THE GREAT MISSIONARY HOPE
/in Steadfast Hope“Even when we were dead in our trespasses, [God] made us alive together with Christ — by grace you have been saved.” (Ephesians 2:5) The great missionary hope is that when the gospel is preached in the power of the Holy Spirit, God himself does what man cannot do — he creates the faith that […]
CHRIST IS LIKE SUNLIGHT
/in Steadfast Hope“He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature.” (Hebrews 1:3) Jesus relates to God the way radiance relates to glory, or the way the rays of sunlight relate to the sun. Keep in mind that every analogy between God and natural things is imperfect and will distort if […]
LOVE'S GREATEST HAPPINESS
/in Steadfast Hope“No one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body.” (Ephesians 5:29–30) The union between Christ and his bride is so close (“one flesh”) that any good done to her is a good done to himself. The blatant assertion of […]
