@RickWarren: God’s Law shows us his standard of righteousness but it is powerless to provide it. A Righteous Savior must GIVE it to us!
If the final decision for the salvation of fallen sinners were left in the hands of fallen sinners, we would despair all hope that anyone would be saved. R.C. Sproul
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9248069&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=5d8f17&fullscreen=1 Ask Doug – “Can we be assured of Salvation?” from Daniel Foucachon on Vimeo.
Have you ever wrestled through the possibility of losing your salvation? Well is that even the right question to ask? Who does salvation belong to? Consider Easy Chairs, Hard Words in your studies.
I feel like dirt today. Oh, the tension between the earthly and heavenly, sinhood and sainthood. Oh, for the sustaining strength of Christ the Priest to advocate for me with His endless Life.
God has saved us from ourselves. The tyranny of self is unrivaled in history. The final trajectory of sinful self is hell. Sickness and addictions are illustrative microcosms reminding us of our dis-integration.
