A little more about redemption & forgiveness (the two go hand in hand) that I find important. Look at these passages of Scripture: What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By…
He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his Beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1:13-14. “Redeemed! How I love to proclaim it… Redeemed…
For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession (emphasis mine). Deuteronomy 7:6 (He)…
You have to do a little work to figure out what identity statement is yours to reflect on today. So, get your fingers ready to do the walking, ‘cause you’ll be turning some pages of Scripture (honestly, there’s no…
For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. I…
Ephesians 1:3. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. Ephesians 1:4. For He chose us in him… Ephesians 1:11. In…
In love, He predestined us to be adopted as His children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will… (Ephesians 1:5) To those who have received Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the…
For He (God) chose us to be in Him (Jesus) before the creation of the world to be Holy and Blameless in His sight. (Ephesians 1:4) That word “chosen” absolutely amazes me. Growing up, I was rarely chosen for anything. …
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the…
Three weeks ago, I began a series I was titling “The Other Side.” My thinking was to reflect on what it is like to be on the other side of things we hear talked about as Christians. For example,…