In our last message, we learned how spiritual poverty leads to riches. As we continue in the Beatitudes, Jesus now tells us that sorrow leads to joy: how is this possible? The sorrow and mourning that Christ refers to is not worldly sorry, but the sorrow that results over our sin. Grief and devastation over sin furthers our walk in sanctification, changes us more and more into the image of Chris, and God himself will comfort and bless those who mourn in this way.
Loving someone who loves us back is no challenge, but showing love to someone who hates us? That's a next-level love. Christ consistently showed...
Jesus came to rescue us from the penalty of sin and provide us with the true righteousness that leads to everlasting life, something we...
Continuing our examination into what it means to know the Holy Spirit, today we turn to John 3:1-8. We learn, through the story of...