Category: Identity

  • JESUS COULD NOT HEAL THE SICK

    Neither could He deliver the tormented from demons or raise the dead. To believe otherwise is to ignore what He said about Himself, and more importantly, to miss the purpose of His self-imposed restriction to live as a man.

    Jesus Christ said of Himself, “The Son can do nothing” (John 5:19). In the Greek language that word nothing has a unique meaning—it means nothing, just like it does in English! He was not God with skin on – He was not born with supernatural capabilities whatsoever! While He is 100 percent God, He chose to live with the same limitations that man would face once he was redeemed.  (more…)

  • “Who we are in Christ changes everything”

    It matters that we have a right understanding of who we
    are     because of whose we are.

    “For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus…And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His son into your hearts, crying out, ‘Abba, Father!’  Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son,
    then an heir of God through Christ.”
    Galatians 3:26; 4:6-7 NKJV

    Jesus was not a servant who aspired to be a son, He is the Son who chose to serve.  Jesus was not a servant working His way up the ladder.  In the incarnation, Jesus is fully God.  Pre-existent, eternal, the one by whom and for whom all things were created.  He is the King of Glory. Which makes it all the more remarkable that He chose to be a servant.  He was not in a position of weakness trying to earn the Father’s favour, it was already His.   (more…)