But notice what Revelation 12 also emphasizes: the victory of Christ has already been secured. But notice what the loud voice in heaven said next: these victorious members of Christ's Church are they

First, notice that Paul prays that God would "strengthen you with power... so that Christ may dwell in Secondly, notice how it is that Christ dwells within you: He "dwells in your heart through faith."

To God alone,  both for the means and for their saving fruit and effectiveness,  all glory is owed forever

But the reality is that the most effective evangelists over the past several centuries have been ardent

result, all those in whose hearts God works in this marvelous way  are certainly, unfailingly, and effectively

Spirit so that they may rightly understand and discern the things of the Spirit of God,  but, by the effective

it must be credited to God:  just as from eternity God chose his own in Christ,  so within time God effectively

it must be credited to God:  just as from eternity God chose his own in Christ,  so within time God effectively

it must be credited to God:  just as from eternity God chose his own in Christ,  so within time God effectively

faith is to your salvation, it's the object of your faith - the thing you believe in - that makes it effective