"Paul, an apostle—not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—[2] and all the brothers who are with me, [3] Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, [4] who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age,...
We left off discussing our ongoing need for sanctifying grace, i.e., God's work to conform us to the likeness of Christ. We daily need this kind of grace because we are still sinners and to some degree we still fail to see Christ's majestic beauty and our severe daily need for sanctification. We still need to discuss "Christ's majestic...
We've seen from many angles how the gospel sanctifies believers even as it saves unbelievers. Why is it difficult to grasp, embrace, and apply this concept? Why is it so much easier to do outward religion than to come sensing a desperate need for Christ? Why is it so much easier to amass intellectual knowledge from the Bible than to...
This series has been about the role of the gospel in sanctification. It is precisely the glorious sight of Christ in the gospel that conforms us to the likeness of Christ by the work of the Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:18). Now, besides this priceless benefit of conformity to Christ for the glory of God, why would we want to...
