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After I posted this, I caught something as I watched again — I said that we aren’t justified through faith. That’s not quite what I meant. To clarify, before someone else catches it:
Galatians 3:7-9 Understand, then, that those who believe are children of Abraham. The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.” So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
Ephesians 2:7-9 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
My point was that faith by itself is meaningless. It’s what we have faith in that justifies us.
Have you ever gone through a hard time, read the Bible, and then felt more condemned than encouraged?
Here, I offer some thoughts on what to do in this situation based on the temptation of Christ as recorded in Matthew 4 .
I’m interested in hearing your thoughts and feedback.
Do you think this interpretation is correct? What do you do when scripture hurts?