What is the difference between the Christian God, and the gods of the other religions?" He simply, yet profoundly answered, "The main difference is this: The God of Christianity exists.

You are required to believe, to preach, and to teach what the Bible says is true, not what you want the Bible to say is true.

What higher approval could a person enjoy than to know that what he or she has done is pleasing to God?

It is the Holy Spirit who inspired the Bible. It is the Holy Spirit who illumines the Bible.

Your personal testimony, however meaningful it is to you, is not the gospel.

Sin can bring pleasure, but never happiness.

But the blessing Christ promised, the blessing of great reward, is a reward of grace. The blessing is promised even though it is not earned. Augustine said it this way: Our rewards in heaven are a result of God's crowning His own gifts.