wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every It makes sense that so many of the songs we sing together praise God for this new and eternal life that A good businessman emotionally detaches himself from his business in order to make sound decisions that Every one of the imperatives in today's passage is in the active tense. Instead, actively offer yourself to God as one who has been brought from death to life; and offer every

Regeneration a Supernatural Work Regeneration, is the new creation, the raising from the dead, and the making Dig Deeper   How could God - the very One who said "Let light shine out of the darkness" - possibly need whatever pathetic wit, insights, or experiences I could offer in order to make His light shine in to simply unpack all the meaning and implication of what God has written to us, and illustrate how every Spirit of God, to regenerate - that gracious act in which He newly creates, raises from the dead, and makes

praise; he is to be feared above all gods. 5  For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the Lord made 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 action to make it happen).  

through the blood of the cross  (by which he confirmed the new covenant)  should effectively redeem  from every of the benefits of reading parts of the Christmas stories at other times of the year is that it can make The name Yehô·šûaʿ (Joshua - transliterated into Greek as Iēsous and English as Jesus ) was every bit as common two millennia ago as the names Mike or Bob are today. The angel of the Lord makes it clear from the very beginning that this boy who would save did not come

its heat. 7   The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making in the breathtaking beauty of it all, praising the Lord for all that He has made and how it points us General revelation is enough to make mankind aware of God and so leave us without excuse ( Romans 1:19 This is why the preached Word of God every Sunday is so important!  So, as you gather for worship this Sunday, and every Sunday after, may you see in the faithful handling

2 Corinthians 1:21–22 (NIV) 21  Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. that these doctrines evoke cause such people to want to talk about nothing but God's sovereignty at every They might think it makes God seem arbitrary and capricious as He callously saves some and passes over Maybe it makes them feel like a helpless pawn, since it may seem to them that our choices and actions AAA Prayer (About) A CKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS : Our Father, who sovereignly makes us stand firm; A LIGN

All of us - every person born since Adam - instinctively knows there's a relationship between salvation He wants to focus his efforts on what really counts.

And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4   We write this to make our joy forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10  If we claim we have not sinned, we make That only makes sense, because John's gospel writing style is completely different than Matthew, Mark the official name for what we often refer to as Revelation - well, that's different than just about every to poke at you and tempt you every moment of your life.

me. 46 No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father. 47 Very Thus, if the marvelous Maker of every good thing were not dealing with us,  we would have no hope of In his sacrificial death, Jesus will draw to himself people of every cultural, social, and ethnic background so as to compel men by external force; but still it is a powerful impulse of the Holy Spirit, which makes Rather, God's grace is made to be irresistible to those whose hearts and minds have been sovereignly

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 Neither of those scenarios are very likely what the shepherds witnessed. this massive multitude of heavenly beings prepared to do battle against the forces of evil on earth made as they discovered that the very Son of God was on His way to achieving everlasting victory over sin