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“Justified and Made Righteous by God’s Grace”

Posted by mcoxbmi on October 1, 2025
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Download This Message – -> 231020 Walking in the Ways of the Lord Part 17 – Justified and Made Righteous by Gods Grace

A person walking in the ways of the Lord having an established heart or being Spiritually Minded is a person who has been Saved, Justified, and made Righteous by the Grace of God.

Justified = Just as if I never Sinned.

Righteous = Right Standing with God.

Grace = Unmerited Favor.

When we receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior by God’s free gift of Grace, He Justifies us making us Righteous or putting us back into right standing with God Himself by His Grace.

Ephesians 2: 4 – 9 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, (5) even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), (6) and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, (7) that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. (8) For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, (9) not of works, lest anyone should boast. (NKJV) 

Romans 5: 6 – 11 For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. (7) For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. (8) But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (9) Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. (10) For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. (11) And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation. (NKJV) 

2nd Corinthians 5: 21  For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. (NKJV) 

Romans 3: 22 – 26  even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; (23) for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, (24) being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, (25) whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, (26) to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. (NKJV)

 

“Increasing in the Knowledge of God”

Posted by mcoxbmi on October 16, 2021
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Colossians 1: 9 – 14 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; (10) that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; (11) strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; (12) giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. (13) He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, (14) in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. (NKJV)

“God’s Free Gift of Reconciliation”

Posted by mcoxbmi on July 3, 2020
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Click Here To Download  This Message – 190526 Jesus – Gods Free Gift of Reconciliation

At the fall of Adam and Eve, man was separated from God by man’s own choice. It was never God’s intention to be separated from man.  Since that moment God has been doing nothing else but bringing man back into oneness, or reconciliation with Himself.  God’s desire is for God and Man to be one

As far God the Father, He has already made His choice and paid the entire price for the reconciliation. All that is left for man to make his choice. It has to be man’s own choice to be reconciled to God. Man chose to be separated from God, so it had to man’s choice to return to God.

Reconciliation between God and Man is God’s number 1 priority. It was so important to God that He paid for our reconciliation with the life of His only Son Jesus. 

John 3: 16 – 17 (Amplified) For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. (17) For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him. 

Ephesians 2: 4 – 5 (Amplified) But God–so rich is He in His mercy! Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us, (5) Even when we were dead (slain) by [our own] shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ; [He gave us the very life of Christ Himself, the same new life with which He quickened Him, for] it is by grace (His favor and mercy which you did not deserve) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation). 

1st John 3: 8 …For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. 

The price has already been paid in full.  All provision has been made by our Loving Heavenly Father.  The invitation has been made.  We can now be reconciled to our Father God if we want to and choose to.

1St John 4: 15 – 17 (NKJV) Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. (16) And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. (17) Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. 

 

“A New Beginning”

Posted by mcoxbmi on April 15, 2020
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Click Here To Download This Message – 200119 A New Beginning

A new beginning.  To begin means that it has a definite place or time of starting, a place of origin, something that did not exist before. A new beginning means to completely do away with the old and make a new one completely different not related to the old one. To begin again or renew means to restart, to revise or revive the one already in place.

To begin something means that there is action taking place. There is movement. If you remain where you are and never move you cannot begin. You cannot stay the same and begin.

Beginning suggests a path, a purpose, a process or task. Every path, process, or task has a point of origin or place where the journey started. This would be the beginning.

God Himself Is The Beginning and He Is the end.

We are all on the path of life as long as we are alive in this Earth. There are many choices to make along this path of life. Many of those choices have a major impact on our path of life, good or bad. Those choices have an eternal effect on our lives and the lives of others. There are many roads and choices in this life but only one true path.

John 14: 6 (NKJV) Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

What we do today will determine not only our future, the future of our children, but also the future of those yet to be.

The right to choose has been given to Man by God and we are being held accountable for the choices that we make in this life.

Deuteronomy 30: 19 – 20 (Amplified Bible Classic) I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you that I have set before you life and death, the blessings and the curses; therefore choose life, that you and your descendants may live (20) And may love the Lord your God, obey His voice, and cling to Him. For He is your life and the length of your days, that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

When God said “I have set before you life and death, the blessings and the curses; therefore choose life” He was giving us the choice between being Spiritually minded and carnally minded.
We cannot be both at the same time. We will be one or the other. God then said choose life or choose being Spiritually minded.

Romans 8: 5 – 6 (NKJV) For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. (6) For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

In order to change anything our choice is involved.

It is time to make a new beginning. It is time to let your past be your past at last. What you do with today will determine your future. Your life today will be the fossil of your life tomorrow.

“Revealing the Heart of the Father”

Posted by mcoxbmi on April 7, 2020
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Click Here To Download This Message – 191215 Revealing the Heart of the Father 

“Show Us The Father”

God has been revealing His Heart, His Thoughts and His Ways from the very beginning.

It is The Father’s deep desire that His people know Him, that all mankind know Him, that they know His Heart and His Ways.

Jesus came to reveal the Heart of the Father. The Holy Spirit has also been sent to reveal the Heart of The Father and the Heart of Jesus. We, God’s Children, have also been sent to reveal the Heart of the Father.

From cover to cover The Living Word of God, the Bible, reveals God’s Heart and Ways.

It should be our deepest desire to know the Father’s Heart.

Ephesians 1: 4 – 6 (Amplified Bible Classic) Even as [in His love] He chose us [actually picked us out for Himself as His own] in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) and blameless in His sight, even above reproach, before Him in love. (5) For He foreordained us (destined us, planned in love for us) to be adopted (revealed) as His own children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the purpose of His will [because it pleased Him and was His kind intent] (6) [So that we might be] to the praise and the commendation of His glorious grace (favor and mercy), which He so freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

Ephesians 2: 4 – 8 (Amplified Bible Classic) But God–so rich is He in His mercy! Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us, (5) Even when we were dead (slain) by [our own] shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ; [He gave us the very life of Christ Himself, the same new life with which He quickened Him, for] it is by grace (His favor and mercy which you did not deserve) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation). (6) And He raised us up together with Him and made us sit down together [giving us joint seating with Him] in the heavenly sphere [by virtue of our being] in Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One). (7) He did this that He might clearly demonstrate through the ages to come the immeasurable (limitless, surpassing) riches of His free grace (His unmerited favor) in [His] kindness and goodness of heart toward us in Christ Jesus. (8) For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God;

 

“Truth – The Master Key That Will Set You Free”

Posted by mcoxbmi on November 21, 2015
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Click Here To Download This Message – 150920- Truth – A Master Key That Will Set You Free

John 8: 31 – 32 (Amplified Bible)  So Jesus said to those Jews who had believed in Him, If you abide in My word [hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance with them], you are truly My disciples. (32) And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free.

John 17: 17 – 21  (Amplified Bible)  Sanctify them [purify, consecrate, separate them for Yourself, make them holy] by the Truth; Your Word is Truth. (18) Just as You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. (19) And so for their sake and on their behalf I sanctify (dedicate, consecrate) Myself, that they also may be sanctified (dedicated, consecrated, made holy) in the Truth. (20) Neither for these alone do I pray [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for all those who will ever come to believe in (trust in, cling to, rely on) Me through their word and teaching, (20) That they all may be one, [just] as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe and be convinced that You have sent Me.

 

Tips For Bible Study

Posted by mcoxbmi on January 5, 2014
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Every Christian should have a regular daily Bible Study time.  Over the years I have observed that many Christians do not study the Bible.  They may read the Bible occasionally but never study it.  As Christians we must have a good knowledge of God’s Word in order to know who we are in Christ.  We must know our true identity and our inheritance through Christ Jesus.  We cannot be a good witness or be victorious in our Christian walk without knowledge of God’s Word.  The following are some tips that will help with your study of God’s Living Word.

1)  Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to enlighten your understanding of the Word before and after you study the Word.

2)  Make a habit of studying and thinking about the Word and how it applies in your daily life.

3)  Study the New Testament first especially the book of Romans all the way through to the book of Revelations.  These books of the Bible teach us who we are in Christ after the Cross.  Also study the 4 Gospels and Acts.   Reference the Old Testament as you study but concentrate your study on the New Testament.

4)  As you study pay close attention to the Promises and the Commandments.

5)  Pay close attention to the little words and phrases such as: If, but, put, let, I am, therefore, shall, is, in him, in us, will etc.   —- These key words and phrases represent conditions and commandments.  Overlooking will change the meaning of the verse.

6)  The Bible will confirm itself.

7)  Study the surrounding verses.

8)  Study related verses.

9)  As you read the bible take time to study and meditate on each parable, promise, or section.

10)  Apply the Word to yourself personally.

11)  Allow the Holy Spirit to make the Word a reality in your heart.

12)  Carefully ponder how the Word applies to your everyday life.

13)  Dwell on how the Word changes your situation.

14)  See yourself as God sees you.

15)  Realize the integrity of God’s Word.

16)  Filter everything through the Word, God’s character and ways.

17)  Confess what the Word says, not your problem.

18)  Pray the Word (especially the promises) not the problem.

The following are some bible study resources that may help you.

 Young’s Analytical Concordance and Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance

Vine’s Expository Dictionary of the Bible

Amplified Bible:  A paper back can be purchased for approximately $6.00 in the I-tunes store.

Bible tapes and CD’s

E-Sword for PC:  Free download at www.e-sword.net/downloads or do a search for e-sword.

It is also available for I-Phone and I-Pad.

Bible Gateway (Online resource)

Devotional – Limitless Love available at www.kcm.org This is a very excellent daily devotional.

Get into a good bible believing church where you can be taught the Word.

Get into a good faith bible believing bible study.

There are many other good resources available.  The important thing to do is to study the bible.