The mightiest thought the mind can entertain is the thought of God. The essence of idolatry is the entertainment of thoughts about God that are unworthy of Him. A.W. Tozer
Thoughts of God December 17, 2007
The mightiest thought the mind can entertain is the thought of God. The essence of idolatry is the entertainment of thoughts about God that are unworthy of Him. A.W. Tozer
Justification by Faith December 17, 2007
To justify means to declare one righteous, or count them as righteous. When God justifies someone, they are considered, declared righteous by Hm having their sins removed from their account. They become justified from the guilt of sin, and thus re freed from the penalty of sin which is death. (Romans 6:23) Righteousness is a standing that God imputes. We cannot be any more righteous than we were when God initially justified us based on our faith. Holiness is something we grow in (2 Corinthians 7:1). It is the means by which we become more and more like Christ. Sanctification is the process by which we become what we are. We begin to live experintially the way that God has already declared us to be positionally. We begin to live in a manner that God has already declared us to be. To believe in Jesus means that we completely rely on Him for our salvation. To be justified by faith means that God considers an individual to be righteous when they place their complete trust in Jesus’ work on Calvary, renouncing any ability of their own to save themselves. Grace is not a license to sin, but the power to live above sin. Justification is not the totality of our salvation experience, regeneration occurs through the new birth (titus 3:5). Regeneration is the transformation of believers wherein God infuses spiritual life into our spirits. (Thoughts taken from Jason Dulle and Daniel Segraves)
The Source – Sermon on the mount December 16, 2007
The source of the problem is not how people dress, what they do, how they act. The source of the problem is the issues of their heart.When you get in His presence you don’t want to do the things of this world, because in his presence there is fulness of joy.
