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You Shine Already: What Murmuring Cannot Touch
Posted by Edward Cross on June 24, 2026
Philippians 2:14-15 rightly divided. The command to do all things without murmurings touches the walk, not the standing. You are a son of God and a light already, by grace. Murmuring cannot dim the light; it only gives the world a complaint and muffles the word of life you hold forth.
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 Will of God for the Body of Christ: Found in Paul, Not in Signs and Fleeces
Posted by Edward Cross on June 15, 2026
Believers leaving experiential Christianity are still taught to find God's will by signs, fleeces, open doors, and inner promptings. Paul knows none of it. This study lays out the grace believer's real path to God's will: largely revealed and plainly stated, the rest proved by a renewed mind walking in wisdom, the outcome trusted to providence.
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.
The Law of Sin: What It Is, How It Works, and Why Grace Is the Only Answer
Posted by Edward Cross on May 27, 2026
Paul named the force that causes believers to do what they hate the law of sin. This article explains what it is, why more law makes it worse, how it differs from the Mosaic law, and why the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus is the only governing principle that overrides it.
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