Romans 5:1″ Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:” Justified is much more than forgiveness, being justified before God means all that was once against us has been removed. Our faith itself is a gift from God. Eph.2. Reply Mike ...
Mary was given the gift of being in awe of the Savior that she birthed. Instead of going around bragging about her greatest honor, she instead treasured this joy in her heart. She reflected on the greatness and the love that was given to her by God Himself to carry Him in her womb an...
Mary’s yes brought about God made man. In being incarnate at the Annunciation, God the Son consented to 33 years of poverty, ignominy, and rejection, culminating in betrayal, torture, shame and death. The Annunciation holds the promise of Christmas, Good Friday, and Easter, and all because...
John is saying, “Because God is love, when God lives in us, we are like Jesus to the world around us. Our loving action is the primary way that others will see God.” These are the principles John has been writing about throughout the chapter, as we’ve seenhereandhere. ...
“Who then is this about whom I hear such things?” And he kept trying to see him.Matthew 6:11 My teen son has “pushed God to the background.” He claims he still believes, but doesn’t see how faith pertains to his life right now. He’s more interested in other things. ...
If I have those perfect words on my phone and by my bed, why would I ever even want some vain and proud man claiming to be a prophet, tell me anything about God’s will or my future? The scriptures contain all things necessary for life and godliness. ALL things. See, 2 Peter 1:...
Sixth, our experience helps us to understand the mission of God.Godsenthis Sonto become a human being, to identify with the suffering of humanity, and to die on the cross so as to set them free from the power of sin and death. God raised him from the dead so that all who are in ...
being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge–that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who...
these injustices with a narrative proffered by the West that seeks to exonerate themselves. But her voice shoots through the noise and tells a simple, true story. Water is part of God’s creation; God uses water to heal and to baptize; God wills the redemption of water (Walker-Lenow ...