Holiness is neither produced by the law nor supplied by the believer’s power.
It flows from union with Christ, who is not only the believer’s righteousness and the source and agent of the believer’s cleansing.
Salvation is of the Lord.
The Christian life is sustained by promise before it is expressed in obedience.
We endure because Christ intercedes.
We persevere because God preserves.
Our only hope is that Christ will prove faithful.
No, the Bible does not call Christians to constant self-examination over whether they’re still Christians.
“Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith” (2 Cor 13:5) was an exhortation to a church entertaining a false gospel (see 11:3-4) – it’s a call to reject false teaching and hold fast to the gospel.
We have not been saved by Christ because we were something, but so that we might be something; that is, holy and blameless before him for his joy and glory for all of eternity.
Christ has and will accomplish this. He will surely do it. And he delights to do it.
@Abigeilgarcia Pray about it and ask the Lord to show you how open they are to hearing different positions. Some are open and will stay unified in Christ, but some hold so deeply to their beliefs on secondary issues that it can cause a lot of tension.
@Support I got a new phone this week and I can log into everything except X. I tried to log in and and got an error message. I tried to reset my password and never got the verification code by text to continue. My phone number is correct. Please help me out.