Assurance never comes from looking at ourselves. It only comes as a consequence of looking to Christ.

If you uproot the idol and fail to plant the love of Christ in its place, the idol will grow back.

Because Jesus came to secure for us what we could never secure for ourselves, life doesn't have to be a tireless effort to establish ourselves, justify ourselves, validate ourselves.

Our assurance is anchored in the love and grace of God expressed in the glorious exchange: our sin for His righteousness.

Sanctification consists of the daily realization that in Christ we have died, and in Christ we have been raised.

Death is the operative device that sets us free in Christ - when we die, we truly live.