2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art wi...
you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food,13for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child.14But
God does. Paul writes in Romans 8:10: “But if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.” God’s life-giving and saving Spirit comes to all the baptized. Joining us together in the body of Christ, empowering us with t...
The only way any person can be saved from sin and eternal wrath is by God’s grace. If salvation is by grace alone, which it is, then it is clearly not by works or personal righteousness. No one contributes anything to his or her salvation.“No merit of man either before, at, or ...
Self-righteousness, particularly when exhibited with hate and vile name calling, doesn’t reflect God’s character. It makes Jesus look bad when people say they are Christians and hate others, particularly other Christians. These days many people don’t even bother to keep quiet about it. ...
But this is not a form of cosplay that we can manufacture or duplicate through our own efforts and God is ultimately the only Judge in such matters. He is also the only one who can truly remove our filthy rags of sinfulness through the cross and clothe us with His righteousness. That ...
Because if you say “yes” to Jesus’ marriage proposal, then a perfectly good, perfectly just God will credit your account with the infinite righteousness of His Son. Jesus will pay your unpayable debt with His own blood. And you will spend an eternity of worshipful gratitude in the presenc...