Daily Encouragement
The culmination of the cross was salvation for the whole world apart from the Mosaic law and temple worship. By simply believing that Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose from the dead three days later. Salvation today is by grace through faith alone apart…
The headlines scream chaos with no end or solution in sight. No doubt the times in which we live are filled with troubled hearts and a world perplexed. There are food shortages, unprecedented cost of living, a record number of homeless in America, riots, war (Russia…
The legalist is in a constant state of uncertainty. Never knowing if they’re good enough or if they’ve done enough to make it into God’s heaven. But we should never worry if we’re good enough because Christ was good enough, on our behalf. Believe it. You’ve…
Paul’s message on the resurrection is the pinnacle of God’s plan of the ages! This is why Paul could write (Holy Spirit inspired of course): ‘Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel,’ II…
Isaiah 53:11 “He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied:…” Why? What was the next to the last statement the Lord Jesus made from the cross? “It is (what?) finished.” Jesus accomplished all that the Triune God…
‘But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. ‘ I Corinthians 15:20 There is no other religion on the planet that has resurrection as its central tenet. The doctrine of resurrection is…
Short Answer. Because the risen and glorified Lord revealed the gospel of the grace of God to Paul alone. Not Peter or the other apostles. The Lord revealed to the apostle Paul something new a “mystery” or secret from the Greek word mysterion (μυστήριον)….
‘He (the Lord Jesus Christ) is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him (Jesus Christ) all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or…
The finished work of the cross has set mankind free from the bondage of the law. So stand firm in His grace and don’t fall into legalism or think for a second that you have to do something for salvation. ‘Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ…
Colossians 1:20 “And having made peace (by defeating sin, Satan, and even death) through the blood of his cross, by Him (the Lord Jesus Christ is the One Who finished the work of the cross) to reconcile all things unto Himself; by Him, I say, whether they be…