Peter defended Jesus and denied Him all in one night and Jesus still called him to build His church. God’s call is faithful even when our devotion is fickle.
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“At my first defense no one came to stand by me. . . . But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me.” 2 Timothy 4:16–17
Is this not our life?
Crushing disappointments.
The precious presence of Jesus.
The goal of the Gospel is not to affirm you, celebrate you, and empower you to do whatever you want to do.
The goal of the Gospel is to rescue you, transform you, and empower you to do whatever God wants you to do.
Let's talk about tragedy.
But first...coffee (A brief🧵).
When you think about the cup of coffee in front of you, you often don't think about the process from its home to your cup. It's pretty tragic. (1/10
A Christian has no need of any law in order to be saved, since through faith we are free from every law. Thus all the acts of a Christian are done spontaneously, out of a sense of pure liberty....Now our only motive is to do that which is pleasing to God. - M. Luther
We don’t have to know the plan to trust there is a plan. We don’t have to feel good to trust there is good coming. We don’t have to see evidence of change to trust that it won’t always be this hard.
“The real context of any Bible text is the whole Bible. Any given text is more meaningful when related not only to its immediate context, but also to the entire plan of redemption revealed in the whole Bible.”
— Graeme Goldsworthy, Gospel and Kingdom, 31