Whatever God says is true and right and good. By comparison, our knowledge is incomplete. We’re vulnerable to making mistakes and jumping to wrong conclusions. And so it’s essential for our faith to be anchored in God’s truth...
God’s free grace doesn’t excuse us from pursuing goodness, but God’s free grace is actually what establishes and incentivizes good conduct in God’s people.
The grace of God we receive through faith in Christ is just as potent, just as precious, and just as complete as the grace received by the apostles.
I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me, you can do nothing.
Jesus is the only way to God, and the way to God is only Jesus, unassisted by anything we would try to add.
If Christ is able to give us hope and new life in the midst of death, he is able to give us hope and life in every life situation.
When Jesus refers to himself as the Good Shepherd, he’s proclaiming himself to be the compassionate King who fulfills various expectations of the Old Testament.
Jesus says, "There’s one door, and it’s me."
Where can we go to find out what God thinks of us? Is he happy with us? Is he angry with us? How do we know? Who can tell us? Do we have this life thing all figured out, or have we just arrogantly assumed that we do without actually knowing?
"Whoever comes to me shall never hunger. Whoever believes in me shall never thirst."
Those who understand the authority and goodness of Christ will want to faithfully follow Jesus, and will want to teach others to do the same.
Prayer isn’t our gift to God. Prayer is God’s gift to us.
I am not ashamed of the good news of Scripture – of the Christian gospel. For it is the power of God for salvation, to everyone who believes. The Bible is the very Word of God to us, and it is enough.
Do you know the love of God? Not just a cheap chick-flick type of love, but God’s deep, loyal, self-sacrificing, unbreakable, never-ending love?
The strength we need for the Christian life is provided by God himself. Each child of God can lean into the arms of the Father, confident that he who started a good work in us will bring it to completion.
As we groan in the present, let's groan with hope. For God has prepared future glory for each of his children, and we will not be disappointed.
An adopted son fears nothing, because He knows his relationship with His Father has been certified – the courts of heaven have reached a final verdict! – his place in the family of God is certain.
Either your mind will be set on the Spirit, or on the flesh. Either your convictions will be built on divine knowledge, or your convictions will be shaped by human opinion.
Those who are in Christ are no longer doomed to a life of unrighteousness and condemnation. Rather, in Christ we can live a new life, walking according to the Spirit.
Are you satisfied? Real fellowship with God produces completeness of joy.