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  • Justification is not possible without the Holy Spirit

    Braaten & Jenson (1998, Eerdmans Pub)’s Union with Christ, The New Finnish Interpretation of Luther, continues to yield innumerable riches of insights into the gospel of God and of Christ for me. I’m reading and studying the book…again! In pages 14 to 15, this astounding truth brought me much delight. “Faith means justification precisely on…

  • The Lion of the tribe of Judah de-fanged!

    2 Tim 3:5 has a damning indictment against people who hold “to the form of godliness but deny (ing) its power“. In fact, the Holy Spirit even inspired Paul to add, “Avoid these people“. The Spirit is clear that this indictment is for “those who worm their way into households and deceive” (v 6), those…

  • 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…

  • Beale and Gaffin on Union with the Resurrected Christ

    I am now on page 12 of Beale’s book on Union with the Resurrected Christ (Beale, 2023, Baker Academic). Beale quotes for emphasis, Richard Gaffin’s “In the fullness of time” book, “Christians are really and actually in the same location as is the ascended Christ in heaven because He is there and they are in…

  • ChatGPT and Scriptures

    In my morning moment with the LORD today, I suddenly realized as I was thinking of the presence and power of the Holy Spirit depicted in Zechariah chapter 4, that the name “Holy Spirit”, and even references to the third person of the Trinity is non-existent in the letter of James contained in the New…