When God explains his faithfulness to all his historical promises, the central piece he wants us to remember is that sovereign control, even over the whole of salvation. He knows we need to know this and stresses that we embrace this, even when we cannot fully understand how it harmonizes perfectly with His righteousness, mercy, compassion and justice. It does harmonize, but we are not shown now. He is in control and perfectly just in that control. We find our closure in this in the power and character of God himself.

In both the Old Testament and New Testament, salvation always has been and will be determined by the call of God expressed through promises, not genetic, biological birthrights or moral merit.

The life of the true, accepted child of God belongs to Him and is most beautiful and delightful when satisfied in God and longing for maximum eternal use of their earthly life.

God speaks and we listen. As his people we are formed and given direction by the Word of God. It is vital and profitable for all things that God has called his people to do and to be.

We believers are commissioned by Jesus to be His witness.There is power and peace in the delightful pleading and confident proclamation of Jesus the King.The rightful witness will happen as the Spirit is sought by you and He guides and empowers you in the moment.

What is a Christian and what is a church? Christians are people who have been transformed by God through the gospel of Christ to be “lovers of God” or, can equally be called those who now delight in God. And what is their connection? It is their shared Father who has placed each one into his family, which He calls the Church. Therefore, each local church is, at its root, God’s family and must be obviously that.

At the birth of Jesus, the angels declared peace to all with whom God is pleased. And in Christ we find the reality of true peace, both peace with God, and peace from God.

Jesus has brought us the gift of Joy … a newer and higher joy found in his friendship to us and fueled by his word when known and believed.

God is love and he demonstrates that love by giving us the greatest gift, Christ. And because of this gift of love, we can now love one another with the same love that God has shown us.

Jesus comes to this world bearing gifts. The first is his gift of hope, the certainty of the living Savior.