Not everyone wants to be made well. Many would rather remain victims, even if only in their own perception, because restoration brings responsibility.
Not everyone wants to be made well. Many would rather remain victims, even if only in their own perception, because restoration brings responsibility.
Justification is God’s work “for” us, in Jesus Christ. Sanctification is God’s work “through” us, by the Holy Spirit. The objective reality of forgiveness is accomplished at the moment of conversion by our justification. However, the subjective feelings of forgiveness are often accomplished over time throughout our sanctification.
What does it mean that Christ fulfilled the the Old Covenant ceremonial laws, once and for all?
Joshua reminds the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh of the advantages they had received in being the first tribes settled. The Lord had already appointed to them a particular land for rest, which apparently was uncontested. And yet, they are commanded by Joshua to aid their brothers in the fight for their land so that they might …
Pastor Joel Webbon masterfully explains why American families can’t afford to stop sending their wives to work and their kids to public school.
All Scripture is FOR us, but not all Scripture is TO us. In order to understand difficult passages like Hebrews 6, we need to properly understand the context of the immediate audience.