of the Mystery does not replace Christ.
IT REVEALS MORE GLORY CONCERNING CHRIST.
Paul reveals Christ as:
our righteousness — 1 Corinthians 1:30
our redemption — Colossians 1:14
our peace — Ephesians 2:14
our life — Colossians 3:4
our Head — Colossians 1:18
our hope of glory — Colossians 1:27
🏁 CONCLUSION — DON'T MERELY CHOOSE A RELIGION; TRUST THE RISEN CHRIST
The issue is greater than comparing religious founders.
The Bible brings every sinner face-to-face with Christ.
THE PERSON — Christ is unique.
THE PROBLEM — All have sinned.
THE PAYMENT — Christ died for our sins.
THE PROOF — Christ rose again.
THE PROMISE — Eternal life is in Christ.
Christian faith ultimately rests not upon the greatness of Christians, churches, denominations, or religious institutions.
It rests upon:
THE CRUCIFIED, BURIED, AND RISEN CHRIST.
📣 CALL TO ACTION
1️⃣ RECOGNIZE YOUR CONDITION
📖 Romans 3:23
You are a sinner who cannot justify yourself before God.
Do not compare yourself with someone worse.
Compare yourself with God's perfect righteousness.
2️⃣ RELY UPON CHRIST'S COMPLETED WORK
📖 1 Corinthians 15:1–4
Stop trusting:
religion, rituals, sacraments, baptism, good works, law-keeping, personal righteousness, or denominational membership.
Trust the Gospel:
CHRIST DIED FOR YOUR SINS, WAS BURIED, AND ROSE AGAIN.
3️⃣ REST IN GOD'S GRACE
📖 Romans 5:1
“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God…”
Do not try to complete what Christ has already accomplished.
BELIEVE THE GOSPEL.
TRUST CHRIST ALONE.
REST IN HIS FINISHED WORK.
💡 FINAL THOUGHTS
1️⃣ THE PERSON
Christ alone is the Saviour.
📖 Colossians 2:9
2️⃣ THE PROBLEM
All humanity is guilty of sin.
📖 Romans 3:23
3️⃣ THE PAYMENT
Christ died for our sins.
📖 1 Corinthians 15:3
4️⃣ THE PROOF
Christ rose from the dead.
📖 1 Corinthians 15:4, 20
5️⃣ THE PROMISE
Eternal life is God's gift in Christ.
📖 Romans 6:23
✝️ RELIGION CANNOT SAVE YOU.
GOOD WORKS CANNOT SAVE YOU.
A DENOMINATION CANNOT SAVE YOU.
JESUS CHRIST SAVES.
📖 1 Corinthians 15:3–4
CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS.
HE WAS BURIED.
HE ROSE AGAIN.
DON'T JUST FOLLOW A RELIGION—TRUST THE RISEN CHRIST.
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Psalm 119:105
105 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
Psalm 119:105 is cherished across Christian traditions and Judaism, but each tends to emphasize a slightly different aspect of the verse.
Jewish Commentary
Jewish interpreters often understand God's "word" primarily as the Torah, God's revealed instruction for living. The "lamp" and "light" imagery emphasizes that obedience to God's commandments brings wisdom, moral clarity, and protection from spiritual stumbling. S... morePsalm 119:105
105 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
Psalm 119:105 is cherished across Christian traditions and Judaism, but each tends to emphasize a slightly different aspect of the verse.
Jewish Commentary
Jewish interpreters often understand God's "word" primarily as the Torah, God's revealed instruction for living. The "lamp" and "light" imagery emphasizes that obedience to God's commandments brings wisdom, moral clarity, and protection from spiritual stumbling. Some rabbinic writings note the distinction between a lamp that helps with immediate steps and a light that reveals a larger direction, highlighting both daily decisions and lifelong faithfulness.
A Meaningful Spiritual Insight One of the most profound aspects of Psalm 119:105 is what it doesn't promise. It does not say God's Word is a floodlight showing the entire road ahead. It says God's Word is a lamp. In biblical times, a traveler carrying a lamp could normally see only a few steps in front of them. The lesson is that God often provides enough light for obedience today while asking us to trust Him with tomorrow.
God does not usually show us the whole blueprint; He gives us enough light for the next step.
For many believers, that's the great comfort of Psalm 119:105: God's guidance is not always immediate certainty, but faithful direction. One step at a time, His Word lights the way. ✝️📖
"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." (Psalm 119:105)
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📖 “HE CAME, HE DIED, HE ROSE, HE WILL COME AGAIN”
Main Text: 1 Corinthians 15:1–4; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 KJV
Theme:
The same Christ who fulfilled His promise to come, die, and rise again will also fulfill His promise concerning our future glory. But rightly dividing the Word shows us that God’s present program for the Body of Christ and Christ’s prophetic return to earth must not be confused.
Outline:
1️⃣ ARRIVAL — Christ Came According to Promise
2️⃣ ATONEMENT — Christ Died for Our Sins... more📖 “HE CAME, HE DIED, HE ROSE, HE WILL COME AGAIN”
Main Text: 1 Corinthians 15:1–4; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 KJV
Theme:
The same Christ who fulfilled His promise to come, die, and rise again will also fulfill His promise concerning our future glory. But rightly dividing the Word shows us that God’s present program for the Body of Christ and Christ’s prophetic return to earth must not be confused.
Outline:
1️⃣ ARRIVAL — Christ Came According to Promise
2️⃣ ATONEMENT — Christ Died for Our Sins
3️⃣ ALIVE — Christ Rose from the Dead
4️⃣ APPEARING — Christ Will Come for His Church
🔰 INTRODUCTION — THREE FULFILLED, ONE STILL FUTURE
The poster presents four tremendous truths:
“I will come” — happened.
“I will die” — happened.
“I will resurrect” — happened.
“I will be back” — get ready.
But as dispensationalists, we should make an important distinction concerning the fourth statement.
Christ certainly will return, but Scripture reveals different aspects of His future coming.
For the Body of Christ, Paul reveals a previously hidden hope:
📖 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17
“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout… Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds…”
This is our blessed hope—Christ coming to catch away His Body before the prophetic wrath.
Therefore, we do not merely say:
“GET READY.”
We explain HOW a person is made ready:
BELIEVE THE GOSPEL OF THE GRACE OF GOD.
📖 1 Corinthians 15:1–4
📖 Ephesians 1:13–14
1️⃣ ARRIVAL — CHRIST CAME ACCORDING TO PROMISE
📖 Romans 15:8; Galatians 4:4–5; Romans 1:3
Christ's first coming was not accidental. It was the fulfillment of God's prophetic promises concerning Israel's Messiah.
A. PROMISED ARRIVAL
📖 Romans 1:2–3
Paul says the gospel of God had been:
“promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures…”
Christ's coming in the flesh belonged to what God had already promised prophetically.
The prophets anticipated Messiah.
Israel waited for Messiah.
And Christ came as promised.
GOD KEPT HIS WORD ABOUT HIS FIRST COMING.
B. PROPHETIC ARRIVAL
📖 Romans 15:8
“Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God…”
Here right division becomes essential.
During His earthly ministry, Christ came particularly in fulfillment of God's promises to Israel.
Compare:
📖 Matthew 15:24
📖 Romans 15:8
This does not mean Gentiles were outside God's ultimate purpose. It means we must recognize the dispensational setting of Christ's earthly ministry.
C. PURPOSEFUL ARRIVAL
📖 Galatians 4:4–5
“But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son…”
Christ came at God's appointed time.
His incarnation ultimately led to the cross—the very event God would later reveal through Paul in the fullness of its significance for the present dispensation.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
THE CHRIST WHO CAME ACCORDING TO GOD'S PROMISE IS THE CHRIST IN WHOM ALL OUR HOPE RESTS.
2️⃣ ATONEMENT — CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS
📖 1 Corinthians 15:1–3; Romans 3:24–26; Romans 5:8–9
Christ did not merely come to earth to become a great teacher.
HE CAME AND HE DIED.
And Paul's Gospel tells us exactly why His death matters to us:
📖 1 Corinthians 15:3
“Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures.”
A. OUR SIN REQUIRED PAYMENT
📖 Romans 3:23
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”
Our greatest problem is not poverty.
Not politics.
Not lack of education.
Not social status.
OUR GREATEST PROBLEM IS SIN.
And no amount of human goodness can erase our guilt before God.
B. HIS SACRIFICE PROVIDED PAYMENT
📖 Romans 5:8
“...while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
Christ did not wait until we became worthy.
He died for sinners.
📖 2 Corinthians 5:21
The sinless Christ became the sacrifice through whom righteousness could be provided to believing sinners.
THE CROSS IS GOD'S ANSWER TO OUR SIN.
C. HIS BLOOD SECURED REDEMPTION
📖 Ephesians 1:7
“In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins…”
Notice:
Not through water baptism.
Not through church membership.
Not through keeping the Law.
Not through sacraments.
Not through religious works.
But:
“THROUGH HIS BLOOD.”
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
CHRIST DID NOT DIE TO HELP YOU SAVE YOURSELF—HE DIED BECAUSE YOU COULD NOT SAVE YOURSELF.
3️⃣ ALIVE — CHRIST ROSE FROM THE DEAD
📖 1 Corinthians 15:4, 17–20; Romans 4:25; 2 Timothy 2:8
Christianity does not proclaim a dead Saviour.
THE TOMB IS EMPTY.
Paul places the resurrection directly inside the saving Gospel.
📖 1 Corinthians 15:4
“And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.”
A. RESURRECTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED
📖 1 Corinthians 15:20
“But now is Christ risen from the dead…”
Paul does not present Christ's resurrection as symbolism.
It is a historical reality fundamental to the Gospel.
Jesus truly died.
Jesus was truly buried.
JESUS CHRIST TRULY ROSE AGAIN.
B. RESURRECTION ASSURES JUSTIFICATION
📖 Romans 4:25
“Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.”
The resurrection demonstrates the triumph of Christ's finished work.
Our faith rests not in a religious founder lying in a grave but in the living Lord Jesus Christ.
C. RESURRECTION ASSURES OUR FUTURE
📖 1 Corinthians 15:51–52
“Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed…”
Because Christ lives, death does not have the final word over the believer.
The Body of Christ awaits glorification.
📖 Philippians 3:20–21
Our earthly bodies will be changed and fashioned like unto His glorious body.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
THE EMPTY TOMB IS NOT ONLY PROOF OF CHRIST'S VICTORY—IT IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR RESURRECTION HOPE.
4️⃣ APPEARING — CHRIST WILL COME FOR HIS CHURCH
📖 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18; 1 Corinthians 15:51–53; Titus 2:13
Here we must be especially careful to rightly divide the Word of truth.
Christ's future coming includes truths concerning both:
His coming for the Body of Christ, and
His later manifestation in judgment and kingdom glory.
These should not simply be collapsed into one event without distinction.
A. THE RAPTURE WAS A MYSTERY
📖 1 Corinthians 15:51
“Behold, I shew you a mystery…”
Paul does not merely repeat Israel's prophetic hope.
He reveals truth concerning the Body of Christ.
This includes:
the resurrection of the dead in Christ,
the transformation of living believers,
and our gathering unto Christ.
This is part of the distinctive revelation committed through Paul.
B. THE REDEEMED WILL BE CAUGHT UP
📖 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17
“...the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them…”
Notice the direction:
WE ARE CAUGHT UP TO MEET CHRIST.
This is why the believer's hope is not merely:
“I hope the world gets better.”
Our hope is a Person.
📖 Titus 2:13
“Looking for that blessed hope…”
WE ARE LOOKING FOR CHRIST.
C. THE RAPTURE PRECEDES PROPHETIC WRATH
📖 1 Thessalonians 5:9
“For God hath not appointed us to wrath…”
From a pre-tribulational Dispensational perspective, the Body of Christ is removed before God's prophetic wrath associated with the coming Day of the Lord.
Our destiny is not the prophetic wrath upon the earth.
Our hope is:
CHRIST COMING FOR HIS BODY.
And afterward God's prophetic dealings concerning Israel and the earth proceed toward Christ's visible return and kingdom.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
PROPHECY LOOKS TOWARD CHRIST'S KINGDOM ON EARTH; THE MYSTERY REVEALS THE HEAVENLY HOPE OF THE BODY OF CHRIST.
⚠️ “GET READY”—BUT HOW?
This is where many religious messages become unclear.
They say:
“Get ready!”
“Repent!”
“Be good!”
“Go to church!”
“Keep the commandments!”
But how is a sinner saved today?
Paul gives the answer.
📖 1 Corinthians 15:1–4
Christ:
DIED FOR OUR SINS,
WAS BURIED,
AND ROSE AGAIN.
And:
📖 Ephesians 1:13
“...after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation… after that ye believed, ye were sealed…”
Therefore:
YOU DO NOT PREPARE FOR THE RAPTURE BY WORKING FOR SALVATION.
YOU ARE SAVED BY TRUSTING THE FINISHED WORK OF CHRIST.
🏁 CONCLUSION
Consider the testimony of Christ:
1️⃣ ARRIVAL
He came.
God kept His promise.
2️⃣ ATONEMENT
He died.
Christ paid for our sins.
3️⃣ ALIVE
He rose again.
The grave could not hold Him.
4️⃣ APPEARING
He will come again.
The Body of Christ awaits its blessed hope.
Three tremendous events are already historical realities.
One tremendous event remains future.
If God fulfilled what He said concerning Christ's first coming, death, and resurrection:
WHY WOULD WE DOUBT HIS PROMISE CONCERNING OUR FUTURE WITH CHRIST?
📖 1 Thessalonians 4:18
“Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”
📣 CALL TO ACTION
1️⃣ RECEIVE THE MESSAGE
📖 1 Corinthians 15:1–4
Understand the Gospel correctly:
Christ died for YOUR sins.
He was buried.
He rose again.
2️⃣ REST IN CHRIST
📖 Ephesians 2:8–9
Stop trusting:
your religion,
your baptism,
your good works,
your church membership,
your righteousness.
TRUST CHRIST'S FINISHED WORK ALONE.
3️⃣ REMAIN EXPECTANT
📖 Philippians 3:20
“For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour…”
Do not live as though this present world is everything.
Serve Christ.
Preach the Gospel.
Redeem the time.
Stand for sound doctrine.
OUR SAVIOUR IS COMING.
💡 FINAL THOUGHTS
1️⃣ HE CAME — TRUST GOD'S PROMISE.
📖 Galatians 4:4
2️⃣ HE DIED — TRUST CHRIST'S PAYMENT.
📖 1 Corinthians 15:3
3️⃣ HE ROSE — TRUST HIS POWER.
📖 1 Corinthians 15:4
4️⃣ HE WILL COME — TRUST OUR PROSPECT.
📖 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17
✝️ HE CAME.
🩸 HE DIED FOR OUR SINS.
🌅 HE ROSE AGAIN.
☁️ HE IS COMING FOR HIS CHURCH.
DON'T MERELY “GET READY.”
GET SAVED—BELIEVE THE GOSPEL.
THEN LIVE READY—AS AN AMBASSADOR FOR CHRIST.
📖 Titus 2:13 KJV
“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.”
⚔️✝️✠ Lady Dinah Scivoletti ✠✝️📖⚔️
⚔️✝️✠ Turco, Joan of Arc Priory ✠✝️📖⚔️
⚔️✝️✠✠Act and God will Act (Actus et Deus Act)✠✠✝️📖⚔️
📖 LIFE IS SHORT — SERVE GOD WHILE YOU STILL CAN!
Main Text: Ephesians 5:15–16 KJV
“See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”
Supporting Text: 1 Corinthians 15:58 KJV
“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord…”
INTRODUCTION — YOU HAVE ONE LIFE TO LIVE FOR CHRIST
Life moves quickly. Yesterday we were children; today we carry responsibilities; tomorrow our strength... more📖 LIFE IS SHORT — SERVE GOD WHILE YOU STILL CAN!
Main Text: Ephesians 5:15–16 KJV
“See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”
Supporting Text: 1 Corinthians 15:58 KJV
“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord…”
INTRODUCTION — YOU HAVE ONE LIFE TO LIVE FOR CHRIST
Life moves quickly. Yesterday we were children; today we carry responsibilities; tomorrow our strength may diminish. Eventually, unless the Rapture occurs first, physical death will come.
📖 Romans 5:12 teaches that death entered the world through sin.
But for the saved member of the Body of Christ, death is not the end. Paul says:
📖 Philippians 1:21
“For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”
Therefore, the issue is not simply:
“How long will I live?”
The greater question is:
“How will I use the life God has given me?”
In this Dispensation of the Grace of God, we are not laboring to earn salvation. We serve because we already possess salvation in Christ.
📖 Ephesians 2:8–10
Grace saves us apart from works, but the same passage says believers are:
“created in Christ Jesus unto good works…”
So:
WE DO NOT SERVE GOD TO GET SAVED.
WE SERVE GOD BECAUSE WE ARE SAVED.
1️⃣ REALIZE THE BREVITY OF LIFE
📖 Ephesians 5:15–16; Romans 13:11–12; Philippians 1:21
The first step toward faithful service is recognizing that our earthly opportunity is limited.
A. RECOGNIZE THE TIME
📖 Ephesians 5:16
“Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”
You cannot store time.
Money lost may be earned again. Possessions may be replaced.
But yesterday can never be recovered.
Every day brings us closer either to physical death or to the catching away of the Body of Christ.
Therefore:
Don't merely count your days—make your days count for Christ.
B. REJECT THE WASTE
📖 Romans 13:11
“...now it is high time to awake out of sleep…”
A believer can be saved yet waste years spiritually.
We can waste life pursuing:
money that will remain behind,
applause that will soon be forgotten,
pleasures that quickly disappear,
arguments that accomplish nothing,
worldly ambitions with no eternal value.
Paul calls us to wake up.
DON'T SPEND YOUR WHOLE LIFE BUILDING SOMETHING YOU MUST LEAVE BEHIND.
C. REDEEM THE OPPORTUNITY
📖 Colossians 4:5
“Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.”
Redeeming time means using present opportunities wisely.
You may not be able to preach tomorrow.
You may not have today's strength next year.
That person you want to witness to may not always be available.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
SERVE GOD TODAY—TOMORROW IS AN OPPORTUNITY, NOT A GUARANTEE.
2️⃣ REMEMBER YOUR REDEMPTION IN CHRIST
📖 1 Corinthians 6:19–20; Ephesians 1:7; Titus 2:14
Biblical service must begin with grace.
We do not serve because we are trying to persuade God to save us.
We serve because Christ has already redeemed us.
A. REDEMPTION WAS PURCHASED
📖 Ephesians 1:7
“In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins…”
Christ paid the price we could never pay.
Our salvation rests upon:
Christ's death, burial, and resurrection.
📖 1 Corinthians 15:1–4
Not religion.
Not water baptism.
Not church membership.
Not keeping the Law.
Not our good works.
Christ finished the saving work.
B. REDEMPTION PRODUCES GRATITUDE
📖 Romans 12:1
Paul says:
“...present your bodies a living sacrifice…”
Notice the order.
Romans 1–11 establishes what God has done for us; Romans 12 begins the practical response.
Grace says:
“Because God has done so much for me, I want my remaining life to honor Him.”
Christian service should flow from gratitude—not fear.
C. REDEMPTION PROVIDES PURPOSE
📖 Titus 2:14
Christ:
“...gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity…”
Salvation gives life eternal significance.
You are not merely living to:
eat → work → earn → retire → die.
The saved believer has a heavenly calling and an opportunity to represent Christ while still on earth.
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
GRACE DOES NOT MAKE SERVICE UNNECESSARY—GRACE MAKES SERVICE MEANINGFUL.
3️⃣ REPRESENT CHRIST WHILE YOU LIVE
📖 2 Corinthians 5:14–20; Philippians 1:20–21; Colossians 3:17
God has given the Body of Christ a tremendous privilege during this present dispensation.
We are His ambassadors.
A. REPRESENT HIS PERSON
📖 2 Corinthians 5:20
“Now then we are ambassadors for Christ…”
An ambassador represents someone greater than himself.
Our life should therefore point people toward Christ rather than ourselves.
The Christian life is not:
“Look how wonderful I am.”
It should say:
“Look what the grace of God has done through Christ.”
B. REPEAT HIS PROCLAMATION
📖 2 Corinthians 5:19
God has:
“...committed unto us the word of reconciliation.”
The world's greatest need is not merely political reform, financial prosperity, education, or social improvement.
People need reconciliation with God.
Our central Gospel proclamation today is:
📖 1 Corinthians 15:3–4
“Christ died for our sins…
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day…”
We must preach Christ according to the revelation of the Mystery.
📖 Romans 16:25
C. REFLECT HIS PRIORITY
📖 Philippians 1:20
Paul desired that:
“Christ shall be magnified in my body…”
Your career can glorify Christ.
Your family can glorify Christ.
Your resources can glorify Christ.
Your local church service can glorify Christ.
Your social media can glorify Christ.
Your ordinary daily life can glorify Christ.
The question is:
IS CHRIST BEING MAGNIFIED THROUGH MY LIFE?
4️⃣ REMAIN STEADFAST IN THE WORK
📖 1 Corinthians 15:58; Galatians 6:9; 2 Timothy 4:5–8
Starting well is good.
Finishing faithfully is better.
A. REMAIN STEADFAST
📖 1 Corinthians 15:58
“...be ye stedfast, unmoveable…”
Do not allow:
criticism,
disappointment,
persecution,
financial difficulty,
betrayal,
or discouragement
to move you away from sound doctrine.
Truth does not change because circumstances become difficult.
B. RESIST WEARINESS
📖 Galatians 6:9
“And let us not be weary in well doing…”
Ministry can become tiring.
Sometimes you preach and few listen.
You help and receive no thanks.
You teach and people misunderstand you.
You serve and someone criticizes you.
But our motivation cannot depend upon human applause.
📖 Colossians 3:23
“And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men.”
C. RUN UNTIL FINISHED
📖 2 Timothy 4:7
Paul could say:
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.”
Paul did not merely begin.
HE FINISHED.
Our desire should be:
“Lord, let me finish faithful to the truth entrusted to me.”
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
DON'T JUST START WITH ZEAL—FINISH WITH FAITHFULNESS.
5️⃣ REMEMBER THE REWARD TO COME
📖 1 Corinthians 3:8–15; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 2 Timothy 4:8
Salvation and reward must be distinguished.
Salvation is a free gift.
Reward concerns faithful service after salvation.
A. REVIEW AT THE JUDGMENT SEAT
📖 2 Corinthians 5:10
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ…”
For the believer, this is not a judgment determining heaven or hell.
Our sins were dealt with by Christ at Calvary.
The issue here is our service.
How did we use our Christian life?
B. REVEALING OF OUR WORK
📖 1 Corinthians 3:13
“Every man's work shall be made manifest…”
Some things impressive to men may prove worthless before Christ.
Other things unnoticed by men may receive Christ's approval.
Therefore:
DON'T LIVE FOR APPLAUSE NOW AT THE EXPENSE OF APPROVAL THEN.
C. RECEIVING THE REWARD
📖 1 Corinthians 3:14
“If any man's work abide… he shall receive a reward.”
Paul looked forward to reward.
📖 2 Timothy 4:8
“Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness…”
Our labor in Christ is never wasted.
📖 1 Corinthians 15:58
“...your labour is not in vain in the Lord.”
🔥 PREACHING TRUTH:
SALVATION IS RECEIVED BY FAITH—REWARD IS CONNECTED WITH FAITHFUL SERVICE.
🏁 CONCLUSION — YOUR LIFE HAS AN EXPIRATION DATE, BUT YOUR LABOR CAN HAVE ETERNAL VALUE
One day your:
career will end,
strength will fade,
possessions will belong to someone else,
earthly titles will disappear,
and earthly opportunities will cease.
But what was truly done for Christ has eternal significance.
Paul's testimony should challenge us:
📖 Philippians 1:21
“For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”
Therefore, don't say:
“I will serve God when I retire.”
Don't say:
“I will study Scripture when I'm less busy.”
Don't say:
“I will share the Gospel someday.”
Don't say:
“I will become faithful to my local church later.”
SERVE CHRIST NOW.
📣 CALL TO ACTION — FIVE S's
1. BE SAVED
📖 1 Corinthians 15:1–4; Ephesians 2:8–9
Before serving Christ, trust Christ. Believe the Gospel of Grace.
2. BE SCRIPTURAL
📖 2 Timothy 2:15
Rightly divide the Word of Truth.
3. BE STEADFAST
📖 1 Corinthians 15:58
Do not abandon sound Pauline doctrine.
4. BE SERVING
📖 Galatians 5:13
Use your liberty in Christ to serve others in love.
5. BE SERIOUS
📖 Ephesians 5:15–16
Redeem the time. Your earthly opportunity is limited.
💡 FINAL THOUGHTS
1️⃣ LIFE IS BRIEF — REDEEM THE TIME
📖 Ephesians 5:16
You cannot recover yesterday.
2️⃣ SALVATION IS FREE — REMEMBER HIS GRACE
📖 Ephesians 2:8–9
Never serve to earn salvation.
3️⃣ SERVICE IS A PRIVILEGE — REPRESENT CHRIST
📖 2 Corinthians 5:20
You are an ambassador for Christ.
4️⃣ LABOR CAN BE DIFFICULT — REMAIN STEADFAST
📖 1 Corinthians 15:58
Do not quit because ministry becomes difficult.
5️⃣ ETERNITY IS COMING — REMEMBER THE REWARD
📖 2 Corinthians 5:10
Live today in light of that coming evaluation.
✝️ LIFE IS SHORT—SERVE GOD WHILE YOU STILL CAN!
Don't serve to GET saved.
Serve because you ARE saved.
Don't serve to KEEP salvation.
Serve because you are SEALED unto the day of redemption.
📖 Ephesians 1:13–14; 4:30
Don't serve for man's applause.
Serve for CHRIST'S APPROVAL.
📖 1 Corinthians 15:58 KJV
“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord… forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.”
⚔️✝️✠ Lady Dinah Scivoletti ✠✝️📖⚔️
⚔️✝️✠ Turco, Joan of Arc Priory ✠✝️📖⚔️
⚔️✝️✠✠Act and God will Act (Actus et Deus Act)✠✠✝️📖⚔️
