Tag: Salvation by Grace
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Therefore, we do not simply have a hope like a birthday wish for salvation. Our hope is a sure anchor which is the faithfulness of God in Jesus Christ.
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If Jesus came and died on the cross only to make salvation a possibility, then He does not seem very powerful does He?
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He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. – Luke 1:51-53 In this portion…
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And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. – Luke 1:50 Fear does not cause God to have mercy. Fear of the Lord is the evidence of the hand of mercy upon a person. When Jonah ran from his duty to preach to Ninevah, he boarded a ship to get away. The…
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For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. Luke 1:48-49 Why was Mary so happy that she just had to sing? Because God had blessed her beyond…
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And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. – Luke 1:46-47 Mary’s song breaks forth immediately in strains of joy and gladness! Her happiness is not a superficial or temporary one. Her joy comes from deep within and acknowledges the majesty and wonder of the…
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And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. Luke 1:45 One of the definitions of blessed is happiness or joy. But what is true joy? Is it laughing at a funny movie or cheering at a baseball game? Is it being the…
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And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by…
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In my two previous posts, we learned something very important about the power of Jesus and the power of sin. We learned that Jesus is the source of all life for creation and mankind in particular. However, we also learned that sin has such a detrimental effect on man that he cannot even recognize God…
