workman in this affair. And what He gets is the glory of being the benefactor of grace, not the beneficiary of service. Nor should we think that after justification our labor for God begins. Those who make a work out of sanctification demean the glory of God. Jesus Christ is "our righteousness and sanctification" (1 Cor. 1:30). "Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun with the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?" (Gal. 3:2-3). God was the workman in our justification, and He will be the workman in our sanctification. Religious "flesh" always wants to work for God. But "if you live according to the flesh you will die" (Rom. 8:13). That is why our very lives hang on not working for God, both in justification and sanctification. The disciple, therefore, is to labor to into God’s rest.” This comes through focusing on Christ, His work, His salvation, and His “enter instructions throughout the Scriptures. For as the convert came to salvation, so shall he be sanctified, that is, through faith in Christ alone. Although the primary motivation for this ministry originates with the words of Jesus in Matthew 28 and the manifold Scriptures that emphasize the importance of doctrinal purity and practice in young adults, the current trends in culture and the modern church raise further concern and call for biblical solutions. There is deep uneasiness with some movements and methods in the evangelical church that seem to be diminishing the church’s life and leading people away from historic beliefs and practices of Christianity. Young people are entering a world of idolatry, filled with personal consumerism, while the church does not challenge theological and moral relativism. This presents a danger to the faith in ensuing generations. The concern is that the famine of truth revealed in the times of the Judges is revisiting our nation. also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation “And after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. And the
workman in this affair. And what He gets is the glory of being the benefactor of grace, not the beneficiary of service. Nor should we think that after justification our labor for God begins. Those who make a work out of sanctification demean the glory of God. Jesus Christ is "our righteousness and sanctification" (1 Cor. 1:30). "Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun with the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?" (Gal. 3:2-3). God was the workman in our justification, and He will be the workman in our sanctification. Religious "flesh" always wants to work for God. But "if you live according to the flesh you will die" (Rom. 8:13). That is why our very lives hang on not working for God, both in justification and sanctification. The disciple, therefore, is to labor to “enter into God’s rest.” This comes through focusing on Christ, His work, His salvation, and His instructions throughout the Scriptures. For as the convert came to salvation, so shall he be sanctified, that is, through faith in Christ alone. Although the primary motivation for this ministry originates with the words of Jesus in Matthew 28 and the manifold Scriptures that emphasize the importance of doctrinal purity and practice in young adults, the current trends in culture and the modern church raise further concern and call for biblical solutions. There is deep uneasiness with some movements and methods in the evangelical church that seem to be diminishing the church’s life and leading people away from historic beliefs and practices of Christianity. Young people are entering a world of idolatry, filled with personal consumerism, while the church does not challenge theological and moral relativism. This presents a danger to the faith in ensuing generations. The concern is that the famine of truth revealed in the times of the Judges is revisiting our nation. “And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. And the
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