Summer ministry is in full swing at Word-By-Mail. We told you about Spirit West Coast Del Mar in our last newsletter, and mentioned that Extreme Faith was going to cover for us at SWC Monterey. Well, Prov 19:21 says “You can make many plans, but the Lord’s purpose will prevail (nlt).” And it was the Lord’s purpose that prevailed at Spirit West Coast Monterey. Read more...
Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: Jesus was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, and then taken up in glory. In Him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily.
To us a child was born, but to us God's Son was given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
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If we have put our faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, then we have died, our life is hid with Christ in God, and we have been raised to newness of life in Him. So let’s seek those things that are above, where Christ is. Let’s set our minds on things above, not on the things of this earth. And when Christ appears, we will also appear with Him in glory. Read more...
Many people ask about getting all our teaching on the Holy Spirit.
Here are 22 messages that make up the current Holy Spirit Collection:
- The Holy Spirit series - 12 messages
- Under His Influence - Part 1,2,3 - ROM 215 - 216 - 217 - Romans series
- The Holy Spirit - DISC 04 - Discipleship 100 series
- The Role of the Holy Spirit in Abiding - ABIDE 05 - Abide seres
- Is the Holy Spirit a Who or a What - TOP 251
- The Role of the Holy Spirit - TOP 252
- The Holy Spirit at work in the world - JN 47 - John series
- The Battle of Spirit v. flesh - Part 1 & 2 - GAL 13 & 14 - Galatians series
All of these messages can be listened to or downloaded on the website, or you can contact us & we'll send them to you on CD.
God Bless.
Pastor Dave
Do you know that God’s Word says . . .
Our Savior Christ Jesus has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. In fact, Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life,” and “Because I live you also will live.”
If we are in Christ, we share in His life, we share in the Holy Spirit, we share in the divine nature. The first man, Adam, became a living being, but the last Adam, Jesus Christ, became a life-giving spirit. And just as we have borne the image of the man Adam, we shall also bear the image of Jesus Christ. Incredible! Read more...
God has made a way for Mercy (us not getting what we deserve), and Holiness (God's absolute righteousness), to meet. God's righteousness and our peace have kissed.
Our God is both a perfectly just God, and a merciful Savior. His righteousness is perfectly upheld, His law perfectly satisfied, and our trespasses are not held against us. Jesus Christ is God's perfect righteousness and the acceptable sacrifice for our sins, to be received by faith alone. God is both perfectly just, and the perfect justifier of those who put their faith in Jesus.
Though He was God's perfect righteousness; Jesus was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement for our peace was upon Him. So who now can bring a charge against those who have received God's righteousness through faith in Christ? It is God who judges, and it is God Himself who justifies us. Read more...
Everything we are as Christians is bound up in the cross and in the resurrection.
Jesus Christ took our place: First, on the cross, where He paid the full penalty due for our sin, on our behalf! Then, in the resurrection, where He conquered death and the grave, again on our behalf! He became our substitute, our stand-in. He did it in our place.
Then, through the God-designed miracle of identification by faith, when we put our full faith in Christ and His work, we become so identified with Him that what He did, becomes what we did. His full payment for sin becomes our full payment for sin, and His resurrection from the dead becomes our resurrection from the dead. Read more...
Scripture from “Daily Light” devotional, the “all scripture” devo.
Watching over the way of his saints.
John MacArthur, in his commentary on Jn 15 says; Abiding in Christ is the source of the abundant life Jesus speaks of in John 10:10, “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” My ministry experience has totally confirmed this over and over again. Abiding in Christ is the source of the abundant life. This is a HUGE truth to understand. If we are not abiding in Christ, we should not expect to be experiencing the abundant life Jesus promised. However, here is the real truth that we must allow to really pierce our hearts; Abiding in Christ is conditional. Read more...
