From A Study in the Word

Actually I just want to remember this for my own reference....

From - A Study in the Word - recorded on the Sonlife Broadcasting Network in September 2011


1. Jesus Christ is the Source:         (Jn. 14:6)
2. The Cross is the Means             (Rom.6:3,5)
3. Our Faith Must be in the            (1 Cor.1:7,18,23)
    Cross of Christ Exclusively
4. The Holy Spirit will work             (Rom. 8:1-2,11)
    Mightily within our Lives

"And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness." Rom. 8:10

It is important the we have an:
1. Understanding the Sin Nature
2. How the Cross of Christ as a Solution to that Problem, and
3. How the Holy Spirit Works in all of this

"And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the Cross ceased." Gal. 5:11

and in the New Living Translation (NLT) this verse reads:

"Dear brothers and sisters, if I were still preaching that you must be circumcised -- as some say I do -- why would the Jews persecute me? The fact that I am still being persecuted proves that I am still preaching salvation through the cross of Christ alone."

Any thing in which we have faith that is not the Cross of Christ (and what Jesus there did) results in self-righteousness. It was self-righteousness that nailed Christ to the Cross.” ~Jimmy Swaggart

"The Cross does away with self-effort." ~Donnie Swaggart

Romans 6:14-18 "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What then? shall we sin , because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid . Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey ; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you . Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness."

When Paul says "the law" what is he talking about? He's talking about the Law of Moses. What part of the Law of Moses? The Law of Moses came in 3 parts: 1) the Ceremonial part; 2) the Ritualistic part; and, 3) the Moral part.  The Moral part is found in Exodus 20, and is called the Ten Commandments, or the Ten Words. Exodus 20:3-17

Every unsaved person in the world is under that law, even though they don't understand it, never heard about it in their life. When they stand before God one day they will give account for breaking that law.

Let's look at Colossians 2  [I have taken these quotes directly from Bro. Swaggart's Expositor's Study Bible.]

14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, (pertains to the Law of Moses, which was God's Standard of Righteousness that man could not reach), which was contrary to us (Law is against us, simply because we are unable to keep its precepts, no matter how hard we try), and took it out of the way (refers to the penalty of the Law being removed), nailing it to his cross (the Law with its decrees was abolished in Christ's Death, as if Crucified with Him); 15 And having spoiled principalities and powers (Satan and all of his henchmen were defeated at the Cross by Christ Atoning for all sin; sin was the legal right Stan had to hold man in captivity; with all sin atoned, he has no more legal right to hold anyone in bondage), He (Christ) made a shew of them openly (what Jesus did at the Cross was in the face of the whole universe), triumphing over them in it. (The triumph is complete and it was all done for us, meaning we can walk in power and perpetual victory due to the Cross.)

Here then is Bro. Swaggart outline for - God's Prescribed Order of Victory:

1) Focus:
     The Lord Jesus Christ (Jn. 14:6)
2) Object of Faith:
     The Cross of Christ (Rom. 6:3-5)
3) Power Source:
     The Holy Spirit (Rom. 8:1-2, 11)
4) Results:
     Victory (Rom. 6:14)