Christianity challenges our natural ideas of success and gain - consistent Christian living must result in our decrease. By the power of the Holy Spirit, we must be made nothing, so that people would see not us, but Christ in us.

In our sin and in our pride, we would like to think that we have some part in our salvation.  Jesus teaches that the opposite is true - being born again is all of grace and is all of God.  We don't have the power to win souls for Christ.  The Lord saves whom He will, but as Christians we must proclaim the Gospel as He gives us opportunity, we must pray for the lost, and we must place our confidence in Jesus Christ to change hearts as only He is able to do. 

There are a number of misconceptions about miracles, which typically come in two extremes: embarrassment over affirming miracles, or downplaying their majesty. Miracles are a direct act of God in the natural world, essential to the Christian faith, which serve to validate the message of redemption.

John the Baptist’s testimony regarding Christ ought to be ours. We humbly tell others about Christ, tell about the work of Christ, and point people away from ourselves, that they may follow Jesus.

At the incarnation God the Son truly, fully put on humanity. He identified with us completely, withstood every temptation perfectly, and bore the punishment, as a man, for us. This is why He is the only means of our salvation.