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Can a Saved Person Continue in the Works of the Flesh? — Answering the 'Not as a Lifestyle' Argument
Posted by Edward Cross on June 22, 2026
Can a saved person go on in the works of the flesh and still be saved? The question is really two: is he still saved, and what does it cost him? Paul's own warnings, the carnal Corinthians, and the answer to the Lordship lifestyle argument give a clear, rightly divided reply — security intact, walk and reward addressed honestly.
The Commandments of the Lord: Why Paul's Commandments Are Not a New Law
Posted by Edward Cross on June 22, 2026
Paul calls his own writings the commandments of the Lord, yet says we are not under law but under grace. Both stand. A law conditions standing on performance and curses failure; Paul's commandments are given to sons already accepted, touch the walk but never the standing, come with the Spirit's power, and are fulfilled in liberty and love.
Is Your Child Really a Prodigal?
Posted by Edward Cross on June 19, 2026
The parable of the prodigal son belongs to Israel's kingdom program, not to the Body of Christ. Rightly divided, it reframes the wayward child entirely — a saved child never loses his standing or fellowship, and a lost child needs the gospel of grace, not a works-earned homecoming.
Does the Bible Teach Total Abstinence from Wine and Strong Drink — Alcohol?
Posted by Edward Cross on June 18, 2026
Does the Bible command total abstinence from alcohol? The favorite prooftexts — the grape juice at Cana, the kings of Proverbs 31, the woe of Habakkuk 2 — are examined in context, alongside God's own command of a strong drink offering, and the liberty the Body of Christ has under grace, rightly divided.
The Unreliability of Red Letter Bibles
Posted by Edward Cross on June 15, 2026
The red letters in your Bible are not an inspired marking but an 1899 printing decision. The format teaches a false hierarchy of Scripture, buries the words the risen Christ speaks through Paul, and presses Israel's kingdom instructions onto the Body of Christ. Right division, not the color of the ink, is the reliable guide.
But Jesus Said… — Answering the Red-Letter Reflex
Posted by Edward Cross on June 13, 2026
When someone answers the gospel of grace with a verse in red, the real question is never whether Jesus said it, but to whom and under what program. This study gives one diagnostic question and applies it to the texts most often quoted — the rich young ruler, judge not, Lord Lord, endure to the end — showing each belongs to Israel's kingdom program,…
Progressive Revelation Within Each Program — Not Between Them
Posted by Edward Cross on June 13, 2026
There is real progressive revelation within each of God's programs, but none between them. The kingdom program does not ripen into the mystery, and the mystery does not collapse back into the kingdom — as Christ's command to keep the law, given after the cross in the Great Commission, makes plain.
Sanctification Under Grace: How the New Creature Actually Grows
Posted by Edward Cross on June 13, 2026
Grace teaching clears the believer off the law's treadmill — but then what do you actually do? This study builds Paul's constructive mechanism of sanctification: know the finished fact, reckon it, yield your members, and let the mind be renewed — distinguished from both law-keeping and let-go-and-let-God passivity.
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