SAVING FAITH LOVES FORGIVENESS
/in Discipleship, Steadfast HopeBe kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. (Ephesians 4:32) Saving faith is not merely believing that you are forgiven. Saving faith looks at the horror of sin, and then looks at the holiness of God, and apprehends spiritually that God’s forgiveness is unspeakably glorious. Faith in God’s […]
HOW CHRIST CONQUERED BITTERNESS
/in Discipleship, Steadfast Hope“When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.” (1 Peter 2:23) No one was more grievously sinned against than Jesus. Every ounce of animosity against him was fully undeserved. No one has ever lived who was more […]
THE NAMES OF GOD
/in Hope, Steadfast Hope“Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory [is] above the earth and heaven.” Psa 148:13 Names are important it’s what identifies us. In the Old Testament times, a name was not only identification, but an identity as well. Often times a name revealed the character or […]
