Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him (2 Corinthians 5:21). The Bible says that my own righteousness is like a dirty rag when I stand before God. I can’t do enough good works to be right with Him and He knows that! So the Father has imputed the right standing of Jesus to me. Jesus became what I was so that I could be what He is to the Father. To be righteous means to be able to stand before the Father as

Praying in the spirit or in other tongues is an experience that accompanies the baptism with the Holy Spirit. It is the will of God that every believer has the ability to pray in the spirit. Praying in the spirit is a spiritual means of building up or edifying us spiritually. 1 Corinthians 14:4 reads: He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself...It is not a physical but a spiritual building up. Jude reminds us: But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith,