Speak 4

Don’t be intimidated by the length. Its mostly scripture.


Romans 5:1
1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with
God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ...

Such a thing to grasp, that by no merit of your own, by nothing you bought or did, by nothing you thought or said did your cleansing come. Simply by faith, by the enlightenment of Christ (John 1: 9-12). And God grants not only the not guilty sentence but He reconciles us to Himself. There really isn’t anything I can say except... Dwell on the fact that God reconciles us, not by anything that we’ve done so that we can’t even boast. But now that we have nothing to boast in ourselves about we can boast in our Lord (Gal 6:11-16). Not simply because we have something far better than others have (though it would be true to say such a statement), we boast because God is amazing, Indescribable by human words, gracious to grant us redemption through faith. And give us enlightenment through creation and His word (we will get there in Sola Scriptura).

Here is another video. The conference is over but the promo is good.



Galatians 3:7-14 (English Standard Version)

Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.” So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
The Righteous Shall Live by Faith
For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for “The righteous shall live by faith.” But the law is not of faith, rather “The one who does them shall live by them.” Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”— so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.

Ephesians 2
1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved— 6and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.