by Bill Elliff
August 28, 2024
Christ’s love-driven gift completely released us from the stains and chains of our sin, making us forgiven and right before God, acceptable to see Him and to enter His kingdom. For those who believe, our view now is from the inside, not as a stranger and alien, and we have the best seat in the house to the unfolding plan of eternity.
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by Bill Elliff
August 22, 2024
God knew EXACTLY what He was getting—warts and all—when He brought me into His family. What is amazing is that, for some reason, He chose me to be His son. When you stop and ponder this for a moment, it's one of the most humbling, awe-inspiring truths in the world.
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by Bill Elliff
August 14, 2024
Christ brings us, introducing us by His grace to be forgiven and to stand in the Father's throne room every moment of every day for the rest of eternity! We are able to come because of Him and we do come because He brings us there by His grace. And now, we stand with peace as we face God.
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by Bill Elliff
April 08, 2024
Has the kingdom of God come near you? You’ve heard of Christ, seen someone in whom Christ dwelled, passed by a church on the corner, or have a Bible that a grandmother gave you years ago. Perhaps you even sit in a church every Sunday, but you have never surrendered to Christ and entered His kingdom. You never acknowledged your need and turned to Christ in faith to save you. You merely let the kingdom merely “come near.”
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by Bill Elliff
April 05, 2024
There are some tragic sentences in life that we say or are said about us. But there is none more fatal than this statement about the religious Pharisees and lawyers in Jesus’ day: “They rejected God’s purpose for themselves.”
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by Bill Elliff
March 19, 2024
You will never be the same if you are a new man in Christ. You can sin (and will sin because of the temptations around you, the work of the devil, and the weakness of your humanity), but here is the truth: YOU DON’T HAVE TO SIN ANYMORE! You are no longer a slave to sin as a ruler, but you are a slave to Christ and His grace.
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by Bill Elliff
March 18, 2024
If you are in Christ, you are forgiven! You are justified before God! You are standing before God with peace facing Him. You stand in a state of grace (and forever will). All of this has been accomplished totally and completely by God the Father and His precious Son.
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by Bill Elliff
December 12, 2023
... But just as beautiful and glorious for the believer, it was the opposite for those who would not believe in Jesus. To all who reject Him, His coming would lead to an undeniable and inescapable judgment for their sins. Christ’s coming would make way for salvation but would also be the instrument to bring the final reckoning upon rebellious men.
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by Bill Elliff
November 28, 2023
Like Isaiah, the true believer in Jesus Christ has an outer garment and inner change; they will never take off. They are wrapped up in robes of rightness or righteousness.
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by Bill Elliff
November 24, 2023
And then, have you, in humility, realized your need for a Savior to deliver you from the darkness? Have you turned to Him and cried out for the deliverance that only He can give? And have you trusted in His promise that “all who call upon the name of the Lord will be saved?”
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by Bill Elliff
November 13, 2023
Isaiah is filled with prophecies about Israel and also her enemies. Whole nations are described, and their rise or fall is ultimately dependent upon God. He lifts up one and puts down another, all according to His ultimate agenda and their responses to Him.
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by Bill Elliff
September 25, 2023
More numerous than you know are the moments when God has pulled you out of the pit by His compassion. Rescued you because of the pure grace of His mercy. Delivered you because of previous promises He has made, perhaps even to your own parents. Shown kindness to you that you did not deserve simply because of His great love and eternal purposes.
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