Chronicles of a Watchman by Dr. James P. Norman Jr.

TO BE IN CHRIST (PART ONE) To be in Christ is redemption; but for Christ to be in you – that is sanctification! To be in Christ - that makes you fit for heaven; but for Christ to be in you - that makes you fit for Earth! To be in Christ – that changes your destination; but for Christ to be in you - that changes your destiny! The one makes heaven your home and the other makes this world his workshop. I have been bound to this earth by a law that I have never been able to break. That is the law of gravity. By Faith I step into the new law of God. I sit back in the rest of faith and new mighty anointing roars into my life. I discover that the new law of the spirit, of life in Christ Jesus, has me free from the law of sin and death. As long as I maintain (by faith) that position of total dependence I do not have to try to be free from the law of sin and death. I am being set free by the operation of a new law, the operation of the Holy Spirit. III John 2 2  Beloved...

      1.  QUESTION OF EXISTENCE: WHY AM I ALIVE? JEREMIAH: "Why was I born? Was it only to have trouble and sorrow, to end my life in disgrace?"Jeremiah 20:18 (TEV) Love comes from God... for God IS love . God showed how much he loved us by sending His only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through Him."1 John 4:7-9 (NLT) "Long before God laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind, and settled on us as the focus of His love , to be made whole and holy by His love."Ephesians 1:4 (Msg) GOD SAYS:  "I have loved you with an everlasting love!"Jeremiah 31:3 (NIV) 2.  QUESTION OF SIGNIFICANCE: DOES MY LIFE MATTER? DAVID: "I remember how short my life is. Why did you create us? For nothing?"Psalm 89:47 (NCV) JOB: "Why should I work so hard for nothing?"Job 9:29 (GW) SOLOMON: "Laughing and having fun is crazy. What good does it do?"Ecclesiastes 2:2 (CEV) HE CARES...

Sin makes the blood of Jesus Christ precious, and valuable.  The blood of Jesus Christ is precious because of its redeeming power.  It's power to acquire back everything that was lost by Adam.  According to Hebrews 9:22, without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin. Had Christ possessed only a human nature, he could not have been without sin.  But life can draw out of the putrid clod materials for its own living.  Having the odor of decaying flesh.  Divine life appropriates the human.  What with us is regeneration the saving the soul, re-activating the spirit of man, is with Him (Christ) the incarnation of God.  The power of that regeneration to be in the cleansing of the sins by the precious blood (Acts 20:28).  Many years ago as our ministry grew, one of many set-backs came when we lost a building.  The late Dr. Roy Hicks called Kathy and I and asked us to meet him at that empty church for prayer.  The main thing...