I'll Be Honest

We can't stress enough the vital importance of correct doctrine and theology about God. But we also need to remember that correct understanding about the doctrine of God without knowing God Himself is a spiritually barren wasteland. God didn't just save us to spare us from hell and bring us to heaven; He saved us so that we can know Him.

When considering the love of God, it can be difficult at times to believe that God loves His people like He says He does. One reason for this is that when we think about human love, it's usually based upon performance or merit. But we need to remember that God's love towards us doesn't depend on any of these things.

When someone becomes a Christian, God gives them a transformed life and makes them righteous. But when they're immersed in a world full of unrighteous people, a chemical reaction of persecution will occur. Jesus said that if the world hated Him, they will also hate His followers. Are you persecuted for following Jesus Christ? If so, rejoice and be exceedingly glad because you're blessed.

What a glorious reality that when we as Christians come to pray that we're not just filling the air with words and wasting our breath. But rather, we have on the authority of God's Word that when we pray we have His open ear. Oh, may we never give in to unbelief that God isn't hearing our prayers when we cry out to Him.

The second coming of Jesus Christ shouldn't just be considered as an academic eschatalogical event on our theological timeline. We should view it as the glorious fulfillment of Jesus Christ coming and taking His bride to be with Him forever.

Consistent Bible reading is a mark of true conversion and essential for growth in grace in the Christian life. But we can also greatly supplement our Bible reading with books written by men and women throughout the history of the Church. Christian books can be life-transforming for us and richly supply our spiritual needs. We must not dare neglect the Bible, but we also shouldn’t dismiss the benefit of reading solid Christian literature.

Paul Washer refers to Encyclopedia Puritannica Project.

Book Table Tour from the 2021 Fellowship Conference, held yearly in Denton, Texas.

The Gospel isn't just for overtly wicked lost people; it's also for the self-righteous religious kids who grow up in Christian homes. If you're a child who is being raised in a Christian home, please take to heart that you need the gospel just as desperately as any other lost kid.

Do you know the glorious possibilities of the ordinary Christian life? The unlimited possibilities that we have with Christ? God has given us all encouragement in the Bible that we can grow in our knowledge and fellowship with Him. We need to believe that this isn't just for preachers, missionaries, and famous Christians who have had biographies written about them. We need to believe that this is possible for us.

You may know theology, but do you know how to pray? We need to remember that the disciples didn't ask Jesus how to preach, perform miracles, walk on water, etc., but they did ask Him to teach them to pray. If we can't pray, we're basically useless in the kingdom of God, no matter how much doctrine we know.

What does progressive sanctification look like in a believer's life? Growth is something that you cannot see a dramatic amount of change from day to day, but over longer time periods there is a lot of change. And growth in our sanctification, similar to that we become increasingly conformed to the image of Christ.