Seeing spiritually means expecting God to fulfill His promise yet embracing His way of getting there.

How God saves with a Savior

We can trust and obey, knowing God is with us, and is always faithful to His Word.

God sovereignly uses evil to provide life.

Trading love of self with love for God is the only way we can truly love others.

Real repentance bears fruit that is opposite of the sin.

God sovereignly ordains opportunities to test whether our repentance is genuine.

God sovereignly frees slaves so that through His Word, others may be saved.

We can be faithful, because God has not forgotten.

Realizing the presence of God will equip the believer in times of prosperity, temptation, and persecution.

When God's people suffer, they must remember God often sovereignly uses evil to advance His kingdom.

The church boldly proclaims the gospel because it reveals God's power and His righteousness.

Pride in kingdom work opposes Christian delight in grace.

Eternal life is a free gift that belongs to those who humble themselves and follow Christ, not to the prideful who hang on to their gods.

Marriage is an institution created by God, regulated by God, and enabled by God.

Christians forgive because they have been forgiven.

The church emulates her Good Shepherd by pursuing little ones who wander.

Those who humble themselves will enter the kingdom, but woe to those who cause them to stumble and shame on those who don't pursue the wondering.

Qualifications for Deacons

Jesus' resurrection and glorification guarantees ours.

Propitiation is the King satisfying His righteous anger by extending holy love to His children.

Included verses from Romans 5:1-12, 18; Philippians 2:8; Isiah 61:10, etc.

Our faith is dependent on understanding the person of Jesus Christ.

Citizens of heaven emulate the humility of our king by giving up our rights, so we may not be a hurdle to the gospel.

Effective faith has Christ as its object and prays for specific kingdom advancement.

The more we behold His glory and understand His suffering, the more faithful we will be as we follow Him.

Finding your life means losing it for Christ.

Recognizing our King requires a response.

Beware of sign seeking and false teaching, but be aware of sound doctrine and righteous instruction.

As Jesus came to seek and save the outcast and outsider, so we should pursue the same with the life-saving gospel.

Who you worship shows in what you obey and the expression of your heart.

Faith in the midst of fear is not based on our circumstances or ability, but on His majesty.

Our King is compassionate, caring for our needs, and expects us to reflect the same with others.

Unbelievers fear man, but citizens of the kingdom fear only God.

Those who reject the gospel often use offense as an excuse rather than deal with the truth.

Understanding the Kingdom of heaven comforts believers and equips them to better participate in its advancement.

Jesus taught in parables to reveal and conceal the secrets of the kingdom.

Christians are those in whom the seed has born fruit, and who in turn spread the seed.

A believer will consistently choose a relationship with Christ over all others, including his own family.