more on Grace

further to yesterday’s post, here is an excellent outline by Matt Chandler on what it looks like to “make every effort” to walk the Christian life.

We fight sin and grow in godliness by using the weapons grace provides. There are at least three:
The Word of God
The Blood of Christ
The promises of the covenant

Go read the rest for verses and exposition under each weapon in the struggle.

and here by way of Vitamin Z is a helpful reminder from Ray Ortlund about the importance of Paul’s letter to the Galatians for us today.

The book of Galatians is in the Bible because our hearts are engines of self-justification. It’s so deep in us it feels normal. Whenever I detect that impulse at work in my feelings and relationships, my thought should be, “Well, there I go again.” That we have any faith in Christ at all is a miracle. That we have Galatianism in our hearts just makes us thankful for the book of Galatians. Now we know what to expect of ourselves, and now we know what to do about it: take our theology even more to heart and refocus on Christ alone. It’s what Christians do.