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Created in God’s Image
<p><span style="font-size: 18px;">“How did God create man? He created man in His own image. God wanted a man like Himself. It is very evident then that man’s position in God’s creation is entirely unique, for among all of God’s creatures man alone was created in God’s image. The man that God’s heart was set upon was completely different from all other created beings; he was a man in His own image.”</span>
<p style="line-height: 1em;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">From The Glorious Church, by Watchman Nee (mass-distribution ed., p. 6). Bibles for America gives this book away for free. You can <a href="http://biblesforamerica.org/free-bible-and-christian-books/" target="_blank">order your free copy here</a>. You can also <a href="http://www.mass.ministrybooks.org/Download.aspx" target="_blank">download a free PDF version here</a>.</span></p></p>
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Wed, 28 Sep 2016 02:00:00 +0000
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http://biblesforamerica.org/how-did-god-create-man/The Son of God
<p><span style="font-size: 18px;">Romans 1:4—“Who was designated the <strong>Son of God</strong> in power according to the Spirit of holiness out of the resurrection of the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.”</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Note 2 on <strong>Son of God</strong><strong></strong> says: “This book tells us that God’s full salvation is to make sinners (<a href="http://online.recoveryversion.org/getScripture.asp?vinfo=Romans3:23" target="_blank">3:23</a>), even His enemies (<a href="http://online.recoveryversion.org/getScripture.asp?vinfo=Romans5:10" target="_blank">5:10</a>), the sons of God (<a href="http://online.recoveryversion.org/getScripture.asp?vinfo=Romans8:14" target="_blank">8:14</a>). Through resurrection God designated Christ, who became flesh to be the seed of David, as His Son, that His Son, who is the mingling of divinity and humanity, might be the base and pattern for His making sinners His many sons. It is in the resurrection of His Son, i.e., in the resurrected Son, that God is producing many sons (<a href="http://online.recoveryversion.org/getScripture.asp?vinfo=1Pet1:3" target="_blank">1 Pet. 1:3</a>) as the many brothers of the Firstborn (<a href="http://online.recoveryversion.org/getScripture.asp?vinfo=Romans8:29" target="_blank">8:29</a>), who was resurrected from the dead, and as the members of His Firstborn to constitute the Body of His Firstborn (<a href="http://online.recoveryversion.org/getScripture.asp?vinfo=Romans12:5" target="_blank">12:5</a>), which is His fullness (<a href="http://online.recoveryversion.org/getScripture.asp?vinfo=Eph1:23" target="_blank">Eph. 1:23</a>), His corporate expression.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18px;">Cross-reference “a” on <strong>Son of God</strong> directs us to a related verse:</span></p>
Wed, 21 Sep 2016 02:00:00 +0000
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http://biblesforamerica.org/quote-the-son-of-god/I’m Saved! What Comes Next?
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<p>You’re not alone if you’ve asked yourself this question. Many of us didn’t know what came next after we received the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior.</p>
<p>We surely greatly appreciate <a href="http://biblesforamerica.org/three-steps-to-carry-out-gods-plan/">the tremendous steps God took</a> to redeem us and to impart His eternal life into us so that we could be <a href="http://biblesforamerica.org/born-again/">born again</a>. But believing in Jesus Christ is just the beginning of our Christian life. So much more lies ahead! Let’s look at some things that follow our first believing in the Lord.</p>
Mon, 19 Sep 2016 02:00:00 +0000
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http://biblesforamerica.org/im-saved-now-what/The Most Prevailing Need Among Christians Today
<p><span style="font-size: 18px;">“The most prevailing need among Christians today is to spend a certain amount of time every day reading and praying in the presence of the Lord.”</span></p></p>
<p style="line-height: 1em;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">From Basic Elements of the Christian Life, vol. 2 by Witness Lee and Watchman Nee (mass-distribution ed., p. 7). Bibles for America gives this book away for free. You can <a href="http://biblesforamerica.org/free-bible-and-christian-books/" target="_blank">order your free copy here</a>. You can also <a href="http://www.mass.ministrybooks.org/Download.aspx" target="_blank">download a free PDF version here</a>.</span></p>
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Wed, 14 Sep 2016 02:00:00 +0000
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http://biblesforamerica.org/how-much-time-spent-with-the-lord/Partakers of the Divine Nature
<p><span style="font-size: 18px;">2 Peter 1:4—“Through which He has granted to us precious and exceedingly great promises that through these you might become partakers of the divine nature, <strong>having escaped</strong> the corruption which is in the world by lust.”</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Note 5 on <strong>having escaped</strong><strong></strong> says: “In his first Epistle the apostle told the believers that Christ had redeemed them from their vain manner of life (<a href="http://online.recoveryversion.org/getScripture.asp?vinfo=1Pet1:18-19" target="_blank">1 Pet. 1:18-19</a>) and that they should, thus, abstain from fleshly lusts (<a href="http://online.recoveryversion.org/getScripture.asp?vinfo=1Pet2:11" target="_blank">1 Pet. 2:11</a>) and no longer live in the flesh in the lusts of men (<a href="http://online.recoveryversion.org/getScripture.asp?vinfo=1Pet4:2" target="_blank">1 Pet. 4:2</a>). Here, in his second Epistle, he unveiled to them the energy, the strength, by which they were enabled to escape the corruption in lust, and the result of that escape. The energy is the virtue of the divine life, and the result is that the believers partake of the divine nature of God and thus enjoy all the riches of what the Triune God is. In our partaking of the divine nature and in our enjoying of all that God is, all the riches of the divine nature will be fully developed, as described in <a href="http://online.recoveryversion.org/getScripture.asp?vinfo=2Peter1:5-7" target="_blank">vv. 5-7</a>. Having escaped the corruption of lust in the world and having thus removed the barriers to the growth of the divine life in us, we are freed to become partakers of the divine nature and to enjoy its riches to the fullest extent in its development by the virtue of God unto His glory.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18px;">Cross-reference “b” on <strong>partakers </strong>directs us to three related verses:</span></p>
Wed, 07 Sep 2016 02:00:00 +0000
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http://biblesforamerica.org/quote-partakers-of-divine-nature/How to Spend Time with Jesus in the Morning
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<p>In previous posts we talked about the <a href="http://biblesforamerica.org/the-best-time-of-day-to-spend-with-the-lord-jesus/">importance of spending time with Jesus every morning</a> and <a href="http://biblesforamerica.org/how-to-build-up-the-habit-of-spending-time-with-the-lord-jesus-in-the-morning/">how to build up such a habit</a>. This wonderful habit is key to our relationship with Christ.</p>
<p>Perhaps you see the benefits of this kind of habit and want to build it up, but aren’t sure what to do during that time. How do we spend time with Jesus? What do we do in our mornings with Him?</p>
<p>Throughout the centuries, Christians who loved the Lord and sought to know the Lord have discovered many enjoyable, beneficial ways to spend their mornings with Him. We’ll go through some of these discoveries. But first, let’s quickly refresh our view on what this morning time with Jesus is all about.</p>
Mon, 05 Sep 2016 02:00:00 +0000
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http://biblesforamerica.org/how-to-spend-time-with-the-lord-jesus-in-the-morning/God Paying the Debt for Our Sin
<p class='book-quote'>“Since God desired to save us and since we could not pay the debt of sin ourselves, He in His mercy decided to do so Himself.”</p>
<p class='footer'>From Basic Elements of the Christian Life, vol. 1, by Witness Lee and Watchman Nee (mass-distribution ed., pp. 14-15). Bibles for America gives this book away for free. You can <a href="http://biblesforamerica.org/order/" target="_blank">order your free copy here</a>. You can also download a free PDF version <a href="http://www.mass.ministrybooks.org/Download.aspx" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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Wed, 31 Aug 2016 02:00:00 +0000
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http://biblesforamerica.org/paying-the-debt-for-our-sin/Faith, Hope, Love
<p>1 Corinthians 13:13—“Now there abide <strong>faith, hope, love,</strong> these three; and the greatest of these is love.”</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Note 1 on <strong>faith, hope, love</strong><strong></strong> says: “Faith receives the divine things (<a href="http://online.recoveryversion.org/getScripture.asp?vinfo=John1:12" target="_blank">John 1:12</a>) and substantiates the spiritual and unseen things (<a href="http://online.recoveryversion.org/getScripture.asp?vinfo=Heb11:1" target="_blank">Heb. 11:1</a>). Hope reaps and partakes of the things substantiated by faith (<a href="http://online.recoveryversion.org/getScripture.asp?vinfo=Rom8:24-25" target="_blank">Rom. 8:24-25</a>). Love enjoys the things received and substantiated by faith and partaken of by hope, for nourishing ourselves, building up others (<a href="http://online.recoveryversion.org/getScripture.asp?vinfo=1Corinthians8:1" target="_blank">8:1</a>), and expressing God, thus fulfilling the entire law (<a href="http://online.recoveryversion.org/getScripture.asp?vinfo=Rom13:8-10" target="_blank">Rom. 13:8-10</a>). Such love causes us to grow in life for the development and use of the spiritual gifts, and it is the most excellent way to have the greater gifts. Hence, it is the greatest of the three abiding virtues. So we must pursue it (<a href="http://online.recoveryversion.org/getScripture.asp?vinfo=1Corinthians14:1" target="_blank">14:1</a>).”</span></p>
<p>Cross-reference “a” on <strong>faith</strong> directs us to the following verses:</p>
Wed, 24 Aug 2016 02:00:00 +0000
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http://biblesforamerica.org/weekly-quote-faith-hope-love/The Danger of Thinking You Can Lose Your Salvation
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<p>In <a href="http://biblesforamerica.org/can-you-lose-your-salvation/">another post</a> we discussed one of the biggest questions a Christian may have: Can I lose my salvation? We saw the clear and definite assurance the Bible gives us that once we believe in Christ and receive Him as our Savior, we’re saved eternally. We can’t lose our salvation.</p>
<p>But here’s another question: Does it make any difference whether we <em>know</em> we can’t lose our salvation? </p>
<p>The answer is yes, and in this post we’ll talk about why. </p>
Mon, 22 Aug 2016 02:00:00 +0000
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http://biblesforamerica.org/why-is-assurance-of-salvation-important/The Spirit Transforming Us Within
<p><span style="font-size: 18px;">“The Lord is the Spirit transforming us within. Although we are so natural and even sinful, the Spirit transforms our natural image into His glorious image. During the whole day, if we live in the Spirit, He will transform us by renewing our mind, our emotion and our will. By saturating our mind, emotion and will with Himself, He will occupy all the inward parts of our being. Our love, our hatred, our desires, our choices and our decisions will bear His image.”</span>
<p style="line-height: 1em;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">From The Economy of God by Witness Lee (mass-distribution ed., p. 25). Bibles for America gives this book away for free. You can <a href="http://biblesforamerica.org/free-bible-and-christian-books/" target="_blank">order your free copy here</a>. You can also <a href="http://www.mass.ministrybooks.org/Download.aspx" target="_blank">download a free PDF version here</a>.</span></p></p>
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Wed, 17 Aug 2016 02:00:00 +0000
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