Fruitfulness, not Legalism Pt.3
Last time we talked about the proponents of fruitfulness: Supplementing and Exercising your faith. Now we will deal with the traps of unfruitfulness.
2 Pet 1:8-15 – The big idea is fruitfulness. God wants our lives to be fruitful and for us to enjoy our salvation.
1:8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they [...]
Fruitfulness, not Legalism Pt.2
Intro to 2nd Peter:
Date: Peter probably wrote this letter from Rome not long before his martyrdom, sometime during a.d. 64–67.
Purpose & Background: Peter writes this brief, final reminder to the churches so that his readers will by God’s grace live a life that is pleasing to God. In doing so, Peter must also combat the [...]
Fruitfulness, not Legalism pt.1
Most of us have heard at some point in our lives that Christianity is a religion of dos and don’ts. You need to act a certain way, read the Bible, pray, do good, watch goofy Christian TV (to clarify, not all of it is goofy, just most), etc. This is usually said and spun negatively [...]
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The Holiness of God
“But I suppose if you were to be asked to say where the Bible teaches the holiness of God most powerfully of all you have to go to Calvary. God is so holy, so utterly holy, that nothing but that awful death could make it possible for Him to forgive us. The [...]