How many times have you heard it said, “God hates the sin but loves the sinner”? But is it true? Does God really love the sinner?
Many have attempted to define God’s “primary attribute”…but what if God’s primary attribute can’t be defined?
When we see God’s love as lacking or absent, our worship fades into nothing more than a type of formalism and routine.
Before we go thinking that we’ve totally put away our “wood gods”, remember this: that with which you most consume yourself is what you worship and serve. Unfortunately, in modern society we haven’t gotten rid of our idols…we’ve only changed their physical makeup.
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with Me.” – But why is Jesus knocking?
Most of us are familiar with the Ten Commandments…But do we know the ways in which we violate these laws?
I’d like to take a look at a blessed verse of Scripture that is (rather unknowingly) wrested out of its context by well-meaning Christians – Isaiah 53:5.
I’ve often heard the discussion about how no one sin is greater than another. In one aspect, I totally agree with this notion. However, even with this truth, there’s another aspect in which some sins are more egregious than others.
Worship is something that comes from a heart that is filled with God’s Spirit and has been given the desire to do what is right and acceptable to God…to see His love and meditate on His name and to fear Him.
How do you respond to God’s word and His electing love? Would it be like this: “How have You loved me?” or “In what way have You loved me with all this pain I have?”
