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Yet the penalty for sin is not determined by our measure of it. Instead, the penalty for sin is determined by the magnitude of the one sinned against.
When a man’s heart is flatlined, does he invite people to resuscitate him? No. These things are impossible for those who are dead. In your death, you need someone else, completely outside of you, to call you to life and enable you to live.
Our sin is not something that exists outside of us. Sin is ingrained into the core of our being.
he was experiencing what you and I deserve to experience. He was enduring the full punishment due you and me as sinners.
Faith is the realization that God’s pleasure in you will never be based upon your performance for him. Instead, God’s pleasure in you will always be based upon Christ’s performance for you.
repent.
walking in one direction to running in the opposite direction.
When you come to Jesus, he not only forgives you of your sin, but he also fills you with his Spirit.
When you come to Jesus, he puts the source of his life in the center of your life.
Jesus died for you so that he might live in you. Jesus doesn’t merely improve your old nature; he imparts to you an entirely new nature—one that is completely united with his.
the call to follow Jesus is not simply an invitation to pray a prayer; it is a summons to lose our lives.
The way of Jesus is hard to follow, and it’s hated by many.
we have no right to personalize him.
we must always remember that our deepest craving is not for something but for Someone.
As we trust in Christ, he transforms our tastes in such a way that we begin to love the things of God that we once hated, and we begin to hate the things of this world that we once loved.
Instead of trying to conquer sin by working hard to change our actions, we can conquer sin by trusting Christ to change our affections.
This is how we overcome the pleasures of sin: by letting Christ overcome us with the power of his satisfaction.
The way to conquer sin is not by working hard to change our deeds but by trusting Jesus to change our desires.
Such a quest for pleasure in this world reflects a lack of contentment in Christ.
We live in a day when it’s easy, popular, and even preferred for people to remain isolated from one another.
Being a member of a church means realizing that we are responsible for helping the brothers and sisters around us to grow as disciples of Jesus.
By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” God has said that the world will recognize disciples of Jesus by their distinct love for one another.
God’s glory is most majestically displayed not through you or through me, but through us.
Making disciples of Jesus is the overflow of delight in being a disciple of Jesus.
God has clearly called and gifted some people in the church to teach his Word formally. At the same time, he has commanded every follower of Jesus to teach his Word relationally.
Our only hope is in Christ alone.
The cost of following Christ is great, for it costs you everything you are. But the reward of following Christ is greater, for you experience everything he is—both now and forever.
