In this shaken world so full of uncertainties and fears, our souls long to grasp something solid and secure. We do not know what tomorrow will bring, but we know the large picture that encompasses earthly history and beyond. If you are trusting in Jesus as Savior and Lord, let your heart feed on these eternal certainties and be comforted. * * * Looking to the past, in faith, we know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, who became poor that we might be made rich (2 Cor. 8:9). We know that we were redeemed by Christ's precious blood, not by destructible, earthly money (1 Pet. 1:18).We know that … [Read more...]

A gracEmail subscriber asks what I mean when I speak of a person who "knows Jesus as Savior and Lord." * * * I speak of the individual who throws himself or herself wholly on the mercy of God, based on God's love shown in Jesus' substitutionary death and on God's faithfulness and power shown in Jesus' resurrection from the dead. With confidence in such a God, this person commits to follow Jesus as leader and guide. Jesus himself spoke of such individuals as those who hear his words and act on them; who deny themselves, take up their cross and follow him; who believe on him and have eternal … [Read more...]