Jennifer Bales

On a live stream cast today it was stated that we proclaim the gospel in words and deeds. This is a common yet fundamental category mistake of law and gospel. We do not proclaim the gospel in words and deeds. We proclaim and believe the gospel and then respond (never perfectly but only a small beginning in this life) out of gratitude in deeds according to God’s moral will (i.e., the Great Commandment-love of God and neighbor, Matt. 22:33-40). We are redeemed from our misery by grace through Christ, without any merit of ours, and our response of gratitude is to do good works. We do good works (e.g., homeschooling our children during a quarantine) because Christ, having redeemed us by His blood, renews us also by His Holy Spirit after His own image, so that with our whole life we may show ourselves thankful to God for His blessings,1 and that He may be glorified through us;2 then also, that we ourselves may be assured of our faith by its fruits,3 and by our godly walk may win others a...

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Psalm 62:8 - Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. ~Martin Luther: If you are lacking something, well, here is good advice: “Pour out your heart before Him.” Voice your complaint freely, and do not conceal anything from Him. Regardless of what it is, just throw it in a pile before Him, as you open your heart completely to a good friend. He wants to hear it, and He wants to give you His aid and counsel. Do not be bashful before Him, and do not think that what you ask is too big or too much. Come right out with it, even if all you have is bags full of need. Out with everything; God is greater and more able and more willing than all our transgressions. Do not dribble your requests before Him; God is not a man whom you can overburden with your begging and asking. The more you ask, the happier He is to hear you. Only pour it all out, do not dribble or drip it. For He will not drip or dribble either, but He will flood you with a ...

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Our peace before God comes not from the fact that we will never fail but that Jesus will never fail us.

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