The law says do good be right. Grace says Jesus made you right so now you are good.
The law provides expert diagnosis of our sin problem, but the law does not provide the cure to our sin problem. Only Jesus can!
Reading the scriptures through the lenses of the Law you see God as unapproachable, through the lenses of Grace you see the outstretched arms of Jesus saying "come".
There was no pomp and ceremony in connection with the birth of Jesus - rather the opposite: it took place in simplicity and in poverty.
In speaking of Jesus, I must speak about Christianity because I do not think it possible or profitable to divide the two.
Jesus got me through the slums without getting murdered. I just walked with him as though he were really there and not a spirit just floating around.
The imaginations of believers have dressed up and exaggerated the excellence of the style and matter of the New Testament generally, in the same manner, in which they have the moral instructions of Jesus.
When we see death, we see disaster. When Jesus sees death, he sees deliverance!
If you want to understand Jesus, you have to study the whole Bible. Christian duty is not defined solely by the words in red.
But dogs, which have no ability to sin nor moral conscience, do not have an ability to reject Jesus.
You can walk in the Light or you can grope around in the dark because there is no walking with Jesus by candle light". ~ R. Alan Woods [2012]
Basically, I wear sandals, like Jesus. When it gets cold in Chicago, the snow way up to my knees, I still wear my sandals. But that's me.
Someday I suspect, when Jesus has definitely got me for a sunbeam, my works may be adequately assessed.
Pluralism is denied logically; inclusivism is denied scripturally, and that leaves us with exclusivism... you have to know that Jesus died and believe in it in order to be saved.
You see Jesus wrecked my life
Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.
Jesus is the only way because the Bible says it to be true. Why? Because only He can bridge the gap between God and man; there's no other way.
People have been frying foods since Jesus was on this planet, and there is always going to be greasy, fried, salty, sugary food. It is up to the individual to walk in and say, 'I don't want those fries today.'
Jesus' own witness of sacrificial love and forgiveness, and his work to heal the sick and care for those in need, represent God's ways and vision for us.
In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said 70 times 7. Well, I want you all to know that I'm keeping a chart.
If you don't believe God has forgiven you, you are actually saying that God needs to do more for your forgiveness, and that Jesus' sacrifice was not enough.
