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Satan uses condemnation to cause us to see our sin, to despair, and to run from God – leaving us in our sin. The Holy Spirit uses conviction to cause us to see our sin, to repent, and to run to God – cleansing us from our sin.

“Our confidence is not in our love for Him, which is frail, fickle, and faltering, but in His love for us, which is steadfast, faithful, and persevering. The doctrine of ‘the perseverance of the saints’ needs to be renamed. It is the doctrine of the perseverance of God with His saints.”

If we are to come to God and worship God, we must have Christ! Jesus said in John 14:6 that He alone is the Way, the Truth and Life. No one comes to the Father except through Him. Our greatest need, as we prepare for worship, is knowing and loving and being in Christ. In John 4 Jesus…

I Need You, Lord Lord, the days of my life are filled with trials,and my eyes are often dim with tears.Yet when I open Your Wordmy troubled heart grows quiet within me.You remind me that You are near to the brokenheartedand You save those who are crushed in spirit.(Psalm 34:18) The road before me…

Adam’s sin provides an actual, lived-out record of human disobedience, which was counted to be ours through our union with him. And it became the legal basis upon which God justly constituted all men guilty (Rom 5:12ff). Christ’s life of obedience provides the actual, lived-out record of human righteousness, which is counted to be…

Verse 15 Verse 15 Paul writes, “For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, ‘Abba! Father!’”. Verse 16 Application:

“For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God” (verse 14). We are not the one doing the leading. We are passive, while the Spirit of God is active. we are being acted upon. You do not have to pray for this. The Spirit of God…

“We need a Substitute who does more than pay our penalty and bring us back to a state of moral neutrality as Adam was in the garden. We need a positive record of righteousness credited to our account from One who has obeyed all the positive demands of the law on our behalf.”@MikeRiccardi_

Many popular preachers today present the Bible as if it were mainly about us. Our success, our dreams, our fulfillment. But Scripture presents a very different picture. The Bible is first and foremost about God. His character, His holiness, His purposes and His glory. From the beginning to the end, the central theme is…