Index to this series of features.
| Adequate Representation | A look at the difference between having to represent yourself before the Judge, and having an experienced, proven Advocate to intercede on your behalf. |
| Adopting an Attitude | A look at the difference between the attitude toward one's self which supports self-righteousness and closes the door to a relationship with God and one which recognizes our sinfulness and opens the door to repentance and salvation. |
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A look at what was behind key events in Jesus' earthly ministry, and the world of difference between why Jesus had to die - because of our offenses, and why He was resurrected - because of our justification. | |
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A look at the difference between mere physical life, which is the ultimate dead end and spiritual life which lasts forever. | |
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A look at a problem for most of us, we try to get our needs for relationship met elsewhere instead of in God Himself. | |
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A look at the difference between the options from which we select based on our natural inclinations and those we’ll opt for based on the grace of God. | |
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A look at the difference between what a person is like before he or she believes in the Lord Jesus Christ and after that step of faith is taken | |
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A look at the difference between the power which our sin has in keeping us enslaved and that which is released by the love of God to set us free. | |
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A look at the difference between the self-righteous and the self-conscious before God. | |
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A look at the difference between us trying to reach for God and God reaching us. | |
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A look at the difference between our deepest desires, which are ultimately self-serving and selfish, and those of Jesus, who was entirely selfless, eager to serve, and willing to die. | |
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A look at the difference between your prospects if God sees your death as already completed by His Son and those if you chose to face God on your own. | |
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A look at the difference between between enmity with its distrust and hostility, and unity with its trust and love. | |
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A look at the difference between what we invent ourselves and that which is based on the knowledge of our Creator. | |
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A look at the difference between having no hope at all and having a living hope in Jesus. | |
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A look at the difference between the salvation and life which God intends for us and the destruction and death we choose, albeit unintentionally, for ourselves. | |
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A look at the difference between being far off and heading away and being brought near by the blood of Christ. | |
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A look at the difference between the kind of self-centred, largely passive, love most of us are used to and the self-giving proactive love God has for us. | |
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A look at the difference between love that remains safely passive and love that takes the risks and leads the way. | |
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A look at the difference between standing on your own righteousness and coming up short and confessing your sin and finding mercy. | |
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A look at the difference between the prospects of those who have already committed to keeping God's law and of those who are contemptuous of it. | |
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A look at the difference between the family tree which springs from the “father of lies” and leads to death and the one which comes from the “Son of God” and leads to life. | |
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A look at the difference between what most people would consider to be a good investment and what God identifies as such. | |
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A look at the difference between getting what you deserve and enjoying what God offers through His mercy and grace. | |
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A look at the difference between the things of the old life outside of Christ and those which become part of our new life in Him. | |
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A look at the difference between the inscrutable, holy, majestic God of the universe and His revelation of Himself as a humble, simple, loving man named Jesus. | |
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A look at what God did at the cross, and the world of difference between Jesus, the righteous one, being made sin for us and us, the sinful ones, being made righteous in Him. | |
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A look at the difference between the rights that you might claim for yourself based on your cultural context and those given to you by God by virtue of your relationship with Him through the Lord Jesus Christ. |