Galatians 4:4-5 “But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, (5) to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.”   The salvation of mankind cannot take place through the forgiveness of sins alone. Under the Old Covenant the sins of the saints could be forgiven. And so if it was possible for men to be saved through only the forgiveness of sins, then it would have been possible for

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Luke 4:5-7 “Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.  (6)  And the devil said to Him, "All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.  (7) Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours.”      Regarding the spirit of man, we need to understand exactly what happened when Adam and Eve committed sin in the Garden of Eden.

Romans 6:14 “For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.”   We have seen earlier that sin kills the human spirit, for death enters through sin. And so the question is asked, if sin kills the human spirit, why don’t believers die spiritually once again the moment that they commit sin after they are born-again? Based on what we have seen in scripture thus far; believers should die all over again the moment they commit sin, because by tha

John 3:3-6 “Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."  (4)  Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?"  (5)  Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.  (6) That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Sp

Genesis 2:16-17 “And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; (17) but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”    When God created Adam and Eve their spirits came from Him and had His life in them. In other words their spirits were alive to God. In the above quoted passage of scripture we see that when God created them, that He gave them the comma

John 1:6-9 “There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.  (7)  This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light that all through him might believe.  (8)  He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.  (9) That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.”   We have seen in the previous section that God is the Father of spirits and that every spirit of man is created by God. And so when God creates the spirit of

The spirit of man is actually the primary part of the inward man and as we have already seen, it is this part of the inward man that is born-again. The apostle Paul confirms this truth when he teaches us that the saints become new creations in Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:17). The spirit of man is located in the centre of man i.e. the area of the abdomen, for it is from this region of man i.e. the belly of man that the rivers of living water flow out of the man. The Lord Jes

Romans 12:2 “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”   As I have already alluded to in the previous section, the soul of man can be further divided into three separate parts. The first part of the soul that we will discuss is the mind. The mind of man is where the reasoning, intellect and emotions of man reside. Unlike the spirit of man which becomes

Psalms 104:4 “Who makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flame of fire.”    There are three categories of God’s creations, which are mankind, angels and the living creatures i.e. animals. Some have erroneously taught that there is a fourth category of God’s creatures which are the demons that are on the earth today, and they refer to them as disembodied spirits of an ancient race of people that once roamed the earth. None of that is scriptural however and is based purely

But someone will say, "How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?" Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies. And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain--perhaps wheat or some other grain. But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body. All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds. There are also cele

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up to

Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worship

Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worship

Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?" And Jesus answered and said to them: "Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many. And you will hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is no

Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, (1 Timothy 4:1)   Spiritual weakness among believers constitutes the second condition  that has already been fulfilled. In the passage quoted above, Paul reveals that the fundamental cause of saints departing from the faith stems directly from the church’s exposure to doctrines of demons.   For the time will come when they will not endu

But the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away. (Luke 8:13)   The first sign that Paul lists is an event he calls “the falling away.”  What does Paul mean by this? He is referring to a time when a significant number of believers will choose to abandon their faith in Christ—when they will fall away  from following Him. The fact that Paul identifies this event

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up to

But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years. (Revelation 20:5-6)   The doctrine under discussion in this series is the resurrection of the dead, and it is important to note that Scripture speaks of more than one r

But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ's at His coming. (1 Corinthians 15:20-23)   There are six recorded instances in Scripture of people being raised from the dead prior to the Lord’s

Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death; whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it. For David says concerning Him: 'I foresaw the Lord always before My face, for He is at My right hand, that I may not be shaken. Therefore My heart rejoiced, and My tongue was glad; moreover My flesh also will rest in hope. For Y

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from You." But He answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. (Matthew 12:38-40)   In the previous section, we saw that altho