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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Just as our justification is from God, so our sanctification is from God, but unlike our justification, which is monergistic work, in sanctification God calls us to work together with Him to mature as Christians. As Christians we can never say to God: “The reason I still sin, or the reason I am not maturing as quickly as I would like, is because you have not given me enough grace.”
Burk Parsons

The formation of the life of a person in the womb is the work of God, and it is not merely a mechanical process but a work on the analogy of weaving or knitting: “Thou didst knit me together in my mother’s womb” (psalm 139:13). The life of the unborn is the knitting of God, and what He is knitting is a human being in His own image, unlike any other creature in the universe… The destruction of conceived human life – whether embryonic, fetal, or viable – is an assault on the unique person-forming work of God.
John Piper

    • Why I Believe

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    Why I Believe

    Why I Believe

    The Child: someone who loves me asked me if I wanted to ask Jesus into my heart. They told me about how Jesus loves me so much, and wants me to live with Him forever. I want to be with God in Heaven.

    The Teenager: I've seen where some of my friends' lives are headed – they are destroying themselves, and are acting like fools. I don't want to waste my life like that. I need to make a decision whether I'm going to do bad, or do good. And God is the only one that can help me do the right things, and have a worthwhile purpose for my life.

    The Heartfelt: There's a warmth and loving kindness coming from some of the people I know. When I hear that God loves me so much, that He sent His Son to take my jail sentence and let me go free…Ihave to know more about this kind of love. I want Him to love me, and I want to love Him back by following His lead.

    The Cynic: This is a senseless, cruel world. I can die like roadkill, and be remembered (if at all) for my selfishness, or I can live with a Purpose and leave a legacy of Good behind me. Face it, even if I die and there is no God, my life will be better lived by trying to follow His commands and do good, than any other option.

    The Scientist: I've studied the diversity of the objects around me, and I see that their complexity is far greater than I can understand. The laws that govern their behavior are hard to solve, but something is holding all these things together so they continue to work. Where did these laws come from? Where did the matter come from, that makes everything up? It makes no sense that chaos created order and complexity of this scale. I believe that something purposely designed and made everything. The Bible's story of God and creation explains the motivation for such an event.

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