Devotions

Question #10. What is my inheritance in Christ?

Question #8. Where is my citizenship in Christ?

Question #7. What is the condition of my heart in Christ?

Question #6. How do we stand before God in Christ?

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...

Question #5. What is ours in Christ?

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...

Question #4. Who are we in Christ?

As believers, what is our biggest problem? What is our biggest need? Our biggest problem is the sin that lives within us (1 Peter2:11). Our biggest need, therefore, is the transforming power of God's Word and Spirit. This series has been about how this power comes to us in the gospel. Today we consider the spiritual impact of worship.