After all Christ has done, after the incredible price that He paid on the cross, it doesn’t bring Him any honor for us to go around feeling unworthy, condemned. Let’s do our part and believe that we’re forgiven, redeemed, that we have an everlasting release from our sins.
Two basic truths about God’s sovereignty:
1. God’s sovereignty is an unstoppable power and authority over all things.
2. God’s sovereignty is in accord with his infinite wisdom, infinite justice, and infinite mercy through Jesus Christ. https://t.co/fNQFWuNk21
"You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again.” Psalm 71:20. The Bible never comforts us by ascribing our troubles to any other ultimate cause than God. The comfort is in his power, his purpose, his care, his presence.
In love, [Christians] should accept people wherever they are – just as God accepts us. But also in love, we should call them to repent of sin – just as God calls us to turn from our wrongdoing.
"See now that I, the Lord, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.” Deuteronomy 32:39
You’re not going to understand why everything happens. If you’ll stay in faith, it won’t work against you; it will work for you. Nothing that’s happened to you is a surprise to God. You’ve got to take the hand you’ve been dealt and make the most of it.
Every prayer that seems to go unanswered reminds us that God is God. We do not control him. His ways are higher than ours. And his answers, in his perfect timing, are better for us than anything we could ask for. https://t.co/W7tJATIgRK