If we really want to know God deeply and personally, we are going to have to come to the Word of God on His terms. This week in Romans Chapter 11, Paul unfolds the unsearchable and unfathomable wisdom of God in dealing with Israel and the Gentiles, using Israel’s unbelief to harvest [...]
The story of Elijah’s despondency after the stunning victory at Mount Carmel teaches us a number of significant lessons. One of which is, we simply do not see the whole picture as the Lord does. And when we filter our version of reality through personal emotional bias and limited understanding, we can [...]
We are saved by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone, and not by works, or by any kind of self-effort or religious performance; this much is crystal clear in the Word of God. But what is equally clear for the saved believer, is that OBEDIENCE is the path to human [...]
Isn’t it wonderful that we as human beings aren’t required to pull off any heroics to get right with God? We don’t have to go on some great pilgrimage in the Himalayas and set ourselves on some mountaintop to reach the heavens, because our Lord Jesus Christ has brought heaven down to [...]
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 [...]
