Our obedience is God's pleasure when it proves that God is our treasure. This is good news, because it means very simply that the command to obey is the command to be happy in God. The commandments of God are only as hard to obey as the promises of God are hard to believe. The Word of God is only as hard to obey as the beauty of God is hard to cherish.
タグ: obedience, god, faith

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The Christian - the biblical - concept of mercy toward wrongdoers only exists in relation to justice. Showing mercy, in relation to wrongdoing, means treating someone better than they deserve.
タグ: deserve, someone, better, justice
God gives life and he takes life. Everybody who dies, dies because God wills that they die.
タグ: who, die, god, life
If a tornado twists at 175 miles an hour and stays on the ground like a massive lawnmower for 50 miles, God gave the command.
タグ: miles, ground, like, god
You can't make yourself saved. This is very threatening to people, even Christians, because of what it seems to say about freedom.
タグ: people, yourself, you, freedom
I can be poor, I can lose a job, I can have a hospital bill that I don't know how to pay, for I can do all these things through Him who strengthens me.
タグ: know, lose, job, me
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