5 Minutes With Pastor Lutzer | Children Of An Awesome God Part 5
Romans 8:28 is a promise we can claim as children of an awesome God! This week, we dive into the certainty and the comprehensiveness of this promise.
Romans 8:28 is a promise we can claim as children of an awesome God! This week, we dive into the certainty and the comprehensiveness of this promise.
The video showing George Floyd dying with his neck under the knee of a police officer, as three other police officers stood looking on, has sparked universal outrage. And with good reason. I found myself wanting to shout, “No! You can’t do that!” as the footage played on our television screens. Someone opined that it was “a reflection of poor police training.” I disagree. You don’t need to have police training to know that restraining an unarmed man by placing your knees on his neck as he lies on the pavement crying that he can’t breathe is wrong—you don’t need …
None of us are strangers to suffering. We understand all too well the "groaning" that Paul describes in Romans 8. But Paul reminds us not to minimize the value of suffering. Our trials should make us eagerly long for our heavenly inheritance!
If you are a Christian, then you are a joint-heir with Christ. What does that mean? It means that you are set to inherit everything that belongs to Christ in God the Father. That's what it means to be a child of an awesome God!
When we consider the character of God, we reach the limits of our imagination. Today, we consider what it means to know God as "Abba, Father." You and I, as believers, have direct access to the eternal Father who secures our salvation!
Happy Mother's Day! Today I get to preach on the topic, The Power of Praying Mothers.