Tag: Salvation
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Day 312: Does the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats Teach Works-Righteousness? (Matthew 25:31-46)
When Keith Green thundered, “The only difference between the sheep and the goats is what they did and didn’t do,” he captured the urgency of Jesus’ words in Matthew 25. But was Jesus really teaching salvation by works? This parable doesn’t show how we earn salvation—it shows what saving grace inevitably produces.
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My Lord and My God (John 20:19-31)
Easter Sermon, 2025 Text: John 20:19-31
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Day 034: Redeeming the Unclean (Exodus 13:13)
God’s command to redeem the firstborn revealed a surprising problem: what do you do with an unclean animal like a donkey? The answer was substitution. A clean lamb could take its place—or the donkey would die. It’s a vivid picture of the gospel: even when our lives look “useful” or “good,” our very nature falls…
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Day 348: Writing Yourself Into the Narrative (Acts 27:37)
Luke quietly inserts himself into the story in Acts—not as a hero, but as a survivor. Saved from shipwreck, he became a witness who could not help but tell the story. God still writes people into the narrative the same way today.
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Day 287: The Treasure and the Pearl: Two Stories, One Gospel (Matthew 13:44-46)
Jesus told two parables that sound almost identical—a treasure hidden in a field and a pearl of great price. But look closer: one describes how we find salvation, and the other reveals how salvation found us. Together they tell the story of a God who gave all He had to make us His own.
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Day 306: Did Zacchaeus Earn Salvation? (Luke 19:1-10)
“And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.””Luke 19:9-10 ESV Through the Bible: Luke 19 Luke 19:9 can be challenging for anyone who holds that salvation is by grace alone…