Abiding in Christ produces fruit (that remains) and it nourishes and engenders reciprocity for the love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, meekness, temperance, faith that is borne of our being faithful to do that for which we were(re-)created in Jesus. "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood [contending only with physical …
Abiding in Christ produces fruit (that remains) and it nourishes and engenders reciprocity for the love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, meekness, temperance, faith that is borne of our being faithful to do that for which we were(re-)created in Jesus. "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this [present] darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) places." Ephesians 6:12.....
And His commandments [those given to us by Jesus, not Moses] are not burdensome, because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
"Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and these three are in agreement." 1 John 5: 3-8
"When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain." 1 Corinthians 15: 54-58
"If we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. So then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s." Romans 14:8
Abiding in Christ produces fruit (that remains) and it nourishes and engenders reciprocity for the love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, meekness, temperance, faith that is borne of our being faithful to do that for which we were(re-)created in Jesus. "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this [present] darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) places." Ephesians 6:12.....
And His commandments [those given to us by Jesus, not Moses] are not burdensome, because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
"Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and these three are in agreement." 1 John 5: 3-8
"When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain." 1 Corinthians 15: 54-58
"If we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. So then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s." Romans 14:8