immediately established a rival system of worship with golden calves, setting a pattern of idolatry that every high hill and under every spreading tree. 11  At every high place they burned incense, as the nations high hill and under every spreading tree... and at every high place they did as the nations whom the The text makes clear that the LORD didn't just sit back and let His stiff-necked people go. Don't make the mistake these Israelites of old made.

And so, Lord, uphold us and make us strong with the strength of your Holy Spirit, so that we may not But notice who it is that's aligning you: God Himself is sanctifying you, making your life reflect who It's not a team effort that you help implement. It takes that blessing you often receive at the beginning of the week and extends it over you, shielding

In God We Trust ​ Article 5: The Sources of Unbelief and of Faith James 1:13-18 - The Devil (didn't) Make 45:21-25 - Irrevocable Ezekiel 36:24-27 - A Whole New Reality Romans 9:15-21 - God's Mercy, Not Your Effort Accordingly, election is the source of every saving good. 

What could make two of our favorite teachers disagree so sharply? For urgently and most genuinely God makes known in the Word what is pleasing to him:  that those who Yet back in chapter 9, he wrote that salvation doesn't depend upon man's desire or effort, but upon God's It's just that as limited human beings we often only see one aspect or the other at work, which makes Sproul: “I take ‘all Israel’ to mean the full number of the elect, including both Jews and Gentiles.

The invitation to the Lord's Table is the most exclusive invitation you'll ever receive. 1 Peter 1:21 Summary Peter makes an astonishing connection to begin today's passage. All sorts of evangelistic efforts are made in order to boost attendance. being overly harsh, especially because it seems so contrary to our zeal for evangelism, but it only makes Paul makes clear in the eleventh chapter of his first letter to the Corinthians that improperly participating

I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles, 7  to In God We Trust ​ Article 5: The Sources of Unbelief and of Faith James 1:13-18 - The Devil (didn't) Make 45:21-25 - Irrevocable Ezekiel 36:24-27 - A Whole New Reality Romans 9:15-21 - God's Mercy, Not Your Effort Quite the opposite - the LORD is personally involved in every aspect of your salvation! The LORD called His servant ; He takes hold of His hand; The LORD will keep Him and will make Him to

After working hard this past week in a effort to increase our grip little by little on what we try to David here, inspired by the Holy Spirit, narrates an event that would take place over millennia after WITH GOD'S WILL: Thank God for bringing you into His holy presence in Christ, and pray that you'll make

I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth. 14  So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make will there be a flood to destroy the earth.” 12  And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13   It does make for a cute theme, for sure! Every living thing that moved on land perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that

In God We Trust ​ Article 5: The Sources of Unbelief and of Faith James 1:13-18 - The Devil (didn't) Make 45:21-25 - Irrevocable Ezekiel 36:24-27 - A Whole New Reality Romans 9:15-21 - God's Mercy, Not Your Effort This is far from saying that this teaching concerning election, and reflection upon it,  make God’s children So it makes sense, then, that such a high and holy God would live in a high and holy place. does so not to provide oversight in your life like an intrusive supervisor ready to tee off on your every

to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. Eden to work it and keep it. 16  And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make This ought to be of great comfort to you, knowing that He will keep every promise He's made in His Word This is what makes Jesus Christ so significant.