A primer on the doctrine of assurance of salvation.

A primer on the doctrine of assurance of salvation.
This week Benjamin R. Merkle, the President of New Saint Andrews College, teaches on Genesis 2:4-7. His focus was on God’s creation and how it relates to the death and resurrection of Jesus.
Pagan meditation seeks to suppress the analytical side of the mind and focus on the feelings and of the heart, while Christian meditation is so rational, it can actually cause us to regularly contend with our hearts. Christians don’t follow (or listen) to their hearts, we preach to our hearts.
The word gospel literally means good news. The good news of the gospel is that God himself has come to rescue and renew all of creation in and through the work of Jesus Christ, for the good of his people and to the praise of his glorious grace. So why does all creation, including you and I, need rescuing? The …
If Christ has not been raised then our preaching is both empty and a false witness against God. And if Christ is not raised our faith is empty and useless. It’s not going to do us any good. So what were these people in Corinth putting their faith in? They were like many people today who have faith that Jesus …
Michael Belch preaches from Lamentations 2 on Sunday, June 9, 2024.