Posts with the tag “salvation”

The sovereignty of God gives Him the freedom to exercise His will in whatever manner He may desire. No other will or action binds His sovereignty. The sovereignty of God can be observed in the exercise of His sovereign rule over the whole cosmos. He exercises unmitigated sovereignty over each and every thing in the universe, from the microscopic electron in the atom to the movement of the sun, and nothing can escape His sovereign rule. As we behold God in His sovereignty, this truth should strengthen our faith because we have this assurance that God has authority over everything, and He uses this Lordship for our good (Rom. 8:28).  Read More

When we have explicitly understood through the testimony of the Bible that our God is all-wise, we must believe that truth. We must at the same time accept that we lack wisdom and that all wisdom is received from God.   Read More

Justification is, as I see it in Scripture, the legal declaration that righteousness has been imputed and guilt pardoned. Such righteousness is imputed through Christ’s work on our behalf, and such guilt is pardoned through the very same work: Christ’s atoning sacrifice - that is, His substitutionary death in our stead as He took our sin to Calvary’s cross and then to the grave.  Read More

God’s light and truth cannot be hindered. Though we are often in the dark, his light and truth continue to pierce the darkness of human hearts with the light of the gospel.  Read More

God’s light and truth cannot be hindered. Though we are often in the dark, his light and truth continue to pierce the darkness of human hearts with the light of the gospel.  Read More

God designed salvation so that the very receiving of the gift would also come of grace. Faith therefore is a duty wholly without merit within itself. One can never boast in his faith. It is the least any man is obliged to do, and anything less is manifest wickedness in unbelief.  Read More

The Bible is not just a disconnected book of 66 individual and separate books. Rather, it is one book with one focused point.  Read More

There is no example in history of a society maintaining a moral life without the aid of religion. Despite all the changes about us, we have not moved beyond “the faith once delivered unto the saints.” It is just as relevant now as it was then.  Read More