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  • Christ’s Righteousness is transferred to believers “in Christ”!

    When you really muse, and ponder, and contemplate upon the truth of our union with Christ by His grace through faith, and that in union with Him, His righteousness is transferred to us, or “credited” to us, it is mind-blowing! To have Christ’s righteousness as my own righteousness is astounding. 2 Cor 5:21 puts it…

  • Metaphorical-Spiritual and United with Christ

    My studies and meditation upon God and His word took a surprising turn this morning. It began with the thought that the WORD of GOD has power through the SPIRIT of GOD at God’s prerogative, or in His sovereignty, that is, according to His timing and manner, to inspire faith in the hearts of His…

  • The place of Faith in the Believer’s union with Christ

    The secret of God and with God is faith. Hebrews chapter 11, verse 6, a favorite Scripture of mine, says it clearly, “Without faith, it is impossible to please God…“, and conversely, Jesus says in Mark 9:23 and 10:27, “with faith all things are possible“. The word “without” in Heb 11:6, is translated from the…

  • One with Christ and the miraculous.

    Premise: how could it even be possible for a believer, predestined, elect from all eternity, called through the gospel of grace to believe upon the Savior of the world, who when He walked Palestine, never had a day without miracles, to think that the walk of faith is bereft of miracles? How is it even…

  • Christ in us and Rivers of Living Water

    Jesus, on the final and great day of the Feast of Succoth, or Tabernacles, declared Himself as the fulfilment of that great feast of the Israelites. In John’s gospel, chapter seven and verse thirty-eight, Jesus promises “Living Water” for all who are thirsty and comes to Him to drink. And the Holy Spirit graciously gives…

  • One with Christ, Grace, and the Great Commission

    I have encountered a curious phenomenon in some “gospel-centered”, and “Christ-centered” churches over the years. It seems to me that because of their conviction that the gospel of God’s grace alone will bring about the salvation of the soul, therefore, less means is needed to engage in active outreach efforts, whether through local or overseas…

  • God’s Word, His Presence and our Union with Him

    I was really blessed to have ended 2024 on a note of prayer, worship, and listening to God’s Word in Metro Tabernacle Assembly of God church in Taman Samudera, Batu Caves, Selangor. Earlier that day, my sister, Crescentia and I had a wonderful time of seeking the LORD in prayer, and meditation upon His glorious…

  • How one’s union with Christ crushes low self-concept.

    30th December 2024. My reading at the edge end of 2024 brought me to Martin Luther’s, “The Freedom of the Christian“, and Greg Beale’s “Union with the Resurrected Christ” this morning. I experienced in my study and meditation this morning of what Luther wrote about how the soul with a firm faith is not only…

  • One with Christ and Mountain-moving Faith

    In all my reading of Luther, Calvin and the Puritans on union with Christ, I have NEVER come across an application relating to mountain-moving miraculous faith. Luther is a “cessasionist”. You will discover this when you come across his belief that the miracles ceased in his Galatian commentary when he comments on Galatian’s chapter 3…

  • Eschatology of the Kingdom begins in the Garden

    This morning’s reading of Greg Beale’s Union with the Resurrected Christ (I like to add Ascended Christ as well!) was highly rewarding. I was once again renewed by gospel indicatives galore by Beale’s work in demonstrating that the eschatology of the kingdom began in the Old Testament, with its origins in the garden. Beale is…