Posts tagged ‘faith rest’
Erring on the Side of Grace
If you talk to many believers today who are in the reformed camp and who have adopted Lordship Salvation as a mantle, if they are honest, they will likely tell you they never or rarely experience a sense of peace or spiritual well-being about themselves. In fact, many might even admit that they are not terribly happy or even unhappy with their lives. They don’t believe they have come up to a standard they have sought. Instead, they constantly deal with anxiety about their standing before the Lord. They never feel good enough and as Moffitt says, there is always more to do. It never ends.
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Hebrews 4: What is the “Rest” Mentioned?
We’re all tempted to be discouraged and to throw in the towel. We seem to fight ourselves and our desires to continue serving God or doing what we really want to do. I’ve been there. You’ve probably been there too. This is why the NT writers emphasized persevering so much. It’s not that we can lose salvation. It’s that we have to work against our sin nature, which tries desperately to continue to control us. We must persevere in ignoring the dictates of that sin nature. It is not easy continuing to live the Christian life. It is made more difficult because we are constantly fighting against our sin nature’s desire to stop serving God.
