One of God’s purposes in saving us is to give us a role in His plan of redemption. This is the highest honor and privilege given to man. We are appointed as messengers of His redeeming love.
Read MoreIt is unlikely that any of us fully realizes the wickedness of our own hearts. But if God’s Son has been truly believed upon, He takes that faith as an invitation to come into our hearts and begin the process of His cleansing work.
Read MoreIt is not a coincidence that Jesus was trained as a carpenter by His earthly father. The skillful input of shaping, fitting, sanding and refining is an apt metaphor for the work of the Creator as He works with us to shape and refine our characters.
Read MoreIt is obvious that God is a lover of beauty. But above all that is visibly beautiful, His greatest delight is in beauty of character, yet this is the one thing over which He has given us total control.
Read MoreWe are given baptism to celebrate His resurrection and its ongoing power to raise us up every day from the old life of sin and death. In fact, it is the “resurrection power” of His Holy Spirit that saves us from the old life of sin.
Read MoreThere is an orderly way that both creation and redemption are presented in the Word. Both are processes. They are also intertwined, for the Omniscient One knew before the foundation of the world that He would give the life of His Son to redeem us from the dark influences that the adversary would bring. Then, He begins the process of recreating us. Submission to His authority in this process is essential.
Read MoreGod is working patiently to extricate each of us from a worldly culture under heavy-handed pagan influences. To this very day, pagan ideas which were presented under a manmade premise of honoring God are still accepted and practiced.
Read MoreOur path is often lit only a step at a time, so taking each step is essential to gain the benefits of His counsel. This life is fleeting. Don’t waste another hour trying to find your own way!
Read MoreThe covenant relationship that God designed for a man and his wife is a metaphor for the covenant relationship that He designed and desires between Himself and His people. Such a relationship is characterized by unconditional love, fierce loyalty, and fidelity to the end.
Read MoreLooking around, he realized that veering off of the path of righteousness casts a pallor over everything. A moment of unvarnished truth took hold…
Read MoreSatan delights in seeing people follow his ideas; many of his deceptions are religious-sounding ideas that directly conflict with the word of God.
Read MoreThe gift of everlasting life—immortality—is only for those who humbly accept the exchange: the death of the Sinless One, Jesus, in our place.
Read MoreThe fullness of God’s character is expressed in great contrasts. He is indeed high and lofty, yet He tenderly condescends to be with us, even in our bleakest, lowest moments.
Read MoreIt is the basis for an entire way of thinking that works positively to undo that most dangerous of character flaws: pride!
Read MoreThe expansion of God’s kingdom—winning hearts to Him—is a large part of what our personal transformation is all about.
Read MoreThere was a coming out, a decided separation from the wicked, an escape for life. So it was in the days of Noah; so with Lot; so with the disciples prior to the destruction of Jerusalem; and so it will be in the last days.
Read MoreGod’s grace-filled call would show Abram, over time, that the departure from Babylon meant getting rid of every trace of Babylonian conditioning that existed within himself.
Read MoreNo command from the Lord is issued apart from available power to carry it out. If we use our own weaknesses and inabilities as an excuse to be disobedient in any given area of our life, it actually means we subconsciously intend to act in our own strength. Self-reliance must be put away in favor of total reliance upon Him.
Read MoreAs followers of the Lawgiver and Redeemer, we understand that real freedom is about freedom from the bondage of sin. This freedom enables us to love the Lord supremely and love our fellow humans—all regardless of current events.
Read MoreHe knows the inexplicably wonderful possibility of what you and I can become. And, though it is not yet reality, it is clearly envisioned in the mind of God. What’s more, He desires each of us to “catch the vision.”
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