THE LOVE OF DISCIPLINE
When the Lord disciplines, He is not condemning, rather He works from a place of absolute love.
THE PROMISE OF PLEASURES
It is not wrong for Christians to seek pleasure. God Himself is a God of pleasure! He feels it. He desires for His people to feel it, both now and forever.
NEGOTIATING WITH GOD
Lot and his family were in danger of being caught in the destruction of Sodom. When angels told him to leave he kept hesitating and asking questions, yet God in His patience reasoned with him. Might He sometimes do the same with us?
GOD’S RESUME: JESUS SUSTAINS AND REIGNS
Here are the two concluding points on Jesus’ short power-packed resume. They demand a verdict.
GOD’S RESUME: HE SAVES
This God we have been examining is so pure and so righteous that we humans, in our impure and unrighteous state, can’t approach him. Next on our “god resume” is the solution.
GOD’S RESUME: JESUS RADIATES GLORY AND REVEALS THE FATHER
If you are a repentant atheist who is interviewing candidates for a god to follow, surely you wouldn’t want some ordinary, mediocre looking god. You would want one that is magnificent and awe-inspiring. Here’s your man!
GOD’S RESUME: HE SPEAKS
If you were a repentant atheist in search of a god, what would be your qualifying character traits? The writer of Hebrews lists eight. Here is the first.
CONFIDENT HOPE
Therefore, as difficulties come, if we are to benefit from what hope offers, we must throw ourselves in abandon to God and let the God of hope work His unswerving hope in us, supplying a confident positivity toward the future.
GODLY HOPE: The Means to Emotional Health in Difficult Times
Without a true biblical hope that is energized by the Holy Spirit, we will be destined for despair.... A bad news cycle or some minor disappointment comes our way and natural hope loses its footing, wreaking havoc on our fragile emotions.