4 Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. 5 And you know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him. 7 Little children, let no […]
This is all from a conversation on Facebook; anything not in blockquotes is from me. I thought it was good enough to share. Is it possible to feel sure of our salvation even though we are not truly saved? If you trust Christ and Him crucified for your justification, if you believe that the blood […]
Grace is an intrusion of the Kingdom of God into the “real world”, and the “real world” is always scandalized by it. 1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 And early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat down […]
4 Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. 5 And you know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him. 7 Little children, let no […]
Here’s the grace message; We are not perfect. Our kids are not perfect. We don’t drive the perfect car, have the perfect house or the perfect figure. We don’t say perfect things, we don’t think perfect thoughts. But we are greatly loved by the only Perfect One in the universe and He loves us […]
1 See how great a love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what […]
[yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-rWNAQx1ZE’] The way You look at me When you think I’m not looking…. Tells me…. Your heart’s A sleeping giant Worn out By someone You loved before me. I see you’re scared Unconvinced by What I’ve tried to say; That I am yours And that nothing Will take me away. I know that […]
Recently a man I deeply respect who was at one time my pastor posted this: “When your heart’s desire contradicts Scripture, betray your feelings. Don’t follow your heart.” Upon reflection, I am going to humbly dispute this; as Elishah’s disciples said, there is death in that pot (2 Kings 4:40). First, some scripture: 23 Watch […]
My friend Mike Rehmet told a story about his wife Gina, who likes plants but apparently doesn’t have the greenest of thumbs. She brought home a new potted plant and set it on the front porch. As they were going out, he noticed the plant there, and said, “so – this is where you’re gonna […]
“Christianity is not the move from vice to virtue, but rather the move from virtue to grace.” Gerhard Forde 20 … by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin. 21 But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God […]