One of the great principles of the Christian faith is that God chooses simple things and little people to do great works and confound the strong, and the Christmas story exemplifies that principle in a dynamic way. Dr. James Boice portrays the lives of the characters of Christ’s birth and the Babe Himself, the weakest of the weak and the most inconspicuous of the inconspicuous on The Bible Study Hour.
Those who are in Christ have been justified before God. But salvation means much more; it means that we are sanctified, that God actually leads us into holiness. As Michael Allen and company explain, our holiness is carried out in the present work of our sovereign, loving God. In Christ we are given life, not simply in name, but in fact. Praise the Lord, who delivers His children through every weakness. Though you struggle with sin, do not be discouraged; it is God who works in you, "both to will and to work for his good pleasure" (Phil. 2:13).