by Martha Brady | Oct 26, 2018 | BIBLE MEMORY, CHANGE, GOSPEL OF GRACE, HOPE
For the basic post on propitiation, click here. So now we have the perfect righteousness of Jesus credited to our account It is because of Jesus’ death on the cross for us when He appeased the righteous wrath of GOD for our sin (propitiation). If we are in...
by Martha Brady | Oct 25, 2018 | CHANGE, GOSPEL OF GRACE, HOPE
Often, we have scars that are unacceptable to others around us. We don’t want to discuss them. It is too embarrassing. But before I get too deep into this discussion of unacceptable scars, I want to make a distinction. At least two types of unacceptable scars....
by Martha Brady | Oct 24, 2018 | BIBLE MEMORY, CHANGE, GOSPEL OF GRACE, HOPE
For more background on propitiation, see this post So now, as a result of Christ’s work on the cross, of appeasing GOD’s righteous anger against sin with His shed blood, we have the righteousness of Christ on our account before GOD. There is nothing we can...
by Martha Brady | Oct 23, 2018 | CHANGE, GOSPEL OF GRACE, HOPE
As I have thought back on scars, I have remembered scars, both physical and emotional, from my own life. Some I hadn’t thought of for awhile. Then I looked in the mirror and went, “Oh yes. Now I remember.” I remember the lessons I learned from that...
by Martha Brady | Oct 22, 2018 | BIBLE MEMORY, CHANGE, GOD'S CHARACTER, GOSPEL OF GRACE, HOPE
Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash In order to understand this passage and this part of the gospel, we need to understand what propitiation means. When you break it down, propitiation is the act of appeasing GOD’s anger against sin, evil and injustice, and...