WSBC 2.0

We are free by being content in God's grace.

 

All earthly conditions are under God's sovereign plan.

 

He has assigned this circumstance to us with a purpose.

The expectation is that every follower of Jesus, everyone who has been born again, will live a new life of obedience. We still sin, but we’re not characterized by sin.

What he is saying, is that we, as sons of light, should learn how to use our resources as tools.

“Making friends” is not just with people, but it means we’re to use money in ways that pleases God, then as we please him, he will welcome us to be with him for eternity.

Investing faithfulness is a daily, life-long journey in a specific direction: following Jesus.

Christians need to take an active role, not so much changing legislation, but rather with Biblical standards, to serve as our norms for society.

 

We need to reflect on if something has captured our hearts on any addictions we have, specifically ones that will compromise our freedom to glorify God with our bodies.

 

Our identity is in Christ and not on how we feel about ourselves or what is comfortable.

 

Our bodies are to be resurrected as Children of Jesus and to reflect His glory and not to be confused with what is deemed legal or acceptable by the world.

 

The cost of sin is high, it is a price we cannot afford, in that the price of our lives is His righteousness.

He is a God of grace and compassion - going himself to meet us and bring us into his family.

He opens our eyes to see our depraved position.

He comes to us to make us new, not with a reward or punishment based on our works.

He knows who his people are and he's moving toward them.

There will not be any of God’s people who are left among the lost, left as unbelievers.

God is the one who pursues his people.

When God saves us, he changes us.

Longing for God expresses one's faith, but the absence of God brings the pain of doubt. Faith and doubt, like twin brothers, are inseparable in our faith life.

The groaning of the Holy Spirit is also enlightening, making our foolish hearts wise, making our complicated minds crystal clear, turning our eyes from our circumstance to God himself.

 "Rock" usually represents God's salvation in the old testament. Rock is the foundation of a city, salvation is the foundation of one's life.

Jesus replaced the temple as the only way to draw near to God. As long as you are in Christ, God is present.

For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light.

 

He says a true disciple must “bear his own cross”.

God has shown us grace, He has given us Christ Jesus. We can confess, we can repent, we can find forgiveness, we can find wholeness.

Dependency on Jesus is also the source of the sustainable power to do good, to resist evil, to fight for justice because we are not depending on ourselves.

Doubts and questions may be where the Psalm begins, but not the Psalm ends.

This is not a happy prayer, this is a prayer with real and raw emotion. But it also ends with hope.

It is a prayer that instructs us today as we consider the wickedness of humanity. It is a prayer in which we are led to move our gaze from the evil around us to the throne of God.

 

The lowly are lifted up, and the proud are humbled.

 

While we are still sinners, Christ died for us.