How does repentance look like in the Christian life? Godly sorrow leads to a change of mind, a change of affections, and a change of actions.
Read 2 Corinthians 7:1-13
Prophetable Encounters 18: Restored to Life
This life is a mixture of the beautiful and the bitter. The beautiful reminds us of the generosity of God’s grace to sinners and the indescribable inheritance that he has prepared for those who love him. The beautiful points us to the beyond. The bitter does too. God wants us to feel the pain of the curse so that we won’t become too attached to the things of this world and that we would find our only joy and confidence in Jesus Christ. Jesus entered our bitterness so that by his death he might bring us to the beyond to enjoy the unimaginable bounty of the beautiful unmixed by the bitterness of the bleak.
Read 2 Kings 4:8-37
Samuel: Lent to the Lord
In her barren distress Hannah turned to the Lord. The Lord provided her with a son, Samuel, whom she then presented to the Lord for his worship and service. We too ought to present our children to the Lord to be used as he wills for his glory and the spread of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Read 1 Samuel 1
We Believe 11: Justification
Justification is an act of God’s free grace wherein he pardons all our sins and accepts us as righteous in his sight, only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us and received by faith alone.
Prophetable Encounters 17: Helper of the Helpless
In replenishing the widow's oil the Lord shows that he generously cares for those who put their trust in him. Her only qualification for his help is that she had nothing. This is our only qualification for receiving the saving help from the Lord in the gift of his Son, Jesus Christ.
Read 2 Kings 4:1-7
We Believe 14: Faith
Jesus commends the faith of the Roman Centurion who came to him for the healing of his servant. Faith responds to God’s promises, confesses need, comes in humility, trusts the power and willingness of Christ to heal, is of grace, and is richly rewarded.
Read Luke 7:1-10
Prophetable Encounters 16: Trusting God
God’s jealousy for his own glory and his generosity to those who trust in him are shown in this chapter as we are told about King Joram’s failure to worship God faithfully and the alliance of three Kings, Israel, Judah, and Edom, as they go to war against Moab. The cross of Christ displays God’s jealousy for his own glory and his generosity to those who trust in him.
Read 2 Kings 3
We Believe 13: Sanctification
Paul teaches that in addition to the law of God teaching us how to live the grace of God instructs us to say “no” to ungodliness and to live godly lives in this present age. God’s grace, his past grace in the death of his Son and his future grace in Christ’s return, makes us eager to do good works.
Read Titus 2
Prophetable Encounters 15: The Curse of the Bear
The prophet Elisha brings the word of the Lord upon the town of Bethel. In faithfulness to God’s promise of cursing for those who do not worship and obey him, the parents are robbed of their children. Jesus is the one who takes the curse of God upon himself so that those who trust in him might know his blessing.
Read 2 Kings 2:19-25
Prophetable Encounters 14: The Lord, Our Healer
Elisha, in healing the spring of water at Jericho, brings blessing to a city under a curse and reveals that the Lord is our healer. Jesus Christ is the new Elisha who brings healing and blessing to both sinners and his creation which is under the curse of sin.
Read 2 Kings 2:19-22