Pastor Rick Duncan God’s aim for our salvation is that we actually become like Jesus (Romans 8:29). C.S Lewis wrote, “The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that. all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself are simply…
What an incredible reminder… To know that God held nothing back from redeeming and ransoming you from your self-inflicted sinful death sentence should be nothing short of life-altering.
We are looking at God’s forgiveness of our sins, but also how that frees us and implicates us to forgive others, even those who have deeply hurt us.
I want us to be able to address what’s really going on and then clean slate one another and keep no record of wrongs that may fuel future fires...
I want us to be able to address what’s really going on and then clean slate one another and keep no record of wrongs that may fuel future fires...
“How wonderful, how lovely is Your name. You captivate our hearts, You save us by Your grace.”
If you’re like the rest of us, you’ve still got this song stuck in your head from Sunday! We declared this anthem together while we watched several of our brothers and sisters get baptized and go public with their declaration of having received new life in Christ!
How the Holy Spirit helps us:
Instruct us and reminds us of what Christ has taught (John 15:26)
Convicts the heart of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:8–11)
Guides us in the way of truth (John 16:13; Romans 8:14)
How do we do good deeds? What’s gospel-based approach to do-gooding?
“Great is Your faithfulness, Your faithfulness
Through the years you’ve always been there.
Great is Your love for us, Your love for us.
Through the years you’ll always be there.”
This past weekend, several people asked me questions about the nature of faith and works. I was asked, “If we are saved by faith and not by works, then why did you talk so much about our need to do good works?”
So, are you alive? Do you have new life in Christ? Well, I think so. How can I know? You say you have faith, but you have no works? Your faith is a dead faith.
But if you have works, it’s proof that your faith is alive and real and active.
I\'m praying that God will remind me often about The Day that is coming. And that I will be ready. There is a sense in which \"spiritual stats\" are being compiled by God as He watches our lives moment by moment, day after day, year after year. And these \"spiritual stats\" will either work for us or against us. I want to be found being filled with the Spirit, abiding in Christ, and being busy inviting people to new life in Christ.
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