A Clay Jar

Encouraging, comforting, and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory. (1 Thess. 2:12 NIV)

Salvation

God wants all to be saved

God Wants All To Be Saved – 1 Timothy 2:3-6

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God wants all people to be saved. But only those who repent and believe will be saved and escape his judgment.

Jesus saves

Dying, He Saved Me – Mark 15:31

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Jesus was challenged to save himself by coming down off the cross. But it was to save others that he stayed there and died.

Giving sight to the blind

Giving Sight to the Blind – Mark 10:51-52

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Jesus gave sight to many who were physically blind. But how much more precious that he will give sight to the spiritually blind.

Can Our Social Ills Be Fixed?

Can Our Social Ills Be Fixed? – Mark 7:20-23

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Our society is getting worse and worse. Can the social ills of our society be fixed? Only with a change of heart that only God can produce.

Made alive with Christ

Made Alive with Christ – Ephesians 2:4-5

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I was lost in sin. But God, in his mercy, reached out to me with his offer of salvation and made me alive with Christ. Saved by God's grace.

the message and power of the cross

The Message of the Cross – 1 Corinthians 1:21

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In God's wisdom, he chose the message of the cross. An offense to the world, but life to those who believe.

God's mercy

Salvation Depends on God’s Mercy – Romans 9:16

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Salvation is only by God's mercy and grace. There is nothing I can do to earn it. Nor will it come about through human desire.

justified freely by God's grace

Justified Freely by God’s Grace – Romans 3:22-25

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It is by God's grace that I have been freely justified through faith in Christ Jesus. A gift freely given and totally undeserved.

cost of following Jesus

The Cost of Following Jesus – Matthew 8:19-20

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We do people a disservice when we call them to salvation without challenging them to count the cost of following Jesus. Following him costs us everything.

a star in the east

We Have Seen His Star in the East – Matthew 2:1-2

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A star in the east led wise men to Jesus. The same one responsible for that star shines a light in our hearts. Will we follow it to Jesus?

the doctrine of the persistence of salvation

Arminianism: The Persistence of Salvation

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Can a true believer ever lose their salvation? Persistence of salvation is debated among Arminians, but classical Arminianism does support the possibility.

coming a second time

Coming a Second Time for Those Who Are His – Hebrews 9:28

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2000 years ago Christ came to earth to be a sacrifice for our sin. When he left, it was with a promise that he would return. There are many things in life that we look forward to. But which of them are better than Christ's return for those who are his own.