The assurance of the believer lies in a relationship with God and assurance of salvation through faith.

We are to hold fast to our hope. What is our hope? Our hope is the

Therefore, since we are receiving a

The promise made so many years ago is also

All our attempts at moral perfection lead us back to one place: we still need Jesus.

Only Christ’s sacrifice provides the adequate foundation for everyone’s forgiveness.

The immensity of Christ’s sacrifice on Calvary begs every superlative. It has no equal. It can never be excelled. It encompasses all people for all time. His sacrifice is unrepeatable because it is complete. Nothing can, or should, be added to it.

How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, . . . cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God! (Heb. 9:14).

Trials are coming, but they are not empty tests. They produce fruit.