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Living with confidence in God’s promise

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CONNIE WILLIAMS

We can approach God like a child approaches his father. Our sins lie on the ground like a broken chain. IRS Images, 2025

Fear does not help love grow. If someone lived in fear that their partner might leave them for small mistakes, they could not feel close to them. They would be nervous all the time. In the same way, a person cannot feel close to God if they are always afraid He will push them away. The message of the Gospel gives a different picture. Those who trust in Jesus can know they are held safe by Him. This confidence does not encourage wrong behaviour. It encourages obedience because believers know God is a loving Father, not someone waiting for them to fail.

Jesus said that His followers belong to Him and that no one can pull them from His care. If a believer could still end up in hell after trusting Jesus, it would damage the honour of Christ. He promised eternal life, and He keeps His promises. Knowing this gives believers courage to face hardship. They can remember that they belong to God, and that He will not let them go.

Christians are no longer under the control of sin. Sometimes people hear that they are only human and must give in to anger, revenge, or sexual sin. Some even believe it is unhealthy to show restraint. But the Bible teaches that Christians do not have to obey these desires. God accepts people as they are when they come to Jesus, but He does not leave them unchanged. The Holy Spirit begins shaping them into a new person.

When we walk with the Lord
in the light of his word,
what a glory he sheds on our way!
While we do his good will,
he abides with us still,
and with all who will trust and obey.

To stay strong, Christians must remember what God has said. Verses like those that promise eternal life can help when doubt appears. Other verses help when temptation comes. Believers can choose to use their lives to serve good instead of evil. Remember: When Jesus covered our sins with His blood, he knew every sin you ever committed. He also knew every sin you would commit from that time on.

When Jesus faced temptation in the desert, He quoted Scripture each time. Satan did not run away because the verses harmed him. He left because he saw that God’s word strengthened Jesus to keep following His Father. That is what the word of God does. It gives strength to keep choosing what is right.

At the centre of all of this is a simple question: Do you know you belong to Jesus?

Therefore, as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,

Colossians 2:6

Hold On To Your Confidence

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TEXAS GOSPEL VOLUNTEER

Life can throw many challenges our way, and sometimes it’s easy to feel discouraged or lose heart. But as believers, we are encouraged to hold firmly to our confidence. This confidence brings a great reward, as it allows us to fully experience what God has for us. Let’s look at some thing about which we should be confident.

One of the most important foundations of our confidence is the blood of Jesus Christ. The Bible tells us, “By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all” [13, Hebrews 10:10]. Unlike the repeated sacrifices of the past that could never truly take away sins, Jesus offered one sacrifice for sins forever [13, Hebrews 10:12], perfecting forever those who are made holy [13, Hebrews 10:14].

Just as the patterns of heavenly things were purified with blood, the heavenly things themselves required a better sacrifice. Jesus, the perfect Lamb of God, entered into heaven itself to appear in the presence of God for us [14, Hebrews 9:24]. He offered himself once in the end of the world to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself [14, Hebrews 9:26].

Romans 3:23 reminds us that “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” However, we are “justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood” [14, Romans 3:24-25]. All that is needed for God’s satisfaction is found in Jesus Christ and is available to us through faith in His blood.

Furthermore, Romans 5:8 declares, “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Because of this, we are “now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him” [15, Romans 5:9]. Even when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled through the death of His Son, and now being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life [15, Romans 5:10].

Secondly, we must not lose confidence in prayer. Because of Jesus’ sacrifice, we have “boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh, And having an high priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water” [18, Hebrews 10:19-22]. We can go directly to God the Father through Jesus Christ, the one mediator between God and men, “who gave himself a ransom for all” [19, 1 Timothy 2:5-6].

Our closeness to God and our confidence in prayer can be hindered if we cherish sin in our hearts. Our sins create a separation between us and God, causing Him to hide His face so that He will not hear [19, Isaiah 59:1-2]. Therefore, we are called to “draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith” [19, Hebrews 10:22]. This requires us to confess the untrue parts of our hearts to God and seek His strength to do what is right.

Jesus understands our weaknesses. Hebrews 4:15-16 assures us, “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.“

When our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence toward God [21, 1 John 3:21]. We receive what we ask because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight

Finally, we must not lose confidence in Jesus’ soon return. Hebrews 10:37 says, “For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.” Jesus Himself promised, “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also” [24, John 14:1-3].

Let us hold fast to our confidence in the blood of Jesus, in the power of prayer, and in the promise of His soon return. May we continually evaluate our lives and surrender ourselves joyfully and completely to Christ.