If you do not have Christ as your Savior, you do not have God as your Father.
If you do not have Christ as your Savior, you do not have God as your Father.
The Apostle Paul was willing to say “I am the chief of sinners.” So why are we so afraid to acknowledge our own sinfulness? Perhaps, this reveals the fact that we still struggle to believe that the Gospel is a message of grace, not works.
Unbelief is a sin. However, there is a massive difference between not believing God CAN/WILL fulfill his promises, and struggling to see HOW God can/will fulfill his promises.
Ever heard someone try to prove Premillennialism by saying, “Just look at the world! Can’t you see how things keep getting worse?” Things do sometimes look bleak when we focus on one generation in one nation. However, when we survey the scope of the whole world over the past 2,000 years, things appear to be trending in the right direction.
In 500 years, you could easily have 5,000,000 descendants. This is a massive amount of power and influence. So protect the purity of your lineage by having children, discipling them, and taking them out of public school.
God cares immensely for widows. In fact, even God in the flesh (Jesus) made sure that his earthly mother (Mary) would be taken care of by one of his disciples (John).