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Juan Orbea and • 9 cards
Get this: That is spiritual progress. To grow in awareness of the depths of sin God has saved you from is growth in the gospel. Do you worry a lot? Worry springs from not being convinced of a sovereign God’s absolute love for you. Worry disappears when you realize that God loves you unfailingly and will let nothing interrupt His plans for your
... See moreJ. D. Greear • Gospel
For most of us, that is completely counterintuitive. Martin Luther said that our hearts are hardwired for “works-righteousness”—that is, the idea that what we do determines how God feels about us. Unless we are actively preaching the gospel to ourselves daily, we fall back into “works-righteousness.”
J. D. Greear • Gospel
simply tracked his own spiritual experience.
Sinclair B. Ferguson • The Whole Christ
God intervenes through the work and person of Jesus Christ. The essence and meaning of the Christ event is that “God demonstrates his love for freedom through his identification with the despised in their struggle for self-determination.”53 God has revealed himself in the social context of Black oppression: “The God of Black liberation comes to us
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