Satan loves to accuse God’s people and rub our failures on our very faces. “I told you so” can be a phrase used to bring shame and condemnation on those who knowingly fall. Unlike Satan, God doesn’t simply say “I told you so” but provides the necessary means to both satisfy his perfect righteousness and transform sinners into his restored instruments of redemption. This is what propitiation is all about and this is what love is all about.
Anxiety feeds on perceived threats but God’s love casts away all fears (1 John
4:18). When God’s love fills our lives and hearts, joy is the overflow from God’s
salvation by grace through faith. As we look at the future of DFBC, God wants to
transform us into a community overflowing with the joy of his salvation. In 1
John 1-4, we will discover how God’s love poured in our hearts spills over in our
lives as joy that grows and matures us in our fellowship with God and each other.
Come rejoice in God’s love telling of the story of his joyful community!
