Some have suggested that the saved Gentiles, who they call the church, have taken the place of Israel. But that isn’t what we read in Romans 11:8 “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that do not see and…
Author: Eric Ross
The Mindset of the Spirit is Life and Peace
Our body has a voice and it wants what it wants and this leads us to excess. It is described this way in Romans 7:18 “For I know that good does not live in me, that is, in my flesh.…
The Gift of God is Eternal Life in Christ Jesus
Many people have quoted this phrase in Romans 6:23 “the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” and it does give us, those who have accepted Jesus Christ, a future hope. But there is also a…
Circumcision is of the Heart by the Spirit
There is only one way to be justified and made right with God and that is by faith, by believing Him. It was by faith, by believing God, that Abraham was justified as it says in Romans 4:3 “And Abraham…
The Fruit of the Spirit
God is known, He is seen in His creation in Romans 1:20 “For from the creation of the world, his invisible attributes, both his eternal power and deity, are discerned clearly, being understood in the things created”. Yet, we as…
Until Christ Is Formed In You
We are all born without any knowledge of the world around us and without any understanding of the realm of the spirit where God is. Just as we grow and gain natural knowledge about the world around us, we also…
I Had Been Entrusted With The Gospel
God has a different standard, as it says in Isaiah 55:8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” declares Yahweh. So, when we ask the question, in Acts 16:30 “what must I do…
A Revelation of Jesus Christ
The life of Paul is a testimony to the grace and goodness of God. He was one of the toughest and most religious of the Israelites, yet when Jesus Christ appeared to him, he received him as the Lord. This…
We Are Speaking in Christ Before God
In this world, we know people first by what they say and then by what they do. Paul has demonstrated his apostleship in 2 Corinthians 12:12 “Indeed, the signs of an apostle have been done among you with all patient…
Your Zeal has Stirred up the Majority
There is a holy and righteous life for us to live before the world. Yes, separate from the ways of the world as in 2 Corinthians 6:17 “… be separate,” says the Lord, “and do not touch what is unclean,…
The Glory of God in the Face of Christ
From the days of Moses, the Lord has offered his presence to those that will accept him. Jesus said it this way in Matthew 22:37 ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your…
You Are Our Letter
Paul is writing to the church in Corinth and the believers in the region of Achaia because there are differences in governments, in culture, in lifestyles and in spiritual growth and needs in different regions, much as it is today.…
A Great and Effective Door Has Opened
Paul is writing to believers in Corinth some twenty years after Jesus in Luke 24:46–47 “said to them, “Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer and would rise from the dead on the third day, 47 and repentance…
These Three Remain: Faith Hope and Love
Paul teaches believers to understand their differences the way God does. Just as God made our bodies with many parts, and we appreciate and use them all, so we should view the body of Christ. There is in our fallen…