What a glad and glorious message has been given to us in the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ! It is good to know that Christianity provides not just fire insurance from hell, as it is sometimes represented, but a new power for living in the Holy Spirit. The point of 8:28-30 is that from beginning to end, from election before time to glorification in the eternal state, and every point in between, salvation is of the Lord. Salvation is monergistic, not synergistic. We bring nothing to the table. And because it is God who saves, our confidence is rooted not in our ability to persevere but in his power to preserve...
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Pastor Bruce Ray has been senior pastor of Juanita Community Church in Kirkland, Washington since 1976. He also serves as a Police, Fire & EMS chaplain. Books include Withhold Not Correction and Celebrating the Sabbath (both published by P&R Publishing). He is a member of the...