You’re Not Special
"He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved." — Ephesians 1:5-6
"He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved." — Ephesians 1:5-6
How close would you want to get to understanding the full depravity of the son of destruction? This is as close as I dared go.
You do not deserve mercy or grace... yet the Lord has proposed both!
— 1 Corinthians 3:12-15 "Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each man’s work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man’s work. If any man’s work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward. If any man’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire."
In Galatians Paul constantly puts circumcision with law: the side of the present evil age Jesus saves us from; the side bound by flesh, slavery, and imprisonment.
Have you ever felt fake? Have you consistently felt like your profession of faith was not genuine? Have you ever examined yourself to see if you're in the faith? Should you maybe consider doing that?
What do you or I know of humility? We know of this simply because the infinite God condescended to our level. He came to the earth to shake heaven and hell.
Everyone was "born at a young age." How old you are should increase your awareness of how much you needed from others to get to where you are now.
"It's not the parts of the Bible that I don't understand that bother me, it's the parts I do understand." -Mark Twain. "I wasted time, and now time doth waste me." - Shakespeare. "I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do; I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing." - Ronald Reagan. All examples of chiasmus.
This is a real review of the "year!" Come!