The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply
Preston M. Sprinkleamazon.com
The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply
Because God wills for you to be a doer of His Word, you may be confident that He wants you to find an application whenever you come to the Scriptures. For the same reason you may believe that the Holy Spirit is willing to help you discern how to flesh out your insights.
The Spirit requires us to admit that our rationality isn’t enough. We can’t just think our way to spiritual growth and missional impact. We must rely on the Spirit, and that means taking seriously Paul’s commands for believers to “earnestly desire” the spiritual gifts (1 Cor. 12:31), especially the gift of prophecy (14:1).
The gospel begins with our brokenness and inability, not our power and potential. Billy Graham once said that rarely is it someone’s sin that keeps them from heaven; usually, it is their good deeds. In the same way, it is our false sense of ability, not our inabilities, that keeps us from the power of the Spirit. Thinking that we can get along fine
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