Made Right with God Archives - Focal Point Ministries

Seeing Our Need

June 16, 2025September 24, 2017 Luke 18:9-14

We must never try to measure our worthiness before God by comparing our morality with others, instead we must honestly admit our utter sinfulness and embrace his amazing gift of unearned acceptance.

Biblical Faith

June 16, 2025October 1, 2017 Luke 18:15-17

Christ calls us to trust him for salvation with the helplessness and full dependence of a little child, and in the process shows his special regard for children.

The Law of God

June 16, 2025October 8, 2017 Luke 18:18-30

To get right with God we must humbly admit we fall sinfully short of his absolutely perfect standards, knowing that our only hope is to fully trust his power to save and his right to lead our daily lives.

God's Payment for Lawbreakers

June 16, 2025October 15, 2017 Luke 18:31-34

Pondering God’s longtime plan of redemption humbles us Christians, as we realize that Christ’s horrible suffering was the judgment our sins and transgressions had earned.

Christ's Life-Changing Power

June 16, 2025October 29, 2017 Luke 18:35-43

Realizing our desperate need, we ought to trust the omnipotent Christ for salvation, willing to follow him in this life knowing that soon he will take his great power and begin to reign over all things.

The Impact of Repentance

June 16, 2025November 5, 2017 Luke 19:1-10

Dig into the key verse for Book of Luke. We should rejoice in our salvation and pursue our sanctification knowing that when God works repentance in our lives his forgiving grace entirely covers our sins and permanently redirects our lives.

Living the Christian Life

June 16, 2025November 12, 2017 Luke 19:11-27

True Christians must be fearless and faithful as stewards of God’s message of reconciliation in a defiant culture until Christ returns to reward his ambassadors.