We Need No Other Resources

"Underline this thought: assurance, peace, access to God, knowledge that He is our Father, and strength to overcome temptation all depend on this - the Son of God took our flesh and bore our sins in such a way that further sacrifice for sin is both unnecessary and unintelligible. Christ died our death, and now in His resurrection He continues to wear our nature forever, and in it He lives for us before the face of God. He could not do more for us than He has done; we need no other resources to enable us to walk through this world into the next.

You and I need a Savior who is near us, is one with us, understands us. All of this the Lord Jesus is, Hebrews affirms. Fix your gaze on this Christ and your whole Christian life will be transformed."

Sinclair Ferguson, In Christ Alone

Amazed by the Insights of a Child

Tonight during advent I asked my son what the most unbelievable aspect of the pregnancy of Mary was. He responded, "That the almighty God could be a baby."

Where most think the miracle of the virgin conception is the most unbelievable part of the Christmas story, my son realized it is the miracle of the incarnation which is most extraordinary. There is some good theology!