If we can't "love the sinner; hate the sin" then how can we relate to ourselves? Love who we are in Christ but still hate the sin remaining.
My dear friend, venture to take the wind on your face for Christ.
The next time you see Jesus Christ, ask Him what happened to the just society He promised 2,000 years ago.
Nothing will carry you through hardship like a sincere devotion to Christ.
To be in Christ -that is redemption; but for Christ to be in you-that is sanctification.
May all our contemporaries stand beside their brothers and sisters in humanity. Each one of you is called by Christ and must be a missionary of the Good News in word and in active charity.
The same power that stopped the sun and raised Christ from the grave lives in every believer!
I model my life after my Lord and Master Jesus Christ and his life. He has called me into God's family and I am a representative for him so I just try to be obedient to what He asks me to do.
How we use our money is the clearest outside indicator of what we really believe. . . . If someone is a true disciple of Jesus Christ, the evidence will be found in that person's everyday life - including his or her use of money.
A sinner is not justified before God (coram Deo) apart from the righteousness of Christ apprehended by faith.
Repentance is powerful spiritual medicine. There are few spiritual ills it will not cure. Each sin we leave behind through our faith in the living Christ-both those of commission and those of omission-opens spiritual doors. As we feel the potency of repentance, we better understand why Christ admonished the early missionaries of this dispensation to "say nothing but repentance unto this generation. "
Putting our faith in Christ is not about trying harder; it means transferring our trust away from ourselves and resting in him.
. . Christ and his word can hardly be recognized because of the great vermin of human ordinances. However, let this suffice for the time being on their lies against doctrine or faith.
If I put things between me and Christ, it is idolatry. If I put Christ between me and things, it is victory!
If you will respond to the invitation to share your beliefs and feelings about the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, a spirit of love and a spirit of courage will be your constant companion.
I was at the Wal-Mart, which is where I think everybody goes eventually. If they die without Christ.
Worship. . . is evoked by Christ, through the Spirit, in such a way that He is the One who acts in us and through us, so that our worship becomes real worship in Spirit and in Truth.
Focus on fruitful relationships that bring you closer to Jesus Christ.
Suffering is not blessed because it is suffering but because it is [Christ's]. Suffering is not the context that explains the cross; the cross is the context that explains suffering.
Christ certainly did come to destroy the law and the prophets.
