Faith and Works (113)
  1. One of the most famous things Jesus ever said was “Follow me.” He said it over and over. So much that it was recorded more than twenty times in the New Testament.
  2. What happens when our children are taught to read the Scriptures as evidence that God is a heavenly Santa Claus? When happens when they think God rewards or punishes them depending on whether they've been naughty or nice?
  3. The Devil cultivates fear of God and promotes motivation and zeal for outward works and earthly virtue out of pure eternal self-concern.
  4. The devil tempts us to hope in things that we can do.
  5. Samson knew what he wanted when he saw it, and most of the time, living by sight, he walked like a blind man straight into an ambush.
  6. When we say, “I’ve screwed up big time. I’ve betrayed my spouse, my family, my friends. I’ve hurt lots of people,” we don’t need to hear, “Yes, you have. You need to make that right, learn to walk the talk, and act like a Christian next time."
  7. That image of the “godly woman” haunted me from examples in the Bible of honorable women.
  8. Quid pro quo, you scratch my back and I will scratch yours. It tends to be the way we humans operate.
  9. True faith, saving faith that receives the good news about the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world is a faith created in us by the Holy Spirit through the Gospel (Eph 2:8-9).
  10. Forgiveness of sin, righteousness, and eternal life aren't handed out by God because we deserve it.
  11. Though they have never left the church, they have been lost all the while.
  12. Yes, how good it is for you to have enemies, for without them, when would you ever have the opportunity to fulfill, joyfully and willingly, the law of Christian love?
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