Jennifer Bales

“We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain.” (Heb. 6:19) The anchor of your soul isn’t your own faithfulness to God’s law. How frequently you pray, or read the Bible. Jesus Christ, seated at the right hand of God the Father, is the anchor of your soul. His work, and prayers, sustain and keep you.

What do you believe concerning the Holy Spirit? A. First, he is, together with the Father and the Son, true and eternal God. 1 Second, he is also given to me, 2 to make me by true faith share in Christ and all his benefits, 3 to comfort me, 4 and to remain with me forever. 5 1.Gen 1:1, 2; Mt 28:19; Acts 5:3, 4; 1 Cor 3:16. 2.1 Cor 6:19; 2 Cor 1:21, 22; Gal 4:6; Eph 1:13. 3.Gal 3:14; 1 Pet 1:2. 4.Jn 15:26; Acts 9:31. 5.Jn 14:16, 17; 1 Pet 4:14.

The law of God never spoke a word of comfort to the weary. It was not designed for such. Its very nature forbids it. It can anathematize, alarm, and wound; but not a solitary word of consolation and soothing can it address to a soul weary and heavy-laden with sorrow and with guilt. But it is the glorious gospel of the blessed God that the Lord Jesus speaks to His weary ones.

“God knows we have nothing of ourselves, therefore in the covenant of grace he requires no more than he gives, but gives what he requires, and accepts what he gives.”

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The love of God is not like our love. The love of God does not seek the lovable, the likable, or the one who will love him back. God loved us, as it were, even before he found us, even before he created us, from the very foundation of the world. Indeed, his love created us, formed us in our mother’s womb, recreated us in the womb of the church, and continues to love us even when us are mean, spiteful, and unmerciful. Men in search of a wife look for a woman who is attractive, who will love them back. Not God. He found an ugly, disease-infested prostitute whose life was littered with impurity, shame, and every manner of wickedness. This woman God joyfully made his bride. He washed her clean of every filth, forgave her past, clothed her in his own righteousness, and pronounced her beautiful. This woman for whom God did this—she is us. Do not ask why. Simply say Amen. For what else can one say to the love of God except Amen? Yes, yes, it shall be so. The planks in our eyes and the specks...

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