Sin

Faith isn’t something that needs to be done. It’s something to be enjoyed because faith is a gift bestowed by God’s word through the hearing of the Gospel.

Jesus rejects what we believe is most necessary and instead points us to his pain, suffering, death, and self-sacrifice.

Do you feel bad when you're not very joyful? What do you do with grief that lingers? Can anger be righteous?

You can’t bear your own sins, to say nothing of getting rid of them.

The true liberty that Christ gives to us through the gospel is not political. It is spiritual freedom. It is freedom from fear of God's judgment and wrath.