Blessings #5 & #6: Claimed as God’s Inheritance and Secured with His Spirit

“If you cannot travel, remember that our Lord Jesus Christ is more glorious than all else that you could ever see. Get a view of Christ, and you have seen more than mountains, and cascades, and valleys, and seas can ever show you. Thunders may bring their sublime...

Spiritual Blessings #3 and #4: Redemption and the Inside Scoop

Introduction. “It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum...

“Train Yourself for Godliness”

Since godliness is of value in every way, we must pursue godliness. 1. A good spiritual diet for godliness. 2. Exercise for godliness.

Chosen To Be Holy; Predestined To Be Adopted

Introduction:  Your Heavenly Father’s immeasurable riches of grace and kindness to you I.  Chosen and Predestined. The OT Background and the Meaning of “Election” (cf. Deut 7:6-8). The Meaning of “Predestination” (Eph 1:5, 11; cf. Acts 4:27-28; Rom 8:29-30). When did...

Witnesses to Jesus

Christians can be confident that Jesus is the Son of God because God has provided several witnesses that testify to his divine nature, which gives us all hope and assurance that we are truly saved by faith alone in him. 1. The first witness that John calls to the...