If you are justified, you can no more be unjustified than Christ can be pulled down from heaven.
Sinclair B. FergusonHow do we bring glory to God? The Bible’s short answer is: by growing more and more like Jesus Christ.
Sinclair B. FergusonChristians have a new identity. We are no longer 'in Adam' but 'in Christ'; no longer in the flesh but in the Spirit.
Sinclair B. FergusonAppearances can be deceptive. The fact that we cannot see what God is doing does not mean that He is doing nothing. The Lord has His own timetable. It is we who must learn to adjust to it, not vice versa. When God's time comes nothing will stand in His way. We can therefore wait for Him with this happy confidence: "As for God, His way is perfect" (2 Samuel 22:31).
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