Showing results for: “Salvation”
Found 20 results
Most of us have no issues with believing God can-it's believing God will, and believing it now. But Jesus never placed salvation into the distant future.He stepped into people's present moments. To th...
We often define sin as breaking rules or committing bad acts. But the Bible defines sin as falling short of the glory of God. It is a loss of status and environment. Therefore, salvation is not just a...
In ancient warfare, a royal coat declared your rank, your authority, and your future. When David killed Goliath, he stood before the court holding the head of the enemy. Jonathan, the prince of Israel...
You failed again. And the first thought that came was not about the failure itself. It was about God. "He must be so disappointed in me." That sentence sits in the chest of almost every believer at so...
There is a beautiful changing of the guard that happened the moment Jesus was brought into the temple as a baby. An old man named Simeon was there. He had been waiting his whole life for the consolati...
Many Christians believe that God limits their lifespan to seventy or eighty years. They base this belief on a verse in Psalm 90. "The days of our lives are seventy years; and if by reason of strength...
Humanity took the Son of God and nailed Him to a wooden cross. That was our response to His love and His miracles. We rejected Him. But God did not respond with vengeance. He did not destroy the world...
A doctor can prescribe medication for your panic attacks. A therapist can teach you to reframe your thoughts. But the Bible does something neither one can do: it tells you where fear came from, who de...
Spiritual growth is not becoming stronger in yourself.It's becoming more confident in Christ. Paul puts it beautifully: "When I am weak, then I am strong."2 Corinthians 12:10 Growth doesn't feel like...
When some people preach the gospel, they start with everything wrong with humanity.But Paul starts somewhere else. "For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed..."Romans 1:17 The gospel doe...
The question that is I believe one of the most asked of the Lord is:"Lord... how long?" David asked it too: "How long, O LORD?"Psalm 13:1 But David didn't stay there. "But I have trusted in Your mercy...
The law tells you what to do. Grace tells you what has been done. One system demands from you. The other supplies for you. And the Bible is very clear about which one you live under today. Most Christ...
In the book of Philippians, there is a verse that often causes anxiety: "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling". If you read that in isolation, it sounds like salvation is a project you...
In ancient Athens, moneychangers had to deal with coins that were "whittled" down-people would shave off the edges of the soft metal to steal a little value. The moneychangers who refused these coins...
The apostles died for the gospel, not for moral causes. Martyrs don't give their lives for better behavior.They give it for better news. In Acts 4, when the authorities threatened the apostles, it was...
Christ died for us while we were still sinners-before we cared about God. Grace didn't wait for you to improve.It didn't even wait for you to notice. Paul puts it in the simplest, most staggering sent...
Most people translate shalom as "peace." That is like translating the word "home" as "a building." Technically correct. Deeply incomplete. Shalom is one of the richest words in the Hebrew Bible. It ap...
It is easy to miss the Savior when you are focused on the crowd. The streets of Jericho were chaotic. There was a din and bustle, a cacophony of noise. Everyone was pushing, shoving, and trying to get...
The Sabbath was never about inactivity.It was about alignment - letting God work while you stop. That's why Jesus healed so often on the Sabbath.It wasn't rebellion.It was revelation. "My Father has b...
Elijah called down fire from heaven on a Tuesday. By Wednesday, he sat under a tree and asked God to let him die. That is not a story about weak faith. That is a story about a real prophet in a real b...