Inspire Holiness

  If someone were to ask me how to come to faith in Christ, this would be my answer: Just fall, on Him.  'Just fall' is an answer to many a person's point in life or journey to, or in, God. And it's relevant even to those with depth of spiritual maturity. We can see in the Word that notable figures had a reliance on God for their whole life, and they had an understanding of God's sovereignty, even if they didn't fully understand it. "For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen." — Romans 11:36  As we get older, our sins become seemingly more apparent, even if we perceive ourselves to be sinning less. Even as I write this, I feel convicted that I'm suggesting faith is a performance, may it never be! Though I do think that my glaring sin does help me to address my sinful behaviour. And at these times, it's another opportunity to 'Just fall'.  I believe we get to a point in our faith where we k...

It would be gravely remiss of me not to start this blog with an answer to this question. I have heard many people give an account of what the gospel is. However, most people only give a snippet of what it is. Some people may say that that's the crucial part - that Jesus died for our sins, but it leaves out so much, even if you include repentance. You see, this Gospel is not our own, so we should not add to or subtract from it in any way. Even in witnessing, we need to declare its fullness. To say any less is not the Gospel. The Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible tells us that God created man " in our own image ". And when He did, he gave Adam a command with a warning. Adam (and Eve) broke that command. In doing so, he broke not only that command but the 'world' God had designed man (man and woman) to live in. God told Adam that should he eat the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, he "would surely die". Enter in, sin, and death, di...