Hi, this is John, and today on Theocast, Justin and I want to comfort you who struggle with this question.

Is God really good? And does he really love me? We so often make our interactions with God transactional.

And we want to prove to you from Scripture

that you did not enter this relationship with God by something you have done that was positive.

And you do not remain in God's good favor and His blessings and His kindness because of your

obedience. And let us prove that to you from Scripture. We hope you enjoy.

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Thank you. conversation there. Thanks for listening. Welcome to Theocast, encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ's conversations about

the Christian life from a reformed pastoral confessional

perspective. Today. And professional. And professional. Four tries and an interest. A little inside

baseball. We're professionals here at Theo. If you want to know the heart behind what we're trying to do,

we desperately want to clarify the gospel and reclaim the purpose of the kingdom.

Your host today, our pastor, Justin Perdue, of Covenant Baptist Church in Asheville, North Carolina.

I'm John Moffat and the pastor of Grace Reform Church in Spring Hill, Tennessee.

And today, Justin, we are back in our prospective states.

It was fun to record together. That's the last podcast you

guys heard. It's been a couple of weeks for us since we've been together. But it's true.

It's good to be back. Lots happened. Yeah. You know, I did see someone's criticizing us,

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