God doesn’t merely predestine our salvation, he also predestines our sanctification and preservation.
Hebrews 10:24-25 Hebrews 3:12 Hebrews 3:13 Matthew 18:15-17 Matthew 18:17-20 Revelation 1:9-16 Joel Webbon
God doesn’t merely predestine our salvation, he also predestines our sanctification and preservation.
For whom is there “no longer any sacrifice for sins”? The answer is those who “go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth” (the knowledge of Christ and his Gospel). Some theologians say that there is not any one particular sin in view here. They assert that the Apostle is referring to any sin that continues to …
Jesus is a MERCIFUL High Priest, not an EMPATHETIC High Priest. Shared suffering is not a prerequisite for mercy.
The Church has never had a monopoly on self-righteousness. Never. Remember, the Pharisees were not Christians. By and large, the Pharisees were the ones who rejected Christ. Contrary to Evangelical opinion, you can be a God-hating Liberal and still be a raging Pharisee.
God is worth praying to precisely because he does NOT allow man’s free-will to override his own sovereignty.
“The whole Scripture is a light shining in a dark place; a lamp or torch to be carried in the hand of a believer, while he passes through this dark world; and is in the present state of imperfection, in which he sees things but darkly… By means of it he may see and shun the stumbling blocks in his …