Jesus teaches that lust is a heart-level sin that violates God’s standard of purity and leads to spiritual harm. By pursuing holiness and relying on God’s grace, believers can guard their hearts and reflect His kingdom in their relationships and desires.
Justification, sanctification, and glorification outline God’s plan to redeem, renew, and restore believers to His image. While justification provides a right standing with God, sanctification transforms character, and glorification fulfills God’s ultimate promise of eternal perfection.
Sanctification unfolds in three phases: positional at salvation, experiential throughout life, and ultimate in eternity. Each phase demonstrates God’s ongoing work of grace to transform believers into the image of Christ.
Salvation is God’s gracious work from eternity past to eternity future, securing believers through Christ’s atonement and the Spirit’s indwelling.
The doctrine of the Holy Spirit affirms His deity, His work in salvation and sanctification, and His role in the Church and the world. Understanding the Spirit’s ministry empowers believers to live in obedience and anticipation of Christ’s return.
The New Testament letters reveal the unity of the Gospel message through shared themes like salvation by grace, justification through faith, and the call to holiness. Anchored in the centrality of Christ, these letters provide timeless guidance for believers, shaping doctrine and inspiring godly living.
Grace is the foundation of the Christian life, eliminating human effort, pride, and fear while offering freedom, assurance, and hope. This post explores how grace transforms everything it touches, liberating believers to rest in God’s unmerited favor and glorify Him.
Grace is God’s unmerited favor that saves, transforms, and sustains every believer. From the cross to eternal life, it reveals His love, justice, and glory, calling us to live in awe of His kindness.
Sanctification is the divine process of setting believers apart, transforming them into the image of Christ. Through positional, experiential, and ultimate sanctification, God frees us from sin’s penalty, power, and presence, shaping us to reflect His holiness from salvation to eternity.
The Christian life is a journey of transformation, beginning with the moment of salvation and continuing throughout a believer’s life. This transformation, often described in theological terms as imputed and imparted righteousness, reflects the profound change that occurs when a person moves from being “in Adam” to being “in Christ.”
Romans 8 explores justification and leads to living by the Spirit.