Pilate’s authority over Jesus was subordinate to God’s authority over Pilate. So, Jesus did not fear.

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Patience is indeed a fruit of the Holy Spirit, but the Spirit empowers us (with all his fruit) through hearing with faith.

Strength to Wait with Patience

What feels to us like a waste is what God plans. He works through the most hopeless circumstances.

God’s Design in Detours

Our election is unconditional in the strictest sense. Neither our faith nor our obedience is the basis of it. It is free and utterly undeserved.

The Bedrock of Your Assurance

When we sit down to calculate the cost of following Jesus — when we weigh the “worst” and the “best” — he is worth it. Abundantly worth it.

Is Christ Worth It?

Jesus knows all his sheep by name; that is, he knows them individually and intimately.

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