The holiness of God teaches us that there is only one way to deal with sin- radically, seriously, painfully, constantly. If you do not so live, you do not live in the presence of the Holy One of Israel.

Jesus has a special, compassionate concern for those who are broken and needy.

Those who are most conscious of forgiveness are invariably those who have been most acutely convicted of their sin.

Christians have a new identity. We are no longer 'in Adam' but 'in Christ'; no longer in the flesh but in the Spirit.

Jesus undid everything that Adam did, and did everything Adam failed to do.

Even those of us who have weak faith have the same strong Christ as others!

When I know that Christ is the one real sacrifice for my sins, that His work on my behalf has been accepted by God, that He is my heavenly Intercessor - then His blood is the antidote to the poison in the voices that echo in my conscience, condemning me for my many failures. Indeed, Christ's shed blood chokes them into silence!