Saturday, June 28, 2025
Friday, June 20, 2025
Responding to God’s Training
Titus 2:11-12 says that the grace that saves us also trains
us, in godliness, righteousness, and self-control. Godliness is about your
relation to God. Righteousness is about your relation to others. Self-control
is about your relation to self. But you have to apply your faith if you want
grace to work. You see, grace is opposed to merit. But grace is not opposed to
effort. You are saved by grace through faith. And you grow by grace through
faith. You have to work to grow through God’s training.
Titus 2:13-14 says Jesus set us free from having to live in sin and become eager to do good works, while we eagerly await the hope of Jesus’ return. Grace sets us free from having to work for our salvation. But when it comes to sanctification, grace doesn’t set us free from work. Grace sets us free to work. God is training you. But how are you responding to his training? Apply your faith, do the work, and you’ll grow in grace.
Friday, June 13, 2025
People Don’t Want Proof
People say that if they had proof, they’d believe in Jesus.
But that’s not true. Because people can have an open mind and still have a hard
heart.
Jesus fed 5000 with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. But later, his disciples wondered how he would feed 4000 people, even though there were 7 loaves of bread and more fish.
A big crowd saw Jesus raise Lazarus from the dead. But the religious leaders didn’t care. Instead, they plotted to kill both Lazarus and Jesus. And the big crowd followed Jesus into Jerusalem, shouting his praises. Yet, just a few days later, they started shouting curses.
Jesus told the story of a rich man in hell, who wanted someone to go back and warn his family. Jesus said if they didn’t believe the Bible, they wouldn’t believe even if they saw someone come back from the dead. And Jesus did come back from the dead, and people still don’t believe. Why? Because people don’t need proof, they need repentance and faith. They need to be born again. And they don’t want proof; they want their sin.
Friday, June 06, 2025
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