Tag: sin
Faith, Hope, Love: Part 2 Hope
1 Corinthians 13:13 And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love. No matter what we go through there is always hope in Christ. He is always there for us and feels our hurt and pain. He understands and reaches out to help us and give us hope…
Live Like You’re Forgiven (Living in God’s Undeserved Grace)
God set in motion His plan of salvation from the beginning. When we accept Him as our savior and begin life with Him, He covers us in His undeserved grace. We are forgiven and washed clean. We are made new. The old ways, our old self are gone and we become a new person. 2…
God’s Goodness: Our Mistakes & Failures
Our mistakes and failures God weaves them all together for our good. Even our sin and rebellion God uses in His goodness. Our path and journey through life can be complicated. There may be many times of going our own way. Times of doubt and questioning. Times we want to give up. Times we are angry at…
God’s Goodness: Boundaries
God created boundaries for us in His Word and through His Spirit He will teach us. This is all for our good. His rules and warnings are for our good. He knows the consequences and out of His love for us He advises us in the right direction by telling and teaching us the way…
God’s Goodness: Salvation
God had a plan. His holiness called for judgment, but His love called for salvation by His grace and mercy. From The Beginning God’s plan from the beginning was to bring salvation. To show us His redeeming love. God created Adam and Eve knowing the choice they would make. God allowed them to make that…
Divine Intervention: Christ Came
Christ came. God sent His son into our world. He came with a mission. God’s love intervened. He made a way for us to return to Him. Our Condition We are born into sin. Sin entered the world in the beginning. Ever since we have inherited our sin nature. We are naturally sinful. We are…
Life (& God’s Plan)
God has good plans for us. Not harm but hope and a future. (Jeremiah 29:11) God uses all things in our lives, circumstances, pain, hurt, troubles – He allows them all to bring good to us – He turns what is meant for evil into good. God is not inactive or reactive but working and…
Victory: We Know the End of the Story
As Christians, as believers, we have victory in God. We already know the end. God has told us He will win over all the sin and evil in this world. He already has won. He defeated death, sins hold on humanity and the devil, when He died and rose again. He told what would happen…
We Are Human
We are human. We are fallible. We constantly make mistakes and mess up, but God understands. He will always accept us back. Our Nature & God’s Love We are sinners born that way from the start. God still reaches out to us. God still came and died in our place, even as we continued to…
The Created Order
God created the world and therefore created an order for it to run and be held together. If the order is disrupted or changed it will have dramatic effects on God’s created order. It will fall apart. Separation from God brings disaster. The Beginning Goodness In the beginning God created the world and everything in…
The Israelites and Us: Man and Human Nature
When things went good for the Israelites they forgot God and began to think they could do things themselves. We do the same. It’s our human nature. When we become Christians we surrender everything to Him and follow closely. We know and realize all he has done for us in bringing us to salvation and…
