The unfathomable riches of God's love mercy and grace towards those who by adoption are his children. However, contrary to popular belief not every one is a child of God. It is only those who by faith have repented and believed in Christ. God tests your faith. The trials and suffering are for your sake. They are a refining process, and they show whether or not you really belong to Jesus. Many things can bring doubts to your mind. There is nothing like a trial to bring you that assurance, Jesus is with you in the fiery furnace. It all depends on how you respond.

Those who are in Christ Jesus, living branches in the true vine, have new life. No longer living in the flesh but walking after the Spirit, by God's grace seeking to do the will of God. If you are in Christ you are in the Spirit and Christ and the Spirit are in you.

If you told someone that you are in Christ, what would he think? We are either in Adam or in Christ. Adam is the federal head of all mankind. The Lord Jesus Christ is the federal head of all who believe in him; all who have been born again. This is a living connection, like branches growing in a vine.

When you hear the Good News of Jesus Christ, how do you react? In Acts 5, we see three very contrasting reactions.

On the road to Emmaus we meet two despondent disciples. The answer to their doubts though is to be found in scripture.