Works

How He works in us ’after’ salvation - Ephesians 2:4 – 2:10 (commentary)

The first verse in this “after” section, places the focus squarely where it needs to be – on God. Paul mentions both God’s love and God’s mercy, and each are emphasized with adjectives – “great” love and “rich” mercy. And because of those two …

Condemnation of Idolaters - Isaiah 57:1 – 57:13 (commentary)

The society was so bad that the righteous people in Israel had to die in order to find peace (vv. 1-2). They could do nothing to turn the nation back to the Lord. The rest of the Israelites were engaged in false religious practices picked up from the pagans around them, i …