been able to maintain a laser like focus on preaching and teaching the gospel despite the continual persecution In other words, God's sovereign control in our lives is not just limited to the times that we're in perfect

made fully complete the moment you put your faith into Christ; you are instantly justified (declared righteous

this way: God is the real, the true being, the fullness of being, the sum total of all reality and perfection

of imitation  as in former times the Pelagians would have it  but by way of the propagation of their perverted This reminder is necessary even here near the very beginning of the Bible, since that perfect creation

It means that knowing God is not just a lofty ideal, attainable only by self righteous monks who climb

evangelism by overstating the Bible's promises for a good life while downplaying God's demands for righteousness

You may have heard the misguided phrase, “I like to sin, and God likes to forgive; so it’s a perfect

true faith in Christ, a childlike fear of God, a godly sorrow for their sins, a hunger and thirst for righteousness

reverent submission. 8 Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered 9 and, once made perfect

Psalm 138 is a perfect example. The LORD may or may not choose to deliver you from that which persecutes you in this life, but you can