Believers are called to holy living. This is the clear teaching of the Bible. Throughout this next blog series, we want to consider the question: “How then does the believer cultivate holiness?” The first way is to know and love Scripture. We should also consider ourselves dead to sin and alive to Christ. Today we will discuss […]
Cultivating Holiness (part 2)
Believers are called to holy living. This is the clear teaching of the Bible. Throughout this next blog series, we want to consider the question: “How then does the believer cultivate holiness?” The first way is to know and love Scripture. Today we will discuss the second: Second, consider yourself dead to sin and alive in […]
Cultivating Holiness (Part 1)
Believers are called to holy living. This is the clear teaching of the Bible. Throughout this next blog series, we want to consider the question: “How then does the believer cultivate holiness?” We will look at seven different ways. Today we will discuss the first: First, know and love Scripture. Scripture is God’s primary road […]
Marsh: 7 Reasons Why the Believer Should Be Holy
By F.E. Marsh Below are 7 reasons that the believer in Christ should be holy. Because of what God is. “I am holy.” Thomas Watson says, God is holy intrinsically. He is holy in His nature; His very being is made up of holiness, as light is the essence of the sun. He is holy in […]
The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit
The grace of God is as high as the heavens and as deep as the oceans. No one knew that better than John Newton, a man saved by the radical grace of God. A former slave owner, Newton became one of the leading voices and preachers of his day. Even today his works are still […]
BLB Global Impact: In a Tent Below the Himalayan Mountains Dozens of Hindus Repented
DEAR FRIENDS, Over a million Christians now use Blue Letter Bible every month. Many are leaders lighting the way for those lost in the darkness of false religions. Consider this pastor’s story… “I thank God for Blue Letter Bible,” notes Pastor Abhishek, who had trekked six hours from his home near India’s Himalayan Mountains to […]
Why Should We Study Scripture or Doctrine?
(The following notes are adapted from BLB’s FAQ section) Some think that the study of Scripture, theology, or doctrine does not matter. “Love God and love people. That’s all that matters,” they might say. But is this true? Is this really all that matters? Perhaps a true love for God will draw us to His […]
Bob Hoekstra: Obedience by God’s Grace
The following is taken from Bob Hoekstra’s popular devotional Day By Day By Grace. Check out this devotional and many others at the Blue Letter Bible. “For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace…that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who […]
Spurgeon: “We are here to glorify Christ in our daily life.”
The following is taking from Charles Spurgeon’s classic devotional Morning and Evening. Check out this devotional or many others at the Blue Letter Bible. “We live unto the Lord.” (Romans 14:8) If God had willed it, each of us might have entered heaven at the moment of conversion. It was not absolutely necessary for our […]
Christ, Forgiveness, and the Cross
“And Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.’” (Luke 23:34) Jesus Christ, the God-man, committed the most scandalously humble act in human history: He made Himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born as a man who was obedient to the point of death, slaughtered by His own […]