The gospel has done its work in us when we crave God more than we crave everything else in life - more than money, romance, family, health, fame - and when seeing His kingdom advance in the lives of others gives us more joy than anything we could own. When we see Jesus as greater than anything the world can offer, we'll gladly let everything else go to possess Him.
J. D. GreearSatan's primary temptation strategy is to try and make us forget what God has said about us and to evaluate our standing before God by some other criteria
J. D. GreearSatan's most effective weapon is to take our eyes off of what God has declared over us in the gospel.
J. D. GreearBeing converted to Jesus is learning to so adore God that we would gladly renounce everything we have to follow Him.
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