Grace to you and peace, from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ… With this refreshing greeting Paul writes to the Christians in Galatia and in effect, to me! Grace and Peace are two things I often feel a little short on. Peace with God is contingent on experiencing grace. Grace is pure […]
Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father. To whom be glory forever and ever. Amen! “Repent”, Peter said to them, “and be baptized, each […]
If only there were a mediator who could bring us together, but there is none. —Job The mediator could make God stop beating me, and I would no longer live in terror of His punishment. Then I could speak to him without fear, but I cannot do that in my own strength…How can a person […]
Lord, if you kept a record of our sins, who, O Lord, could ever survive? But you offer forgiveness, that we might learn to fear you. I am counting on the LORD; yes, I am counting on Him. I have put my hope in His word…—Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden […]
You will know that I am the LORD, O people of Israel, when I have honoured my name by treating you mercifully in spite of your wickedness, says the Sovereign Lord—he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities—But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that […]