Jennifer Bales

“He shall feed His flock like a shepherd: He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young” (Isaiah 40:11). Pause a while and think of this verse. It gives us a wonderful picture of the Lord Jesus. Let’s unfold some of its treasures word for word. ‘He’ Who is this ‘He’? He is the Messiah (Matthew 1:1). He is Immanuel; God with us (Matthew 1:23). He is God manifest in the flesh ( I Timothy 3:16). He is the one Who is revealed in the Word of God under a vast array of titles, names, characters and offices. For example, He is, Our Hope – 1 Timothy 1:1 Our Peace – Ephesians 2:14 Our Prophet – Hebrews 1:1-3 Our Redeemer – Job 19:25, Galatians 3:13 Our Rock – 1 Corinthians 10:4 Our Sacrifice - 1 John 4:10 Our Saviour – Luke 2:11 The Supreme Creator Over All - 1 Corinthians 1:16-17 The Resurrection and the Life - John 11:25 The Door – John 10:9 The Way – John 14:6 The Eternal Word – John 1:1

“Christ died for the ungodly” (Romans 5:6) Have you ever thought of yourself as a bad Christian? You look at your life and all you see is flaw after flaw. You fail in your thought life. You fall easily. You don’t read the word or pray the way you could. Here’s some good news, your Saviour does not condemn you for these failures. There remains no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:1). All of us, no matter in what stage of growth we find ourselves, need to hear the Gospel on an ongoing basis. That's because we forget it on an ongoing basis. We need to remember the words of Elizabeth Prentice who wrote: “The greatest saint on earth has got to reach Heaven on the same terms as the greatest sinner; unworthy, unfit, good-for-nothing; but saved through grace.” To grow in grace, we need to hear about Jesus, His person, His doing, His dying and rising again. We need to be immersed in the truth that Jesus is the God-man…God manifest in the flesh. We need to

"Only when we see how all the Scriptures are centered in Christ, as the revelation of the Triune God, so that in the Old Testament everything points forward to Him, and in the New Testament everything proceeds from Him, will we be able to understand the Bible."

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"“Holiness is not a means to an end—your good works do not save you. Rather, holiness is part of the end itself—you were saved in order to do good works, “which God prepared in advance that you should walk in them" (Ephesians 2:10). Good works do not achieve salvation (or final salvation-J.F.). Good works are the fruits and results of saving faith." ~Walter Marshall".

https://rscottclark.org/2005/09/when-the-good-news-becomes-bad/

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https://gospelgalblog.blogspot.com/2019/08/sanctification-westminster-shorter.html?fbclid=IwAR1g3XOL9o3Rr-0jsbx-M-XnPFHHA_2AzS2wx8xhaT3FBIe16_g3p9vMukk

Q.  55. How doth Christ make intercession? A.  Christ maketh intercession, by his appearing in our nature continually before the Father in heaven, in the merit of his obedience and sacrifice on earth, declaring his will to have it applied to all believers; answering all accusations against them, and procuring for them quiet of conscience, notwithstanding daily failings, access with boldness to the throne of grace, and acceptance of their persons and services. Heb. 9:12 ,  24 ;  Heb. 1:3 ;  John 3:16 ;  John 17:9 ,  20 ,  24 ;  Rom. 8:33-34 ;  Rom. 5:1-2 ;  1 John 2:1-2 ;  Heb. 4:16 ;  Eph. 1:6 ;  1 Pet. 2:5