Pastor Mark Wells

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, Romans 5:1 A core principle in the Reformed tradition is the doctrine of justification by faith alone. Paul emphasizes this in Romans 5:1: “Since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God…” This peace is not just an emotion or fleeting feeling. It is an objective, lasting reality rooted in Christ’s finished work. Before salvation, Scripture depicts us as “enemies” of God (Romans...

You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, Exodus 20:5 Many will look at this verse and say God is unfair. How can He hold the father’s sin against his great-great-grandchildren? The truth is, He does not. The Prophet Ezekiel writes, “The soul who sins will die. The son will not bear the iniquity of the father, nor will the father bear...

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness . Romans 1:18             You would be hard-pressed to walk into any church and not hear about the love of God. In our world, people often speak freely of God’s love but rarely of His wrath. Yet the Bible teaches that God’s wrath is a holy and just response to sin. It is not an uncontrolled rage, but the righteous judgment of a perfect God against all that...