“The blessed apostle knew he was accepted. Did that make him lax, careless, or indolent? Far from it. ‘We labor’ he says, ‘to be acceptable to him.’ The sweet assurance that we are accepted in Him is the ground of our labor to be acceptable to Him. ‘The love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for […]
Day: May 13, 2017
An excerpt from C.H.M.’s “‘Accepted’ & ‘Acceptable’.”
“The blessed apostle knew he was accepted. Did that make him lax, careless, or indolent? Far from it. ‘We labor’ he says, ‘to be acceptable to him.’ The sweet assurance that we are accepted in Him is the ground of our labor to be acceptable to Him. ‘The love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for […]
An Effective Ministry, A Guest-post by Randal Amos
Paul’s ministry in 1 Thessalonians 2 2:1 – Paul taught his entrance among the Thessalonians was a positive thing. What qualified the ministry to be counted as positive? 13-16 – “Ye received it [the word preached] not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God”. Therefore the Word […]