That which makes it safe for us to draw near to God, and right for God to receive us, must be something altogether outside of ourselves. Why so? Because God has already rendered His verdict and everything pertaining to us, outside of Christ, God has already condemned (Romans 3:10 ff). So here is the folly [...]
I am so thankful for the ministry of the Holy Spirit in relation to the gospel. He gives us faith (Eph 2:8) and then persuades us of impossible things, the most unfeasible of these being the gospel itself!
Have you ever considered the unlikeliness of the whole gospel story? Here we are on a tiny, insignificant [...]