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Owe No Man

May 29th, 2015 Ben Comments off

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

Romans 13:8 KJV

For love is the fulfillment of the Law. This is the road to freedom, owing no man anything.

Once we have settled it in our hearts that we serve only the Christ, His Spirit, and once we have established Him alone as the source of life, freedom comes as we give it.

A man once said another one had a love debt–a level of love that was unmet within the heart. But, among all the other remedies, the greatest was simpy to forgive our debtors, that Christ might forgive me.

Rejection

September 20th, 2014 Ben Comments off

And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

Genesis 4:6-8

The first appearance of a man experiencing rejection in the Bible was in Genesis 3. When the eyes of the couple were opened, they knew that they were naked. They knew that the state that they were in was insufficient, and they suffered shame. This was the first rejection.

Shortly after, their son Cain experienced similar rejection. His offering was not accepted as a way to seek God, and so he was angry and his face downcast.

In both of these cases, the conditions of the rejection were the men’s relationship with God. In the first, the man lost his fellowship with God, in the second, the other man failed to regain it through an inappropriate offering.

The Spiritual Man #7 – Judgeth All Things

March 10th, 2012 Ben Comments off

The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man’s judgment:

1 Corinthians 2:15 NIV

You see, it is the spiritual man that is free.

According to Paul, he, the spiritual man, judges all things, and yet is judged by no one.

But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

1 Corinthians 2:15 KJV

He that is spiritual judges. He that is spiritual is not subject to other men’s judgement.

The man led by the Spirit is not under the law. He neither looks directly to it for his direction nor does he receive criticism or accusation that he has violated it or has transgressed it.