Christ didn’t die for victims. Christ didn’t die for pretty good people. Christ didn’t die for well meaning people who merely lost their way due to bad circumstances. On the contrary, Christ died for sinners, of which I am the foremost.
Christ didn’t die for victims. Christ didn’t die for pretty good people. Christ didn’t die for well meaning people who merely lost their way due to bad circumstances. On the contrary, Christ died for sinners, of which I am the foremost.
It is true, Jesus did not accept Satan’s offer to GIVE him the kingdoms of this world. Is this because Jesus isn’t interested in the kingdoms of this world? No. It’s because Jesus intended to TAKE the kingdoms of this world from Satan, and indeed, he has.
Scripture is clear that God “takes no pleasure in the destruction of the wicked.” However, Scripture also tells us that God mocks the wicked, in the sense that God sees their feeble attempts to cast off his authority and “he who sits in the heavens laughs.” As the people of God, we should seek to imitate God’s holy example.
Jericho could not put its trust in the courage of its people to take the offensive, so it trusted in the strength of its walls to provide a sturdy defense. Even in the midst of terror, Jericho placed trust in itself, not the Lord. And so Jericho was “shut up.” It did not possess the courage to deploy an attack, …
Just as Joshua and Israel found great success in conquering their enemies in Joshua 10, God now grants them the same success against an even greater enemy in Joshua 11. In Joshua 10, Israel goes to war against five kings and their armies. In Joshua 11, all the remaining kings in the land of Canaan now unite against Joshua, so …
If my unbelieving neighbor is drunk behind the wheel of his car, and he happens to be driving on the same road at the same time as my wife and three daughters, does God’s commitment to honoring the free-will of my unbelieving neighbor trump God’s commitment to protecting my Christian family?