"Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light" (Col. 1:12). Jesus went to the Cross and shed His blood for us. Through His death, burial, and resurrection, He forgave our sins, redeemed us,...
"Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son" (Col. 1:13). When Jesus redeemed us, He delivered us from the power of darkness. That means every Christian is already delivered. But Christians still run...
"In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins" (Col. 1:14). When Jesus finished the earthly ministry God had given Him, He was about thirty-three years old. Only one thing was left to do. Jesus, the Son of God-the One who never sinned,...
"In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace" (Eph. 1:7). When Jesus shed His blood on the Cross, He redeemed us. Redeem means "to purchase or buy back." For example, several years ago, when you...
"But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed" (Isa. 53:5). In the past, many in the body of Christ have tried to split the Atonement down the middle....
"That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses" (Matt. 8:17). Jesus gave people healing before He ever went to the Cross. At the Cross, healing was provided as part of God's...
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life" (John 3:16). What is the Atonement? It is the redemptive work Jesus accomplished when He went to the Cross as our...
"Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed" (1 Peter 2:24). This Scripture is a New Testament portrait of redemption - a picture of what Jesus did for us....
"And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him" (1 John 5:14-15). Some people think the...
"Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?" (Isa. 53:1). Jesus said, "All things are possible to him that believeth" (Mark 9:23). The only qualification He gave us is that we must believe. So often that's the hard part for most of...
"If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him...
"And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. If any man have...
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