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God Is Immutable
A person will never concede God’s sovereignty if they are their own god. God is not interested in fitting into the confines of man’s preferences for Himself. God is immutable.

God Is Unity
All three Persons of the Godhead testify that Jesus’ mission on earth was consistent with His own words, “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Lk 19:10).

We’re in a battle for the souls of men!
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J. Vernon McGee on Lk 19:1-10
“By [his fruit] I know he has been converted. And, friend, this is the only way the world will know that you are converted. They do not know it by testimony; they know it only by what they see in your life.”

J. Vernon McGee on Lk 19:1-10
“If it were not for his changed life, I would never know that this old publican got converted.”

J. Vernon McGee on Lk 19:1-10
“The experience of Zacchaeus is a good illustration of what James says: ‘Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works.’” (Jas 2:18)

J. Vernon McGee on Lk 19:1-10
“Zacchaeus showed his faith by his works. He did not talk about his faith; he demonstrated it. The world is not listening for something today; it is looking for something. Zacchaeus had what the world is looking for. Jesus had dinner with him and his life changed.”

Why Do Some Evangelists Stumble?
One of the primary reasons people reject the Gospel is that they respect man’s self-esteem over God’s. As a result, they’d rather insult God’s sovereignty than the sovereignty currently ruling and unbeliever’s heart.

MacArthur On Soteriology
"Every lesson we can legitimately learn from biblical soteriology (the doctrine of salvation) points to the glory of God, not the self-esteem of the sinner."

Ro 8:30
and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified.

Check Your Motivation!
The human emotion “that all be saved” is often different than God’s in the sense that it is absent of divine viewpoint on justice. God’s grace is not accommodating to man’s sensibilities; rather, it is accommodating to God’s sovereignty.

Propitiation
Generically, we say that it means to placate an offended deity’s wrath. Specifically, in Christianity, we say that God’s wrath and righteousness are satisfied by the Cross of Jesus Christ. This paves the way for believers’ justification.

Ro 1:16-17
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.”

The Gospel “Paradox”
Some will say, “How can a wrathful God who demands payment for sin pay for the sin Himself?” When you figure that out, you now understand what the grace of God is! (Ro 3:23-26)

The Gospel “Paradox”
God solved the sin problem for us! He decided to become a man (Php 2:7-8) so that our justification may come as a “gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus” (Ro 3:24).