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We can become sons "IF" we believe on his name. There is nothing magic in that. His name is not a mantra or secret passsword. In Hebrew 'name' also means reputation. Do we believe in his reputation? Do we believe in the finished work of the cross? When we pray in his name, we are praying in his reputation. We don't pray for vengeance, but for mercy and love for our enemies. We don't pray for junk. We pray that we can be free from junk to follow him. And though we may pray to remove the cup of suffering, we are content to be in the will of the Father. | We can become sons "IF" we believe on his name. There is nothing magic in that. His name is not a mantra or secret passsword. In Hebrew 'name' also means reputation. Do we believe in his reputation? Do we believe in the finished work of the cross? When we pray in his name, we are praying in his reputation. We don't pray for vengeance, but for mercy and love for our enemies. We don't pray for junk. We pray that we can be free from junk to follow him. And though we may pray to remove the cup of suffering, we are content to be in the will of the Father. | ||
All of the desolate women of the Bible who have a child by the Spirit of God paint the virgin birth motif. The end of this is not the virgin birth of Christ, but it is our birth by the Spirit and that which is not of the flesh. We are 'born of a virgin' figuratively when we are born of the Spirit. The physical birth of Christ has been covered well by Matthew and Luke | All of the desolate women of the Bible who have a child by the Spirit of God paint the virgin birth motif. The end of this is not the virgin birth of Christ, but it is our birth by the Spirit and that which is not of the flesh. We are 'born of a virgin' figuratively when we are born of the Spirit. The physical birth of Christ has been covered well by Matthew and Luke; John need not repeat it. Matthew and Luke had not yet recognized that we are included in that prophetic motif. | ||
