Why Are We Not All Dead? – blog 12/29/23
- To summarize...sin, in God’s eyes, is a capital offense.
- Then why are we not all dead?
- If we all got what we deserved, we’d all get God’s justice and we’d all be dead and in Hell.
- Remember, God has never been unjust. He’s never punished a soul who didn’t deserve it.
Grace gives without any expectations.
Talk Is Cheap – blog 1/5/24
I believe what Jesus was getting at in Luke 6:27-36 was simple. He wants to test our virtues the hard way. It’s easy to talk a big game when the situation is conducive to godly behavior. It isn’t until our so-called virtues are challenged under difficult circumstances that we can truly stake a claim to them.
Talk Is Cheap – blog 1/5/24
Let us recognize our own hypocrisy before anyone else needs to. Let us look in the mirror with intent and humility. We want to know the truth about ourselves, don’t we? After all, it’s truth that sets us free. Let us confess our own weaknesses and aim to help those who are weaker still by showing them grace, mercy, and love. This is the Lord’s will for us.
Unbelief is disobedience in God’s eyes.
Disobedience is unbelief in God’s eyes.
Disobedience results in failure to enter God’s rest.
Forfeiture is final.
God, for His own sovereign purposes, will decree a forfeiture of salvation of those who have been enlightened by Truth, have understood God’s salvific plan, Christ’s Gospel, and rejected it. We call this apostasy.
When a person is given the truth, they understand it, and still reject it, God holds them accountable.
