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  POSITIONAL CONDUCT
  by Miles J. Stanford
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Summary: A Christian's position with Christ gives them an abundance of
grace and the gift of righteousness, enabling them to reign in life.

Topics: "Grace And Law", "Heavenly Position"
Scripture References: Romans 5:17, Romans 6:14, Ephesians 2:6, Revelation 1:5-6

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Miles J. Stanford preaches about the profound truth that believers, who
have received an abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness
through Jesus Christ, are positioned to reign in life. The separation
between law and grace is bridged by the Cross, where grace offers
immediate heavenly position leading to right conduct, contrasting with
the law's requirement of earning earthly position through right conduct.
As believers are placed in an exalted position with Christ in heavenly
places, they are called to walk in kingly manner, not to reach the
throne, but as a natural outcome of their elevated status.

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"They who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness
shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ" (Romans 5:1 7).

"Law and grace are separated by the infinite chasm of the Cross. Law
required right conduct first, with earthly position to be earned
thereby. Grace gives heavenly position immediately, which ultimately
produces right conduct. "Ye are not under the law, but under grace"
(Romans 6:14).

"The believer does not walk in order to reach the throne. On the
contrary. His walk is determined by the fact that he has been placed
with the Lord Jesus in a position of immeasurable ascendancy. He has
been made to sit together with Christ in heavenly places in order that,
having received an abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness, he
might reign in life by one, even the Lord Jesus.

"He walks like a king because he is a king (Revelation 1:6). He is not
called upon to walk in kingly fashion in order that he may reach the
throne. God's order is different. The Christian begins at the throne and
his kingly manner is only the inevitable outcome of his exalted
position.

"Our frustrations and agonies in an effort to attain the unattainable,
our shame and our defeats such as we find in Paul's own experience
tabulated so faithfully in Romans 7, come about naturally and inevitably
when, failing to grasp all this, we put the emphasis on our conduct
rather than our position, which must come first." -F.J.H.

"Unto Him that loveth us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood,
and hath made us a kingdom of priests unto God and His Father, to Him be
glory and dominion for ever and ever " (Revelation 1 :5, 6).

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