So if your faith in Christ is sure. You know that you have believed that Jesus died on the cross for your sins. You have asked Him to be your Savior. You are trusting only in Him and His death for your sins to make you born into God’s family. Then, you have every reason …
So here is a key question for all of us who struggle with sin in one form or another … and since we are all sinners that would include everybody. When I accepted Christ were all sins of my entire life forgiven or only those that I had committed up to that point? There are …
Yesterday we looked at these verses in 2 Peter 1 … “For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these …
Many believers who struggle with any kind of addictive behavior will also struggle to have assurance of their salvation. Get far enough away from God and you forget the truths about what Christ has accomplished for you on the cross. I see it in men all the time. They assume that part of the reason …
You might hear a lot these days about “Arrested Development”. The term is used in a very funny show with the same name and there is a band called Arrested Development. It actually is a phrase to describe a disorder. According to Wikipedia it is a medical term to describe the stoppage of physical or …
We have spent this past week looking at certain things about our Father, our Savior and the Spirit over which we should think deeply and be in awe. We have grown used to thinking God is distant, upset with us over our sin and if we do not change our ways He is probably done …
In 1707 Issac Watts penned these words … Alas! and did my Savior bleed And did my Sovereign die? Would He devote that sacred head For such a worm as I? Thy body slain, sweet Jesus, Thine— And bathed in its own blood— While the firm mark of wrath divine, His Soul in anguish stood. …
In order for God to be God He must, by definition and what is revealed to us in Scripture, know everything. He is always present and all knowing. David put it this way in Psalm 139:1-4, O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; …
The farther I go in my recovery and the closer I get to God it seems like the clearer I see things. I stand in greater awe of our Father’s love for us, Jesus’ sacrifice for us and the Spirit’s grace to us. Today, let’s consider the question, “Where does God exist?” We probably think …
There is an old hymn I sometimes love to sing when I am driving home from work. It was written by Charles H. Gabriel in 1905 and titled I Stand Amazed in the Presence. I stand amazed in the presence Of Jesus the Nazarene, And wonder how He could love me, A sinner, condemned, …
