The greatest gift of all is the gift of salvation. Justification occurs at the point of conversion when we are saved from the penalty of sin, declared innocent and seen as righteous before God. But the process does not end there! Once justified, we immediately begin the journey of sanctification, growing in our faith and bearing fruit as we seek to more and more resemble our saviour, Jesus. This growth continues throughout our life until the day we are finally glorified, perfected in Christ and completely free from the presence of sin!
In this, our continuing study of the Holy Spirit, we learn today that as believers, we simply cannot continue to grow in Jesus Christ...
The sin of lust and the fallout from it has reached epidemic proportions in our current culture. Sexual sin has torn apart marriages, destroyed...
At Christmas, we celebrate the arrival of Jesus—the Light who entered a dark world. This verse reminds us that Jesus didn’t come just to...