Jesus is not asking us to do anything for him that he hasn’t already done for us, under conditions of difficulty beyond our comprehension.

The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.

We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior.

Neither son loved the father for himself. They both were using the father for their own self-centered ends rather than loving, enjoying, and serving him for his own sake. This means that you can rebel against God and be alienated from him either by breaking his rules or by keeping all of them diligently. It 's a shocking message: Careful obedience to God's law may serve as a strategy for rebelling against God .

Do you realize that it is only in the gospel of Jesus Christ that you get the verdict before the performance?

Whatever you base your life on--you have to live up to that. Jesus is the one Lord you can live for who already died for you.

Everyone worships something. The only choice you get is what to worship.