Dig Deeper God assures us that our hope will not be put to shame because He has given us the Holy Spirit In Ephesians 1:14, Paul calls the Holy Spirit the downpayment from God, guaranteeing our inheritance Just like a downpayment on the house promises the full purchase in the future, so too is the Holy Spirit assures us that our hope in God will not be put to shame and that we can even boast in the hope of the glory Keep your faith fixed on Jesus, our anchor set in glory.

I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols. 9  See, the former things have taken place It was subsequently committed to writing in the Holy Scriptures.  specifically intended,  this teaching must be set forth with a spirit of discretion, in a godly and holy This must be done for the glory of God’s most holy name, and for the lively comfort of God’s people. Prayer (About) A CKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS : Our Father, whose name is the LORD; He will not yield His glory

Second, he makes himself known to us more openly [clearly and fully] by his holy and divine Word, as much as we need in this life, for his glory and for the salvation of his own. creation has one primary purpose: to declare, pour forth speech and reveal knowledge of the Creator's glory As the Belgic Confession puts it, God "makes himself known to us more openly by his holy and divine Word

and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory we confess that God fulfilled the promise which he had made to the early fathers by the mouth of his holy weaknesses, except for sin; being conceived in the womb of the blessed virgin Mary by the power of the Holy Himself of His divine nature, but rather that He made Himself nothing - that is, He let go of all the glory

height—marked by peace, prosperity, international renown, and the construction of the temple where God’s glory Solomon's great wisdom - inspired by the Holy Spirit - has been canonized in the books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes Be thankful for those gifts; use them well for God's glory - but don't ever let these otherwise good So heed the words Solomon wrote, inspired by the Holy Spirit: though it cost you all you have, get wisdom

and he left. 1   I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips. 2  I will glory and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. 9   Fear the LORD, you his holy facing in your own life, you can still benefit from David's psalm, for it reminds you that as the LORD's holy today as we continue to unpack this doctrine of the perseverance of the saints (saints = the LORD's holy

living and enduring word of God. 24  For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory We believe and confess that our Savior Jesus Christ has ordained and instituted the sacrament of the Holy Peter here isn't pitting the work of Jesus against the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit, who turned grabs our attention today as we come to this passage in the context of the Lord's Supper is how the Holy It is the primary means by which the Holy Spirit brings you to Christ, and it's through Christ that you

of God which he has very plentifully revealed in his Word for our comfort, from the testimony of the Holy with our spirit that we are God’s children and heirs (Rom. 8:16-17), and finally from a serious and holy have this well-founded comfort that the victory will be theirs and this reliable guarantee of eternal glory beyond what they can bear, but with the temptation he also provides a way out (1 Cor. 10:13), and by the Holy

out of darkness,”  made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory ordained to bring salvation: through foolishness of preaching blessed by the regenerating power of the Holy Spirit in order to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Christ

The Father planned it, the Son accomplished it, and the Holy Spirit guaranteed it. In Christ, you are united to His obedience, suffering, death, resurrection, and ascension to glory. If you have doubts, look at the language used for the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is given as a guarantee of your eternal inheritance to come. When you believe the gospel, you receive the Holy Spirit as a seal; the inheritance of eternal life is