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All who do not have Christ do not have God. And those who do not have Christ and God do not have hope. So, do you have Christ?

If we are not Jews, is it right to say that we share in the covenant promises of the Old Testament?

Do you have to become an Israelite to enjoy the promises of God? The answer, far from being straightforward, might surprise you.

Gentiles were born apart from Christ, apart from God’s people, apart from God’s promises, apart from hope, and apart from God.

Why is circumcision, of all the different things that could have been, the sign of the covenant between God and Israel?

Forever and always the banner of eternal life reads, “Salvation belongs to the Lord.” This fact will forever bring us low and lift our praises high.

The apostle Paul commands us to remember and to forget in his letters. When should we remember, and when should we forget?

Jesus was not American, not African, not Asian, not European. The Messiah came as a Jew from the Jews, and that matters.

In every good deed, God is active and working. Even our good works will ultimately be ascribed to the glory of God.

In Christ, we get a new legal standing before the judgment seat of God and a new nature to live before men.

Christ has not only saved us from the wrath of God, but transformed us and saved us from the sinful nature that destined us for that wrath.

God saves sinners by his grace alone to obliterate all human boasting in his presence. Is this good news for sinners?

If I am commanded to believe the gospel, is faith something I create, or is it a gift of God?

God’s purpose in saving his children is to show them his eternal kindness toward them in Christ forever.

We embrace, delight in, receive, live in, experience the miracle of being remade in Christ through our faith.

Without our consent, without our approval, without our say, God decided to save his own.

God has saved us. God is saving us. God will save us. All are true. All are necessary. All are glorious.

Grace loves to shine the brightest for the most undeserving and the most unable to save themselves.

Being alive to Christ is a real experience, just like being dead to God is a real experience. What is it like?

Does God love everyone in the world? Does God care about both the elect and non-elect in the same way?

Where would we be today, or in a thousand years, if God were not rich in mercy?

It always takes immeasurable power to raise the dead to life. Every Christian has an amazing testimony.

When Christians say that we are “saved,” what exactly are we being saved from?

The plight of all humanity is that we are lovers of sin and sons of disobedience. This makes us by nature children of wrath.

Apart from Christ, we were so sinful, so wicked, so rebellious that Scripture called us children of disobedience.

The ruler and authority of the air is the same as the god of this world. The whole world lies in his power — for now.

Christians are unavoidably out of step with this world. We do not think the same or act the same because we serve a different Master.

Anyone who assumes he is free and independent apart from God is in reality enslaved to the world and a lackey of Satan.

What is the difference between sin, sins, and trespasses in the Bible?

Keep sharing the gospel with friends, families, and neighbors. People are still being saved. Power still exists in God’s great news.

What does it mean that mankind is dead in their trespasses apart from Christ?

Being dead apart from Christ does not mean you are inactive, unable to do anything in this world. It means you have no love or appetite for God.

All ethnic groups stand condemned apart from Christ. And all people from every ethnic group can be redeemed by the blood of the cross.

The word that describes us before Christ: Dead. The word that describes us after Christ meets us with mighty grace: Alive.

We need to see God’s truth not only as our theology, but as our great treasure. For that, God needs to open the eyes of our hearts.

The church is the body of Christ, and he is the Head. He makes the decisions, he rules, and the body carries out his will.

Jesus is superior to every kind of rule, authority, and dominion that you will find in any culture, any nation, among any people, anywhere in the world.

When we pray, when we talk to our children, when we speak to our neighbors or argue with our spouse — we speak in the sight of God.

Although real evils exist in this world, our King is seated far above them all.

The power God exerts toward us who believe is greater than any force imaginable. The fiercest tornadoes are but gentle breezes in comparison.

Lord, open the eyes of our hearts to see the value of the truths contained in your word.

The unthinkable promise of the new covenant tells us not only that we are God’s people, but that he is our God.

If God has called you by his grace into glory, he will never revoke that calling.

If you have not been growing in your love for God, your eyes may have become dull to him. Ask God to show you more of Christ.

Knowing God is to love God — the real God. If we do not love him, we do not know him.

If you have seen glory in the Bible, be assured, you can see more. Do not settle for what you’ve already seen.

Why is God called the Father of glory? What does that phrase mean, and how does it shape and inspire our prayers?

Why are faith and love so tied together in the Bible? Because they are tied together as a summary of the Christian life.

When you look at your life and notice greater devotion to Christ, greater obedience to his word, greater love for God and for neighbor — thank God.

Do you still pray for God to show you more of himself? No matter what you have seen so far, there are still worlds to see.