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Mark Daniels

11 Jun, 10 tweets, 3 min read

Truth #1: I'm a sinner born into a dying human race oriented to getting its own way, no matter what the will of God.

Truth #2: My sinful nature and the sins I commit because of it mean that I'm incapable of doing anything to save myself from death, the result of my sin.

Truth #3: God the Son, Jesus, has done everything needed to save me from myself. He offered His sinless life on a cross, in His death, taking the punishment for sin and I deserve.

Truth #4: Jesus rose from the dead, opening up eternity to all who have faith in Him.

Truth #5: Because having faith in Jesus is so foreign to my sinful nature, God the Holy Spirit works faith in me--gives me the gift of faith in Jesus--through means: the Word of God shared, taught, preached and the Word of God given in Holy Baptism and Holy Communion.

Truth #6: It's through these Holy Spirit-created, generated, executed means and not by anything I do, that God gives me saving faith in Jesus, faith that brings the forgiveness of my sins, a relationship with God today, and the promise of everlasting life with God...

...and all His God-sainted sinners.

God's Word says that Baptism brings saving grace to the baptized (1 Peter 3:21), faith comes through hearing the Word about Jesus (Romans 10:17,) and that this faith isn't something we manufacture, but a gift from God (Philippians 1:29)...

Truth #7: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16) If you believe that Jesus, the Lord, has covered your sin with His righteousness, the Holy Spirit has gifted you with faith.

"...no one can say, 'Jesus is Lord,' except by the Holy Spirit." (1 Corinthians 12:3)

If you trust in Jesus as your Lord, however imperfectly, live at ease in knowing that you belong to God forever. He has given you the gift of faith and you are His.

"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ..." (Romans 5:1)

@StevePierce17

BONUS TRUTH #8 (inspired by @StevePierce17): Jesus' Gospel sets sainted sinners free to live in service to their neighbors, not from compunction, but out of joy-filled gratitude for God's love and forgiveness given in Christ. As Martin...

...Luther writes, "A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject to all."

#freedom #LawandGospel #faith #faithasagift #freedominChrist #WordofGod

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1. May God bless you this Ash Wednesday.

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Most surprising: Chester Alan Arthur

Most underrated: Eisenhower, Grant, Bush the Elder

Most overrated: Jefferson, Kennedy

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Best writers: Lincoln, T Roosevelt, Wilson

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