A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance
Table of Contents
Introduction
1 Convinced of the Superiority of the New Covenant
2 Convinced That Ministry Is a Mercy
3 Convinced of the Need for a Pure Heart
4 Convinced of the Need to Preach the Word Faithfully
5 Convinced That the Results Belong to God
6 Convinced of His Own Insignificance
7 Convinced of the Benefit of Suffering
8 Convinced of the Need for Courage
9 Convinced That Future Glory is Better Than Anything This World Could Offer
Selected Quotes
- Thus Paul remained faithful to the end. He persevered out of sheer love for the Lord, for the simple joy of obedience, with his hopes fixed firmly on heaven. (13)
- What Paul further learned is that a truly perfect, spotless righteousness—the perfect obedience demanded by the law—is imputed to those who believe in Christ. (22)
- Paul’s deeply rooted understanding that his calling was a totally undeserved expression of God’s great mercy to him was itself one of the core convictions that kept him faithful to the end. (29)
- Paul knew that in order to have a pure life, he had to keep a clear conscience—and that meant he had to deal with the first hint of sin in his mind and heart. If we don’t do that, when evil desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is fully grown, the result is death (James 1:15). (39)
- Truth commends itself to the human conscience. We don’t have to defend the Word of God. It has a glory all its own. It has a power all its own. (44)
- Another factor that kept Paul faithful was his determination to serve Christ courageously. Put simply, Paul did not presume that ministry in the service of Christ should or would be easy, so his expectations were never disappointed when the trials came. He was dauntless. (61)
- Therefore we will not lose heart; we will not defect; we will not give in to evil if we live by those convictions. We will one day stand in glory, having been faithful to the end, and hear the Lord say, “Well done.” (71)