Ecclesiastes 7:1–6 (NIV) 7 A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than Christ will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in Him will never die (John 11

Romans 12:1–2 (ESV) 12  I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Point 4 - Irresistible Grace Point 5 - Perseverance of the Saints Article 12 & 13 - The Lifestyle Assurance Summary Today's passage actually begins three and a half chapters earlier in the 12th verse of Romans Romans 8-11 contain some of the Bible's most valuable theology!

Job 1:1–12 (NIV) 1 In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. Satan replied. 10 “Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.” 12 Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 1 Q. What is your only comfort in life and in death? A. Summary Job 1 introduces a man who is blameless and upright, yet his world is about to be completely

Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Articles 1-10 Article 1: God’s Right to Condemn Article 3: The Preaching of the Gospel 1 Timothy 2:1-7 - God Our Savior Isaiah 52.7 - Good News! 7:25-29 - Many Schemes Ephesians 2:8 - The Gift of God Philippians 1:27-30 - Granted Psalm 95 - The ​ Article 7: Election Ephesians 1:3-6 - Before the Foundation Deuteronomy 7:1-10 - Set Apart John 17 14 - Christmas in March Galatians 4:1-7 - From Slave to Son Isaiah 53:6 - Herd Mentality 1 Peter 2:9-

Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Articles 1-10 Article 1: God’s Right to Condemn Article 3: The Preaching of the Gospel 1 Timothy 2:1-7 - God Our Savior Isaiah 52.7 - Good News! 7:25-29 - Many Schemes Ephesians 2:8 - The Gift of God Philippians 1:27-30 - Granted Psalm 95 - The ​ Article 7: Election Ephesians 1:3-6 - Before the Foundation Deuteronomy 7:1-10 - Set Apart John 17 14 - Christmas in March Galatians 4:1-7 - From Slave to Son Isaiah 53:6 - Herd Mentality 1 Peter 2:9-

Summary In 1 Peter we see the apostle do something that he was never planning to do: write to gentiles

Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 108 Q. control of their own bodies to the other only makes sense in the context of what Paul wrote to the Ephesians He's placed you in; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - 1

Numbers 20:1–13 (NIV) 20 In the first month the whole Israelite community arrived at the Desert of Zin 11  Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity in his duty towards God, and that in three particulars. (1) He had failed in strict obedience. :14).

By the time Solomon died, the once-united kingdom stood on the brink of fracture. 1 Kings 12:1–24 (NIV ) 12 Rehoboam [Solomon's son] went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king. 2  When 10   The young men who had grown up with him replied, “These people have said to you, ‘Your father put Now tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist. 11  My father laid on you a heavy and all the people returned to Rehoboam, as the king had said, “Come back to me in three days.” 13 

Psalm 147 1  Praise the Lord. . 14  He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat. 15  He sends his command 18  He sends his word and melts them; he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow. 19  He has revealed Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Articles 1-7 Article Today: Ephesians 1