When we underestimate God’s Holiness, two gigantic fatal mistakes simultaneously occur. We begin to imagine that God is a little more tolerant of evil than He is, and we begin to imagine that we’re a little bit better than we are. That is the compost and fertilizer of self-righteousness, and it is [...]
Some of the most difficult doctrines in Scripture are often the most nourishing, and that is certainly the case here in Romans Chapter 9 concerning the doctrine of Sovereign Election. Wrestling with and pursuing the deep truths of the Bible are never easy waters to navigate, and yet a smooth sea never [...]
For a person to hold the truths of an infinite God hostage and accountable to finite human reasoning is the height of presumption. The twin towers of God’s Sovereignty and Human Responsibility are the 2 immovable strongholds of our salvation, and to diminish either truth at the expense of the other, does [...]
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Coming to Chapter 9, we come to perhaps the 3 most difficult chapters in the book, and yet perhaps the most profitable as it concerns our confidence and security in the sovereign purposes of God ever moving forward. We begin this week by introducing these three great chapters, and examining the heart [...]
In our 6th and final study here in Romans 8, the Apostle Paul just shuts the door and slaps a titanium padlock on our eternal security in Christ. Closing the Chapter in a stunning paean of praise, Paul dismantles any and all remaining objections to our security in Christ. Debates over Christian [...]
Peter tells us in 2nd Peter 1, that the security we have in salvation has a direct impact upon our Christian growth. Well here in Romans 8 and verses 28 to 30, perhaps nowhere in the Bible is our security so forcefully and profoundly set forth as it is here, and it [...]
We continue this week into the remarkable security the Holy Spirit provides for the believer in sanctification. The Father planned for your glory, the Son provided for your glory, and the Holy Spirit protects and secures your glory. Even when you don’t know how to pray, even when you don’t understand, the [...]
The Apostle Paul tells us that the sufferings of the present time, while part and parcel to our sanctification, are in no way even worthy to be compared to the weight of eternal glory - that those same sufferings play a part in producing. This week Paul applies the spectacular truths about [...]
