Apostle Winston Joseph, Ph.D

  Even after the finished work of Christ some people still rely on law — ‘to take them through, which is absolutely dangerous. So, you may then ask why was the law given at all? According to Galatians 3:24 ,   the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ. In other words, there is a hidden message inside the law that ‘you’ cannot keep it and the only one who can keep it is ‘Jesus Christ’ through whose obedience we are made righteous and holy, as Romans 10:4 tells us that Christ is the end of the law. He came to fulfil the law as Galatians 2:16 says because by observing the law no one will be justified and Galatians 3:10 further adds that all who rely on observing the law are under a curse for it is written: Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the book of the law.   Galatians 3:11 mentions “Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, …”   We must always remember that law is a taskmaster –the devil was ruling humanity through th...

  The root word for ‘holiness’ comes from the Greek word ‘Hagios’, which has three meanings: a) Separated from the ordinary b) Separated from the common usage c) Something holy is that which has been brought into relationship with God and designated by Him as having a sacred purpose. We must be clear that simply by living a holy life we do not become holy. If it would have been possible then the death of Christ would have been useless. Our holiness is in Christ, which is the wisdom of God i.e., Christ has become holiness, righteousness, and redemption for us as scripted in 1 Corinthians 1:30. We must keep our eyes on Christ forever. The devil wants us to focus on ourselves and to view ourselves as to how unrighteous and unholy we are, but God’s plan for us is to continually look at and keep our focus on Christ. The Bible says in Hebrews 3:1, “Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we c...

We need to understand that Adam’s blessing was in being obedient to God’s command of not eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Adam’s life was hidden in the tree of life, but our blessing is not hidden in the tree of life. Our blessing is hidden in Christ and walking in the fullness of Christ.   Here we must know that the Old Covenant failed because it was a covenant between God and man. In other words, both the parties had to work and be faithful to the covenant. For the success of the covenant, God had to play the part and He kept His covenant and was faithful to it. But the problem was with men, who could not work out their holiness and consequently failed to keep the covenant. However, under the  New Covenant , it is possible to keep and maintain holiness, because, now God the Father did not make the covenant with a man but with His Own Son, who represented mankind. So, this covenant became successful because in this covenant both the parts were played by God...