Lord, help me to see that all the good I do is a gift of your grace. May I always praise you and live in humble acceptance of your gifts. Father, I want to know your love. Jesus, empty me of myself and work in me, through me, for the sake of the kingdom. Free me from ev...
“other scriptures”, and I Tim., v, 18, seems to quote Luke, x, 7, and to place it on a level with Deut., xxv, 4. But these arguments for the canonicity of the deuterocanonical books of theOld Testament, of the Pauline Epistles, and of the Gospel of St. Luke do not ...
So, in a prayerful posture of humility, and with a contrite heart and meek spirit, I approached the throne of grace this week and submitted myself to the Lord’s abundant mercy and compassion. Relying on the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I appealed to Him on bended knee, to convers...
Therefore when it comes to people who worship differently from you, bless one another with grace. Even if you think to yourself, “That person is making a fool of themselves,” or “Why is that person so stuck up?” have grace to them. ...
You need to hunger for greater understanding of His love and grace. You need to long for Him to come back again. You need to meditate on everything about our precious Lord and Savior. You need to be grateful for everything He has done regarding the gospel and how He made a way for ...
Despite Romans 3:31 and other “obedience” verses we shall see, people continue to quote verses that would seem to say, we can pretty much ignore the 10 commandment law. Here are a few: We are not“….under the law, but under grace.” ...
atonement. grace, perseverance, etc.; but in the Scriptures we find this doctrine taught with such consistency and clearness that all branches of the Church, Protestant and Roman Catholic alike, have agreed with instinctive judgment that the Bible is trustworthy and that its pronouncements are final...
One thing in particular that has caught my attention for a while is its emphasis on the “means of grace”—as you pointed out, biblical preaching. But this seems to me to be a horribly meaningless definition of perspicuity then. It seems like it is basically saying: “If you listen ...
the grace of God. What is striking about this is that this gift is given without regard to the worth of the people who receive it. God doesn’t give discriminately to seemingly fitting recipients.He gives without regard to their social, gender, or ethnic worth. Nothing about them makes the...
Certainly those who preach prosperity present it as a message from Scripture. They point to a wide array of key verses that seem to guarantee financial breakthroughs. For instance, prosperity preachers repeatedly quote 2 Corinthians 8-9, including: “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Chr...