Sin is who we are, not what we do! Rev. Mike Ruffin Mar 21, 2018 Mar 21, 2018 Updated Mar 19, 2019 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 18:3)kAm%96 DE@CJ :D E@=5 23@FE 2 J@F?8 49:=5 H9@ AC2J65 E@ 2D< y6DFD E@ 4@>6 2?5 =:G6 :? 9:D 962CE 5FC:?8 $F?52J $49@@=] (96? 96 D2H 9:D >@E96C[ 96 AC@F5=J E@=5 96C[ “|2>2[ x 2D<65 y6DFD E@ 4@>6 2?5 =:G6 :? >J 962CE E@52J 2?5 E2<6 >J D<:? 2H2J]”k^AmkAmw:D >@E96C 49F4<=65 3FE =2E6C C62=:K65 E92E 96C J@F?8 49:=5 H2D D6C:@FD] $6G6C2= 52JD =2E6C[ 96 4@?7:565 9:D 4@?46C? E@ 96C] “x’G6 366? H2:E:?8[ |2>2[ 2?5 x DE:== 92G6 >J D<:?]”k^Am kAm*@F 42?’E 96=A 3FE D>:=6] qFE E96 :==FDEC2E:@? 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Grace comes in four flavors “For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.” (Romans 6:14)
Fear of death not unusual for most Christians "For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain." (Philippians 1:21)
