Matt Popovits at Here We Still Stand

Our final speaker for the Here We Still Stand Conference on Saturday was Matt Popovits.

Here are some notes:

Romans 1:16-17

After wrestling with these words, the light bulb came on for Martin Luther.

Man is made righteous in the eyes of God the Father through His Son by faith alone.

The point of this for Luther was comforting hearts rattled by their own evil by faith alone starting with our own heart.

How is your faith? It's not about us making it bigger or greater.

Faith is not intellectual assent, moral courage, positive emotions, absence of doubt.
Faith is dependence. Faith is resting in or relying on something that is greater than you.  The only requirement for great faith is great need. This faith you have is a byproduct of who Christ is not what you have done.

Who gave you that faith? Who maintains that faith?  Christ

This faith in Christ does produce fruit in the people of Christ as it invades our head, heart, and hands. The primary fruit of faith is fight.  I mean this is a wrestling and a tension.

Faith is best described in 2 words: though and yet

There's good news-we are saved by grace through faith alone in Christ alone
But the point is not your faith. The point is what our faith is in--Jesus Christ.
There's a day when our faith will be set aside and we will see Jesus face to face.

I pray for relentless reformation in our hearts and homes. Christ is our only hope and our only comfort. May we trust Him with the continuing reformation tomorrow and in the future.

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