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God is not going to give us a theology exam in heaven. Why?

Because it is not about rules, religion, theology, and doctrine. It’s

not about what we believe, but whom we believe, and whether

we trust him enough to believe him.

I said this: It’s almost impossible to embrace and receive God’s

Messenger without also embracing and receiving his Message.

The Messenger and his Message go hand-in-hand.

I wonder about people who say they trust in Jesus but don’t trust

and believe his gospel.

It is all about our relationship with God: “Knowing him, and the
power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings,

being made conformable to his death” (Phil 3:10). If we truly

know him, then we believe and live everything he did for us: his

resurrection, his sufferings, and his death.

Us Believers Are Called

‘The Just Who Live By Faith’

Think about faith and fear. Our faith works by means of God's

love (Gal 5:6). Also it is God's love that destroys fear in us (I

John 4:18). And it's knowing who we are in Christ that even gives

us boldness in the day of judgment, and lets us know we are
ONE with Jesus (I John 4:17).

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