Also, here’s information on the Fighter Verse app (we’re doing ESV Set 2-2012): http://www.fighterverses.com/set-2-core-esv/week-52/

In Acts 20, as he is heading out to Jerusalem, Paul addresses the elders at Ephesus and charges them to remain faithful in shepherding the flock that Jesus purchased with His blood (Acts 20:28). He concludes his farewell speech by quoting a saying of Jesus as a motive for serving others. This saying is not included in the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John), but found only here in Scripture. While a very popular saying (even in pop culture), the truth of Jesus’ words must be at the forefront of our thinking when we don’t want to serve others.

Why does Paul say, “remember the words of the Lord Jesus?” Because we often forget that giving to others is better than receiving. Our sinful hearts love to be served and receive from others (and there is nothing wrong with being served by others). But the hard part is remembering that it is better to serve than to be served. In fact, this was the very mission of Jesus!

But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:25-28

There is more blessing in serving than being served. Jesus modeled it; Paul preached it. The next time you are tired, weary, exhausted, depleted, fatigued, drained, and “all tuckered out”- remember the words of the Servant Jesus- “it is more blessed (Greek: Μακάριόν= Happy) to give than to receive.”

When you gather around family and friends today to celebrate Thanksgiving, remember the words of Jesus. Be a servant. Be the last one in line to eat. Offer to wash all the dishes. Get people re-fills on their drinks. Don’t take the last cookie or piece of pie! Keep before you the blessing and the joy and the happiness that you will receive as you serve.

“looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:2

~Pastor Benji

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:11

Puritan pastor Jonathan Edwards has had a tremendous impact on my life, even though he often used big words that I don’t know. Reading his infamous sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” in high school literature class started me on a journey of learning from this lanky, emaciated Puritan pastor who happened to wear a powdered wig (like many of the founders of America). One of my heroes wore a powdered wig! I don’t wear and don’t ever plan on wearing a powdered wig. Edwards’ fashion sense has not shaped me (you can thank me later), but the mind beneath that powdered wig has had a significant impact on my life.

What I’ve learned from Jonathan Edwards the most is the importance of joy in the Christian life. Listen up-

God is glorified within Himself these two ways: 1. By appearing… to Himself in His own perfect idea [of Himself], or in His Son, who is the brightness of His glory. 2. By enjoying and delighting in Himself, by flowing forth in infinite . . . delight towards Himself, or in his Holy Spirit…
So God glorifies Himself toward the creatures also in two ways: 1. By appearing to… their understanding. 2. In communicating Himself to their hearts, and in their rejoicing and delighting in, and enjoying, the manifestations which He makes of Himself…

God is glorified not only by His glory’s being seen, but by its being rejoiced in. When those that see it delight in it, God is more glorified than if they only see it. His glory is then received by the whole soul, both by the understanding and by the heart. God made the world that He might communicate, and the creature receive, His glory; and that it might [be] received both by the mind and heart. He that testifies his idea of God’s glory [doesn't] glorify God so much as he that testifies also his approbation of it and his delight in it. (Miscellanies)

Re-read that last paragraph.

What Edwards is saying is that God is only partially glorified in the lives of His people if we only affirm the truths we know about Him. It’s not enough for us to merely see or understand God’s glory. We must take the next step and delight in it. We must delight in what we see or understand about Him. God wants our minds and our hearts (feelings, affections) to embrace His glorious presence.

God is glorified not only by His glory’s being seen, but by its being rejoiced in. When those that see it delight in it, God is more glorified than if they only see it.

The person who glorifies God the most is the person who-
1) Affirms (testifies) to all that the Bible says about God.
2) Delights in all that the Bible says about God.

It’s not enough to only know the facts about God. Those facts must travel from our brains to our hearts. But how do we get the truths that we affirm about God to stir our affections? We have to pray like the Psalmist:

Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Psalm 90:14

We have to ask God to stir our hearts, to satisfy us. It’s a daily task. It’s a moment-by-moment prayer that we must pray. While we are on this side of eternity, we have to ask God to stir and arouse our affections for Him. It will not always be this way. One day, we will see God in all of His glory and we will enjoy, rejoice and delight in Him. Edwards preached about this in a Thanksgiving sermon in November 1734:

…they there see God. This is a blessedness promised to the saints, that they shall see God (Matt.8). That they see God, sufficiently shows the reason why they praise him. They that see God cannot but praise him. He is a being of such glory and excellency, that the sight of this excellency of his will necessarily influence them that behold it to praise him. Such a glorious sight will awaken and rouse all the powers of the soul, and will irresistibly impel them, and draw them into acts of praise. Such a sight enlarges their souls, and fills them with admiration, and with an unspeakable exultation of spirit. (“Praise, One of the Chief Employments of Heaven”)

One day we will see God in all His glory and we will be awakened, aroused and irresistibly drawn to enjoy Him and delight in Him. Until then, we must ask God to arouse and awaken us to know Him and delight in Him. Until then, we must ask God to satisfy us in the morning with His steadfast love that we might rejoice and be glad all our days. May God make us a church that longs to see Him and enjoy Him, both now and for eternity!

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:11

Seeing and delighting in the Triune God,
~Pastor Benji

Now the day before Saul came, the LORD had revealed to Samuel: “Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have seen my people, because their cry has come to me.” 1 Samuel 9:15-16

In 1st Samuel 9 we see a beautiful picture of the sovereignty of God working behind the scenes of one family and a nation. On the surface, it seemed like it was just an ordinary day on the farm where Saul lived. Nothing special. Chores abounded. Animals needed to be fed. Just run-of-the-mill farm stuff. But there was a crisis at the “Circle K Ranch” (Saul’s father was Kish, hence, the “Circle K Ranch”). The crisis: lost donkeys! Everybody panic!

Well, that’s how the Kish family reacted. Of course, it doesn’t seem like much to the modern reader. Just a few donkeys. What’s the big deal? But to Kish it was a big deal. Think of how you’d react to losing a few paychecks? That’s the crisis that the Kish family is facing.

So Daddy Kish sends Saul out to look for the lost donkeys. While Israel was looking for a king, Saul was looking for donkeys. But there’s something else happening behind the scenes. The Lord was preparing the way for Saul to become king of Israel. Saul had lunch plans (that he didn’t know about yet) that included Samuel because Yahweh had put it on His calendar. Even though the people of Israel were rejecting Yahweh as king, still Yahweh responds in mercy to work salvation for His people. He’s that kind of God. Merciful. Gracious. Even when His people abandon Him.

So what can we gather from this story? 2 things:

1) God is providentially working behind the scenes of our lives to expand His kingdom for the good of His people. Saul was just looking for donkeys. Nothing too exciting. Just run-of-the-mill farm chores. Just mundane life “stuff.” And yet God was preparing the way for Saul to become king in order to save His people from the Philistines.

Are we any different? Don’t we do hundreds of mundane tasks and chores everyday? Take out the trash, tuck the kids in bed, pay the bills, feed the dog, clean the toilets, etc. What God is saying to us is that even in the midst of all of these mundane tasks, He is quietly working behind the scenes to extend His kingdom for the good of His people.

Doesn’t that make you want to sing the Doxology? Doesn’t that make you want to worship? What kind of God are we dealing with? One that somehow is bringing about His kingdom for our good in the midst of washing dishes, changing diapers and commuting to work.

Ordinary, daily tasks become the stage for the Lord to do His work. Kind of changes how you view loading the dishwasher, doesn’t it?

2) God is sympathetic and tender towards His people… even when they rebel against Him. God is amazing! Israel has complained about wanting a king (see 1st Samuel ch.8), ignored the Lord’s warning about what the king will be like, and yet still the Lord has heard their cry. Amazing. A stubborn, rebellious people still get the ear of the King of the Universe. This of course does not downplay their sin. It is hideous. It is vile. It is rebellion. It is cosmic treason. Yet God is still merciful and hears their cries.

What kind of God are we dealing with? One that is tender and compassionate. He loves His people and waits for their cry for mercy that He might be merciful. What a tender God we have! Our rebellion cannot outdo His mercy when we repent.

The LORD is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
He will not always chide,
nor will he keep his anger forever.
He does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
As a father shows compassion to his children,
so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.
For he knows our frame;
he remembers that we are dust. Psalm 103:8-14

Let “donkeys” occupy your thoughts today:

~ If you’re out “looking for donkeys” (i.e. doing mundane tasks) don’t forget that God is quietly working behind the scenes for your good.

~ If you’re “acting like a mule” today and you’re stubbornly kicking against His mercy to revel in sin, snap out of it. Repent. Cry out to Him. And He will listen and respond with tender mercy and grace.

What kind of God are we dealing with here?

I don’t have Him totally figured out yet, but I’ve seen enough of Him in Scripture that I want to worship Him right now. I suggest you do the same.

~Pastor Benji

I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church. Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. 3 John 1:9-11

Today’s devotional will be short and sweet: selfishness is evil. We see this in a man named Diotrophes. He liked to put himself first in everything. Diotrophes would have loved Burger King because they hold out this promise: “Have it your way.” We, too, may fall into the “Diotrophes trap” by wanting our own way in everything. Consider these questions:

In your marriage, are you always wanting your way?
In church, do you want your musical preference/style to dominate the songs we sing?
In any area of your life, do you want to be #1?

Don’t forget today what John is stressing: selfishness is evil. The antidote to selfishness is not more will power, but the power of the Gospel. Look to Jesus when you want your way-

Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. Philippians 2:4-7

Praying that we never wear #1,

Benji

And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” Isaiah 6:3

“To say that God is holy is to say that He is set apart, distinct from us. And because of his set apart-ness, there is no way we can fathom all of who He is. To the Jews, saying something three times demonstrated its perfection, so to call God ‘Holy, Holy, Holy’ is to say that He is perfectly set apart, with nothing and no one to compare Him to. That is what it means to be ‘holy.’” ~Francis Chan, Crazy Love (p.31).

Think about that.

God is “different, different, different.”

He is “set apart, set apart, set apart.”

He is “unique, unique, unique.”

There is no thing and no one like God. Period. He is in a category all by Himself. And yet Jesus humbled Himself and took on the form of a slave (see Philippians 2:1-11). And He calls us to be holy too-

“but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in your conduct, since it is written, ‘You shall be holy, for I am holy.’” 1st Peter 1:15-16

“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” 1st Peter 2:9

Just as God is holy, different, unique, and set apart from creation, we too are to be holy, different, unique, and set apart from unbelievers. Grace has changed us and we’re to reflect that by the way we live.

So whatever you do today, be-

“different, different, different”
“set apart, set apart, set apart”
“unique, unique, unique”

for God’s glory.

~Benji

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever. Psalm 23:6

Every time I read this verse, 2 things always come to mind. One is of substance, the other is amusing. Let’s start with the amusing…

I heard the story of a woman who had twin girls and this verse was the inspiration for their names. She named her girls:

1} “Shirley Goodness”
2} “Anne Mercy”

Clever.

Now on to more substantial things…

Several days ago I proposed that disciples need to be pursuing God with determination, like one army chasing another army (Psalm 63). But did you know that God also chases us down? When David says that goodness and mercy shall follow him all the days of his life, he is speaking of the LORD who chases us down. The Hebrew word for follow is the same word used in Psalm 63:8 where David says he pursues/chases God. Here, in Psalm 23, it is God doing the chasing! God pursues His people! We might expect David’s enemies {v.5} to be chasing him down. But instead, God’s mercy and goodness pursue David. Here we have a beautiful picture of the LORD pursuing the people He loves.

Look over your shoulder today. God is pursuing you!

Thankful for His relentless goodness and mercy,
Benji

We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.
2 Thessalonians 1:3-4

What in the world is God doing in His church? Sometimes we may not see how He is working, but we must remember that He is always at work. Sometimes we have to look for evidence of grace. The Thessalonian church, however, made God’s work of grace visible. So Paul gives thanks to God for the evidence of grace that he sees in the church at Thessalonica. What did he see?

1} Their faith was growing abundantly. They were continuing to believe God’s word despite the severe persecution they were undergoing {see 2 Thessalonians 1:5}.

2} Their love for one another was increasing. This was a true sign that they were Jesus’ disciples {see John 13:35}.

3} They were steadfast in the midst of persecution and affliction. This steadfastness meant that they were remaining calm while they awaited the outcome of their suffering.

These 3 evidences of God’s grace in the Thessalonian church can easily be turned into 3 prayers that you can pray for the church. Will join me in praying that our faith grows abundantly, our love for one another increases, and that we would remain steadfast in the midst of trials? It will only happen by His grace!

Looking for evidence of His grace,
Benji

When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been. Revelation 6:9-11

How often do you think of martyrdom? Probably (if you’re like me) not as much as you should. Why should we think about being killed for Jesus? Who wants that to occupy their minds? The answer to these questions is very important when it comes to fulfilling the mission that Jesus gave to the church to go and make disciples (Matthew 28:16-20).

What is the correlation between martyrdom and discipleship, you ask? For us, it is this: we need to be discipling others with a view to martyrdom. Verse 11 implies that there is a predetermined number of martyrs who will give their lives, be martyred, die for Jesus: “…until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been…” And some of those martyrs may be in your local church. Perhaps the child in your Sunday school class has been elected by God to be a martyr for Jesus? If that is possible, how important is discipleship for your church? What if one of your children was one of the numbered martyrs? How important then is family worship, prayer and Scripture reading for your household? Or, for your “future martyr?”

May God give grace to His church so that we work hard to see Christ formed in each disciple {Galatians 4:19}, so that it would be said of us “they loved not their lives even unto death” {Revelation 12:11}.

A possible martyr with you,
Benji

My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me. Psalm 63:8

I love this verse. Here we have a great marriage of God’s sovereignty and man’s responsibility. David is declaring that his soul clings to God. And yet God is involved in action too: God’s right hand upholds David. I think that’s why David says in verse 5 that God satisfies him and he’s singing joyfully (“My soul will be satisfied…my mouth will praise you with joyful lips…”). What a wonderful Gospel truth! God sustains His people.

But David doesn’t just sit back basking in God’s sovereign “upholding hand.” He’s moved to action. He says his soul clings to God. The NET Bible translates this verse as, “My soul pursues you.” It’s an interesting Hebrew word that David uses. He pursues God. This Hebrew word is used in other passages where one army pursues another army with determination {see Judges 20:45; 1 Samuel 14:22; 1 Chronicles 10:2; Jeremiah 42:6}. David is pursuing with determination the God who upholds him.

Are you pursuing God with determination? Are you chasing Him down like one army does another? He is there upholding you… go chase Him down.

Praying that we pursue Him,
Benji

I hear people say this a lot: “It’s my destiny.” Whatever it is that they desire in life (job, spouse, house, money, etc), somehow they are convinced that it is their destiny to have it. Fair enough. Maybe it is. Who am I to disagree with someone over their destiny?

But I do know something about our destiny as disciples of Jesus. Disciples can say with assurance, “It’s my destiny,” when it comes to suffering. Paul knew this. He was convinced that the church was destined to suffer. That’s why he sent Timothy back to the Thessalonians. He knew that suffering would come to the Thessalonians and he wanted to remind them of this truth. Paul feared they would be discouraged and give up when suffering came their way. In fact, Paul says that he kept telling the Thessalonians over and over that they would suffer affliction for following Christ. He wanted to get it into their head so he told them repeatedly and then sent Timothy back to remind them anew.

So on behalf of pastors all over the world, let me remind you again that you will suffer for Jesus Christ. It’s your destiny!

You will suffer for following Jesus. It’s your destiny.
You will suffer for following Jesus. It’s your destiny.
You will suffer for following Jesus. It’s your destiny.
You will suffer for following Jesus. It’s your destiny.
You will suffer for following Jesus. It’s your destiny.
You will suffer for following Jesus. It’s your destiny.
You will suffer for following Jesus. It’s your destiny.
You will suffer for following Jesus. It’s your destiny.
You will suffer for following Jesus. It’s your destiny.

Suffering alongside you,
~Benji

You can’t help but notice Paul’s emphasis on “knowledge” in his letter to the Colossians. First, he prays that the Colossian church would be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding {v.9}. Then he prays again that the Colossian church would increase in the knowledge of God {v.10}.

Alright, Paul. We get your point. We need to increase in the knowledge of God. Got it.
But if you know Paul, he won’t settle there. In fact, he again prays for the Colossians and other area churches in ch. 2 that they would begin to comprehend the riches of the Gospel, namely Jesus Christ as the source of all wisdom and knowledge-

“…that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.” Colossians 2:2-3

Later in ch. 3 Paul encourages these believers to be renewed in knowledge as part of the sanctification process-

“…and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.” Colossians 3:10

Why all the emphasis on growing in our knowledge of God? I think Paul keeps stressing it in his letter because he knows that if the Colossian church is going to make any difference in the world they must keep increasing in their knowledge of God. Knowledge of God affects every area of the Christian life: evangelism, discipleship, sanctification, missions, giving, serving, etc.

That’s why Paul will ask the Colossians to pray for open doors of evangelism for his ministry and knowledge on how to do it effectively {see Colossians 4:2-6}. The Colossians too will need wisdom in how to live the Gospel out in a pagan world {see Colossian 4:5-6}. If they don’t grow in the knowledge of God, they won’t make a difference in the world.

Perhaps the reason churches and believers aren’t making a difference for the Gospel today is that they have stopped growing in the knowledge of God? Let’s make it personal: perhaps the reason we aren’t sharing the Gospel and discipling others is because we have stopped growing in the knowledge of God?

I think D.A. Carson is spot on: “The greatest incentive to evangelism, witness, and mission emerges from a church’s deepening knowledge of God.”

Want to share the Gospel more? Grow in the knowledge of God. Want to witness more to neighbors, co-workers and family? Grow in the knowledge of God. Want to be missions-minded? Grow in the knowledge of God.

If we are ever to be a church that evangelizes, witnesses and stays on mission, we have to be people of the Book, not people of books about the Book. We must be Scripture-saturated. We must, as Paul exhorted the Colossian church-

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly…” Colossians 3:16

If you are filled with and increasing in the knowledge of God, you can’t help but be thankful for the Gospel:

“…giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.” Colossians 1:12-14

When you begin to comprehend all that God is for you in Jesus Christ, you can’t help but share it with others! When you begin to grow in your understanding of who the Triune God is, it should lead to a sharing with those in your lives. Perhaps a memorable way to remember this devo is this: “Growing leads to going.”

Go grow so you can go!
~Benji

Did you know that God has a long nose? Really! I’m not making this up. God says so Himself. In Exodus 34:6 God tells Moses that He has a long nose. What typically gets translated as “slow to anger” in most English translations is the Hebrew expression “erek apayim” which is literally “long of nose.” The expression can mean slow to anger, patient or longsuffering. The Hebrew idiom “long of nose” was used to describe someone who was patient or slow to anger {see Proverbs 14:29}. Conversely, a person “short of nose” {see Proverbs 14:17} was considered to be impatient or quick-tempered, much like our English idioms “hothead” or “short fuse.”

But there is more to this than God just having a long nose. The theology of this Hebrew idiom is what must impress us: God is patient with His people. We do not perish or get what we deserve precisely because God is patient!

The psalmist said it this way:

The LORD is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger {long of nose} and abounding in steadfast love.
He will not always chide,
nor will he keep his anger forever.
He does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities. Psalm 103:8-10

Because of what God the Father has done for us in His Son Jesus Christ, He does not deal with us according to our sins. That’s the hope of the Gospel! May God grant us the ability, by His Spirit, to plumb the depths of His mercy, grace, faithfulness, steadfast love and… unending patience.

Often short of nose,

~Benji

Sometimes when I read God’s word, a phrase jumps out at me like I’ve never read it before. Ever have that happen? A few weeks ago I had been reading the book of Titus several times, over the course of a few days, and all of a sudden, “Bam!” – there it was: “show perfect courtesy toward all people.”

It’s easy for me to be courteous to people that I like or who aren’t currently getting under my skin (Yes, people get under my skin. You do know that I’m a sinner, don’t you?). But I find it very difficult to be courteous, let alone show “perfect” courtesy, to those who bother me. In those moments of struggle, I need God’s grace more than ever. That’s probably why Paul mentioned God’s transforming grace earlier in the letter to Titus-

“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age” Titus 2:11-13

God’s grace can help you be perfectly courteous to your spouse when you’re discussing your finances, when you’re putting kids to bed, when you’re stuck in traffic, when you’re behind someone in the grocery store and they have 45 items in the 20 items and under lane, etc.

God’s grace is perfect for any situation where you need to show perfect courtesy. All you have to do is ask.

So, the next time you find yourself around difficult people (who are just like you!) show them perfect, God-empowered courtesy…even if they don’t deserve it. Because that’s the essence of grace- we don’t deserve it.

Trying to show perfect courtesy,
~Benji

Yesterday’s post focused on “spiritual amnesia.” We saw that when the Gospel fades from our memory we will inevitably forget that we have been cleansed from our sins. But there is another element to spiritual amnesia: amnesia produces apostacy. That’s why the Scriptures are replete with warning passages about not remembering what the Lord has done for us (see Deuteronomy 4 & 6).

Just like the Israelites, when we fail to remember all that the Lord has done for us, we are on our way to Baal and Asheroth. We’ll find something to worship. We’ll forsake the Creator for creation (see Romans 1:18-32).

And that’s why we celebrate the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s Supper. We want to remember what the Lord has done for us in the Gospel. He has given us 2 signs that point to the reality of our salvation. And He has done this because He knows we’re prone to forget. That’s grace!

Remembering the Gospel,
~Benji