Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. - Romans 5
Saturday, January 31, 2015
It is an injustice to say that Jesus Christ labored in redemption to
make me a saint. Jesus Christ labored in redemption to redeem the whole
world and to place it perfectly whole and restored before the throne of
God. The fact that we can experience redemption illustrates the power of
its reality, but that experience is a byproduct and not the goal of
redemption. If God were human, how sick and tired He would be of the
constant requests we make for our salvation and for our sanctification.
We burden His energies from morning till night asking for things for
ourselves or for something from which we want to be delivered! When we
finally touch the underlying foundation of the reality of the gospel of
God, we will never bother Him anymore with little personal complaints. - Oswald Chambers
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