Just as there were Ten Commandments under the law of the Old Covenant, there are five commandments under the New Covenant of grace. I call these "The Grace Commandments." These commandments are identified in the book of 1 John. We are no longer under the Ten Commandments, but the Grace Commandments. Study the "Grace Commandments of our Lord Jesus Christ - Evidence of 1 John" and just as John promised, your joy will be made full. [This book is for individual or group bible study. The author is available for support at this email address: [email protected]]
Explore this stunning quality of God’s grace: It never ends! In this revision of a foundational work, John Piper reveals how grace is not only God’s undeserved gift to us in the past, but also God’s power to make good happen for us today, tomorrow, and forever. True life for the follower of Jesus really is a moment-by-moment trust that God is dependable and fulfills his promises. This is living by faith in future grace, which provides God's mercy, provision, and wisdom—everything we need—to accomplish his good plans for us. In Future Grace, chapter by chapter—one for each day of the month—Piper reveals how cherishing the promises of God helps break the power of persistent sin issues like anxiety, despondency, greed, lust, bitterness, impatience, pride, misplaced shame, and more. Ultimate joy, peace, and hope in life and death are found in a confident, continual awareness of the reality of future grace.
Just as there were Ten Commandments under the Old Covenant, there are five commandments under the New Covenant of Grace. I call these the Grace Commandments. The Lord Jesus Christ, the High Priest of the New Covenant, issued these commandments which are clearly identified in the book of 1 John. We are no longer under the Ten Commandments, but the Grace Commandments. Study "The Grace Commandments Of Our Lord Jesus Christ" and just as John promised, your joy will be made full.
Increase your knowledge of God's grace, power and love. Discover and take possession of the fifty plus eternal blessings of grace in Christ that are given to every believer the moment they believe. Learn the meaning of such blessings as: Sanctified Positionally before God; Justified before God; Accepted in the Beloved by God; Eternally Uncondemned by God; Made Righteous before God, apart from the Law; Made a Co-heir with Christ to all that is God's; A New Creation in Christ; Adopted into the forever family of God; Have possession of an eternal home in heaven and the New Jerusalem; Are sealed by the Holy Spirit for all eternity; Are baptized into Christ by the Holy Spirit, through simple, understandable definitions of those blessings. Then experience joy unspeakable and full of glory as you take God at His word and claim these gifts as your very own. Discover and incorporate into your life the 200 plus commandments of Christ, which the Holy Spirit uses to conform a believer to the image of Christ and which also releases super-abounding grace into the life of the believer for daily living. Increase your knowledge of the work the Holy Spirit does in the life of an obedient believer as they allow Christ to live His life through them. Grow in your understanding of the work the Holy Spirit does in our lives that allows Him to produce His fruit in our lives and through us. Learn how to walk in newness of life through the Holy Spirit's supernatural power being released in your life, when you are living in God's will. Learn how to use the spiritual weapons of warfare that God has provided through applying scripture to and incorporating scripture in your daily walk with the Lord.Gain a deeper understanding of the Holy Spirit and the work He does in your life to shape and mold your spirit to the likeness of Christ. Learn how to apply the teachings of grace found in the book of John and the epistles of the New Testament that are meant only for believers in this age of grace. Gain a better understanding of how grace has replaced the Old Testament law and what the ramifications are for those who place themselves under the law. Discover what scripture teaches about: Law versus Grace; Jesus having fulfilled the law; nine of the Ten Commandments having been incorporated into the commands of Christ found in the teachings of grace; believers being under Grace and no longer under the Mosaic Law; the Commands of Christ being the Rules of Life for believers in this Age of Grace.Experience your faith growing through a deeper understanding of God's grace and the power it will release into your daily walk. Learn one of the most important things Jesus promised every believer the Holy Spirit would do for them. Learn also the three things that Jesus promised every unbeliever that the Holy Spirit would do for them.Discover how through the blessings of grace God not only blesses each individual believer, but through the believer, He desires to bless those with whom the believer comes into contact. Learn how to incorporate scripture into your prayers that will release the supernatural power of God into your life and the lives of those for whom you are praying. Discover and incorporate into your personal prayers the prayers recorded in scripture that are applicable during this age of grace. Learn and embrace the two realities on which God has based His covenant of Grace under which believers live today.For anyone who is an unbeliever, Jesus said in the 16th chapter of the book of John, that after His death He would send the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit would convict the unbelievers of their sin of unbelief, of righteousness and of Judgment. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. Only by faith in Him that you can be assured of comprehending the truths contained in this book. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of God and Savior of the world. He will give you the Holy Spirit who will come into you and abide you and guide you into truth.
Today is a day of lawlessness. The spirit of our times is one of unbounded "freedom," one of casting off all restraints, despising all authority. Since God Himself is no longer feared by the majority, many no longer respect the God-ordained authority of governments, parents, church leaders, and educators. Because of abounding iniquity on every hand, the love of many professing Christians for their God and His Law has grown cold, just as Christ prophesied (Matthew 24:12) . Yet we see in Holy Scripture that the only true freedom is freedom from sin. Concerning the purpose of Christ's coming into the world, God's angel Gabriel said to Joseph, "And thou shalt call His name JESUS (that is, `JEHOVAH is Savior'): for He shall save His people from their sins" (Matthew 1:21) . The Lord Jesus said, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:32) . Free from what? Free from sin! Jesus Christ Himself is the Truth, and to know Him is to be free both from the power of reigning sin and from sin's soul-destroying consequences, not simply in the world to come but in this present life as well. The Lord Jesus Himself was well acquainted with the supreme joy of the Godward life of obedience to God's Law and freedom from sin. During His earthly walk, He was a Lawkeeper par excellence. To think, that the Second Person of the holy Trinity, Jehovah the eternal Word, the Lawgiver of Israel, was "made of a woman, made under the Law" (Galatians 4:4) for our redemption! Think on this: the salvation that has been freely given to you, simply by your having trusted in Christ's blood and righteousness, was procured by Him, your substitute, at the highest possible cost. The salvation that is ''all of grace'' to you was earned, ''all of works, '' by your Savior! And yet He obeyed every commandment with the purest delight, saying, ''My meat (food) is to do the will of Him that sent Me, and to finish His work'' (John 4:34). Christ could say in the words of Job (23:12), yet with far greater truthfulness, ''Neither have I gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have esteemed the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.'' Mr. Pink's exposition of God's Moral Law is not exhaustive, for that is impossible. The Psalmist says, ''I have seen the end of all perfection: but Thy commandment is exceeding broad'' (Psalm 119:96). Nevertheless, Mr. Pink gets o the root of man's need. He ably demonstrates the way in which God's Spirit uses the Law: (1) in bringing men to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ (by bringing them to the end of themselves); and (2) in producing in them an increasing ''family resemblance, '' a holy likeness to their Father in heaven (which is the fruit of true saving faith). If you will read this book prayerfully, then God will graciously enable you to cry out with the Psalmist, ''O how love I Thy law! It is my meditation all the day'' (Psalm 119:97). Pink (1890-1953) was a Baptist Preacher in England, Australia, and the United States. He is most famous for his book The Sovereignty of God. After its advent, he, assisted by his editor Mr. I. Herendeen, launched his yearly publication, Studies in the Scriptures in 1921. These continued until his death, totaling altogether 33 volumes of 288 pp. each. Most of Pink=s books are taken from these yearly volumes (written monthly in 24 page format).
In this book we have collected counsels and commandments from the New Testament, recommendations for our talk and walk in this world. Many Christians read magazines, Bible commentaries and other things; but reading the Bible by itself, they hardly get to do that. And that though the Bible itself gives us the advice to long for the pure 'milk', as many of us are still babies in the faith. The Bible verses contained in this work are however also meant for those Christians that are already longer on their way to the heavenly City. For them the advice holds, from the Bible itself, that the Word of the Lord 'live richly among you'. May this work serve as an incentive to pay more attention to the bestseller of all times. The Lord Jesus said that 'he that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me and he that loves me will be loved by my Father and I will love him and I will reveal Myself to him' (John 14. 21). Hence this book!
Now with a fresh cover! The nearly 200,000-selling Grace Walk has helped thousands of believers leave behind the "manic–depressive" Christian walk: either running around trying to perform to be acceptable to God—or thinking they've failed Him again and wondering if they'll ever measure up. Living the grace walk gets Christians off this religious roller coaster. Using his own journey from legalism into grace, Steve McVey illustrates the foundational, biblical truths of who believers are in Jesus Christ and how they can let Him live His life through them each day. As they experience their identity in Jesus Christ, Christians will come to know "Amazing Grace" as not just a song but as their true way of life.
In Grace of Giving, The fourth book in this series, Marja Meijers answers these questions by taking an in-depth look at the commandment 'do not steal'. Marja offers a liberating and fresh insight on the eighth commandment as she shares how we can leave behind the way of the thief, which always cries for more, more, more. We are programmed to spend most of our lives accumulating possessions, whether they are the house, The car, The boat, The job, The money or the mate we desire. We think this will make us happier and give us a more fulfilled life. How can we shift that all-too-human attitude of gathering into an attitude of giving? in her known step-by-step method she slowly reveals the way of the Master, which is cheerful, abundant, and costly giving that will lead us into a life in all its fullness! Part of 'The Ten Commandments Series'
Exegesis from the year 2017 in the subject Theology - Biblical Theology, grade: A, , language: English, abstract: God gave the people of Israel many commandments and laws. What they did with the commandments and laws determined their righteousness before God. However, by its very nature, the law was given to show how impossible it is for us to fulfil. Of all the commandments however, one was universally acclaimed as the greatest of all. This book seeks to point to the reader that it is not possible to fulfill the Great Commandment all on our own. It is when we receive Jesus Christ that we receive the ability to love God with all our hearts and souls. It is Jesus Christ who sheds the love of God in our hearts through the Holy Spirit.
All the Commandments of God: Revealing the Secret to Inheriting God’s Blessings opens up God’s heart by exploring His commands and His intensions for shaping His children’s lives. Readers may immerse themselves in the Scriptures as they explore its settings and meanings and discern the directions it sets for modern daily life. In this book, the first of two volumes, Dr. Esther V. Shekher groups together pertinent biblical passages, organizes them, and shows how they reveal the path for Christians to follow to inherit the blessings God promises to all who obey His commands. If you have wondered what Jesus’ commands say about daily life, how one can follow them, and what sort of consequences flow from obedience and disobedience, then All the Commandments of God will satisfy both your curiosity and your spiritual hunger. Praise For All The Commandments Of God “Dr. Esther has developed a unique style and format to help honest seekers and believers to better understand all the commandments of God. The index serves as an easy guide to finding biblical answers to many of the problems of life faced by people around the world. This book will serve to remind those who take time to read it and meditate upon the Holy Scriptures contained in it that there is no higher goal than to seek and apply the wisdom of the Ancient of Days in our own lives.” —Rev. Dr. David E. Stewart, Missionary Teacher & Trainer for 43 years.
