Rev Reads

“The Law of Moses was never designed to give an eternal relationship to Israel. They already had that eternal relationship as God’s gift to Abraham by faith. But the Law of Moses was designed to help Israel enjoy that relationship through fellowship with their God, which required faithfulness to the law.”
― David R. Anderson, Bewitched: The Rise of Neo-Galatianism

“Envy is the opposite of love because it does not rejoice with those who rejoice or mourn with those who mourn.”
― Scott Sauls, From Weakness to Strength: 8 Vulnerabilities That Can Bring Out the Best in Your Leadership

“Now there is a subversive way most teachers of legalism explain this deception of good works or a good life to reach heaven. “I am not doing the good works; God is. God does the good works through me so that they are his works, not mine.” This sounds pious. However, the problem is that neither Paul nor any other NT author makes such a false distinction between good works done by us or by God through us. The contrast is always between faith and works. Again, we are leaving the plain meaning of Scripture to be educated out of the truth.”
― David R. Anderson, Bewitched: The Rise of Neo-Galatianism

“If God started a work in you, you can be sure he intends to complete it. Your hang-ups and mess-ups don’t take him by surprise. At no point in the process does he say, “This is more than I expected. You are in worse shape than I thought. I’d better cut my losses and give up on you.”
― Judah Smith, How's Your Soul?: Why Everything that Matters Starts with the Inside You