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…can boast in a moral balance, and nobody can use grace as permission to cherish sin. Why assurance is possible If my final hope rests upon the quality of my record, I must continually ask whether it is enough. If it rests upon God's unexplained decision to overlook guilt, I may…
Read article →What God's faithfulness to Israel means for everyone who trusts His promises
…scattering, repentance, regathering, and restored blessing. David did not receive a vague assurance that godly government would exist somewhere. God promised him a house, kingdom, throne, and Son. David's descendants could be chastened, but the covenant itself would not be broken…
Read article →What 'yea and Amen' in Christ means for Israel and the covenants
…ly permits God to cancel every gracious undertaking and redefine its recipient, Christian assurance would rest upon the very perfection we confess we cannot supply. This does not erase responsibility. Scripture holds together real conditions, real discipline, and God's preserving…
Read article →Why Israel's failure cannot make the word of God fail
…al covenants are therefore not identical agreements with interchangeable terms. Christian assurance rests directly upon Christ's completed work, His resurrection, His intercession, and the promises of the gospel. We should not pretend that every covenant operates in precisely the…
Read article →One Messiah, one gospel, and God's continuing purpose for Israel
…d to hear the gospel of their own Messiah. Why Israel's restoration strengthens Christian assurance God's faithfulness is indivisible. The Church cannot build confidence upon the claim that God permanently reassigned another people's promises when they failed. We also are weak, i…
Read article →Election within Abraham's family, the believing remnant, and the future of the nation
…position but not incidental in purpose. It answers the largest possible objection to the assurance he has just given: whether human unbelief can cause God's pledged word to fail. There is a smaller parenthetical movement inside the final chapter. Romans 11:11-12 begins to antici…
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