Encouragement to the Family

1. Our sins are forgiven. “The Christian is not a person who is seeking forgiveness, or who is hoping to be forgiven. The Christian is not a person who is uncertain about forgiveness or tries to merit it. No, Christians are people who know that they are...

The Social Test: Do You Love People?

Do you genuinely love all the people in your life? 1. The Old and New Commandment to love others. 2. Living a life of love for others. “Hatred so zaps purpose and direction in life that you can’t know God’s direction for your life. Hatred takes you out of God’s will....

The Moral Test

We can have assurance that we know God and are saved by God by looking at our faithful obedience to God. 1. Our obedience to God reveals if our faith in Jesus is genuine or not (verse 3-4). “Knowledge of God is a robust concept that covers not only what you know about...

Jesus Christ Is Our Advocate

1. We are never encouraged to sin. “The knowledge of such a great love and of such undeserved forgiveness makes the Christian earnestly desirous not to sin.” —James Montgomery Boice “This may be illustrated with a blank sheet of paper, a pencil, and dot marks on the...