"Your life is transformed to the degree that your mind is renewed. Cornel's book goes a long way to removing the hindrances to that renewal."
-Curry R. Blake, John G. Lake Ministries
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The debate about whether or not Christians, born-again believers, still have a sinful nature dwelling inside them is not a new one. Consider these questions below:
Is there a constant struggle going on inside you between 2 opposing natures?
Is the sinful nature the reason why you struggle with certain habits?
Why do believers still sin?
Does ‘dying to self’ mean killing off the old sinful man day by day until there is nothing left of it?
Is grace the reason why we still sin?
How do I deal with this constant temptation?
If you have asked any of these questions before, then Ryan Rufus’ book ‘Do Christians Still Have A Sinful Nature?’ is a book you need to get. Ryan systematically goes through the scriptures to answer all these questions above and more clearly and simplistically.
When I first learned about the wonderful grace of Jesus, this book helped me immensely to come to grips with many of these issues, as well as destroy heaps of different traditional lies that I was spoon-fed in church growing up.
Whether you are seasoned in the grace message, new to it, haven’t heard about it, or have been asking these questions, I assure you that you will benefit from reading it.
Here are what some other people have said about this book:
Wayne Duncan - “There can be few things more important than understanding the degree to which we were changed upon conversion. Ryan clearly shows how God has positioned us to reign in life, through a powerful work in us.”
Joshua Mills - “Ryan Rufus is a champion in the kingdom of God. His revelation and ministry of grace is setting the captives free, healing broken lives and releasing joy in the goodness of God’s glory. Through Ryan’s teachings you will be challenged and empowered to accomplish all that God has called you to be and do!”
To get a copy of this book, visit www.newnaturepublications.com. All their resources are made available very affordably and get this: FREE SHIPPING ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD! Yes, free shipping! Go get yourself a few copies and spread them around! There is also a 5 week study course available for small groups to work through the book together! It is also available on Kindle.
Cornel
‘He Qualifies You‘ is a tiny book that packs an incredible punch! I am blown away by how Chad managed to cover such an immensely large and important subject in so few pages yet still in a very clear and concise way. So what is the subject Chad addresses? The 3 most important covenants found in the Bible as well as the basic conditional which upheld each covenant.
Covenant describes the way God relates to and treats people. If you do not understand these covenants, you might end up relating to God in entirely the wrong way! You might also be very confused as to how Gods acts, what His will for you is and what you think He may or may not do to you. Do you understand the 3 important covenants? Do you know which one is the one through which you relate to God? Do you know and understand the stipulations and conditionals of your covenant? If not, Chad’s book is the quickest and easiest way to gain a very thorough oversight into all 3 these covenants, although I will give a you little teaser summary here.
The 3 covenants are in order, the Abrahamic Covenant, the Mosaic Covenant and the New Covenant. The three main characters associated with each covenant is of course Abraham, Moses and Jesus. The basic underlying conditional that enforced these covenants were respectively pedigree, performance and position. Under the Abrahamic Covenant Abraham and his descendants were blessed of God based on their pedigree. If you were born of Abraham, you were blessed of God. You had the right pedigree. Under the Mosaic Covenant, pedigree was no longer enough. Performance was brought into the equation. Now you needed to be of the right pedigree but also behave in certain ways, stipulated by the Law of Moses, in order to enjoy God’s blessing and favour. Failure to do so had severely deadly consequences for Israel.
Then there is the New Covenant which is neither about pedigree or performance. The New Covenant is all about Jesus and your position in Him. He is of the perfect pedigree, God’s own Son, and His performance is absolutely perfect. Jesus therefor qualifies for all the blessings and favour of God outlined in both the previous covenants and even more. By being found in Christ, believers qualify for those same blessings based on their position: being IN Christ. Our pedigree and performance has absolutely nothing to do with how God treats us or relates to us!
There are plenty other absolute gems of wisdom, knowledge and revelation contained in this book that will blow your mind! It is by far one of the best books I have read this year! I don’t know why I waited until today to do so. Maybe because I saw Chad again today and had him sign me a copy in person. Haha. Thanks for that Chad!
Check out the website for this book at www.hequalifiesyou.com
Click below to order a Kindle copy of this book. Hardcopies can be ordered through New Nature Publications.
Peace!
Cornel
“An absolutely brilliant book!” would be an understatement. I thoroughly enjoyed reading every page. Some pages I had to read 2 or 3 times because you just can’t hear good news enough! Andrew starts off by explaining a very important and often overlooked fact: Jesus was not a Levite. Why is that important? Well, a new priest from a different tribe meant a totally new way of relating to God. That means completely breaking with the old covenant and wholeheartedly taking on a brand-spanking new covenant!
Andrew goes on to show what living under the old law covenant actually does to you and it is not good! It’s not called the ministry of death and condemnation for nothing! Living under the law actually causes you to sin more! Yep, you heard right. A sure-fire way to increase sin in your life is to try to obey the law. Now why would you want to do that? After this it will get a little hot under the collar for some, especially if you’re part of the pro-tithing section of the church… Very few preachers have the guts to address subject, and even fewer do it quite as well as Drew! If I had to be critical of one thing in this section, it would be regarding the common mistake many, including myself, have made before which is to think Abraham tithed to Melchizedek when in fact it was Abram. Abram changed to Abraham after the covenant was officially cut in blood, so Abraham never tithed as far scriptural records go.
If you make it past the tithing chapter without having a coronary, you are in for a great explanation of the sermon on the Mount, as well as an awesome revisit of the much debated topic of predestination and what both these subjects actually mean in context! The next part was one of my favorites as Andrew explains the differences between sin, sinning, the sinful nature and the flesh. Andrew brings such clarity to a very important subject which has caused so much religious confusion to so many. Truly liberating! Imputed vs Imparted righteousness, the divine nature, baptisms, true forgiveness, confession in context, communion, truth building upon truth to kill religion and liberate you to a life secure in Him forever!
Thank you Andrew for writing such a needed book. If you haven’t yet read this book, I urge you to get started! I’m going back for seconds…
Your’s in grace,
Cornel Marais
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