Acts 15:1-21 (NIV) Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers: “Unless 11  No! requirements set forth in the law before they could be considered as God's people, but other church leaders like grace make it acceptable for them to do things God had clearly designated in His law as being sinful, like Today: 1 Corinthians 6

Back when the 1872 tariffs act was passed, tariffs made up a considerable amount of the government’s That mistaken swap of punctuation was costly as various fruits had previously carried 10-20% tariffs. We see that with 1 John 1:5-7. ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Hebrews 10

Proverbs 1:7 (NIV) 7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and It helps explain what it truly means to fear the Lord: 11 The fear of the Lord is glory and exultation , and gladness and a crown of rejoicing. 12 The fear of the Lord delights the heart, and gives gladness and joy and long life. 13 Those who fear the Lord will have a happy end; on the day of their death they Today: Acts 17

Revelation 21:1–5 (ESV) 20:14  Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. 15  Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life The scene, John writes, is like a bride, beautifully dressed for her husband . Finally, after 1,185 chapters (Genesis 3 - Revelation 20) spanning thousands of years, things are once But John really doesn't tell us anything about what life will be like.

Matthew 22:1-14 (NIV) 22 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2  “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. 3  He sent his servants to those who had been Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Articles 1- 5 Article That's why so many parables begin as this one does, announcing what the kingdom of heaven is like..., Paul would later write, God wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of truth ( 1 Timothy

Understand difficult prophecies using simple theology. 2 Thessalonians 1:3-10 (NIV) 3  We ought always everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might 10 And as for those who are still alive, they will not die like the others but will be changed “in the twinkling Some Christians take difficult passages from apocalyptic books like Revelation or Daniel and then try Today: Revelation 15

Live momento mori - remembering that you'll die - but also view death as victory. 1 Corinthians 15:50 Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article   37: The Last Judgment (Part 1) Summary It's like oil and water, Paul writes. will have died prior to that loud command coming down from heaven, as Paul described it yesterday in 1 Today: Revelation 12

Encouragement comes to the informed. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (NIV) 13  Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed ( agnoeō ) about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article   37: The Last Judgment (Part 1) Imagine what that will sound like! Today: Revelation 10

You might be surprised to hear the real reason Christ appeared. 1 John 3:7-10 (ESV) 7  Little children sinning, for God’s seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10 Summary You've likely heard the saying that 'you are what you eat.' Today: Luke 20

John 1:29-31 (NIV) CONTEXT: The religious establishment had just sent a contingent to inquire whether Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Articles 1-2 Article If you've been a Christian for any length of time, you're likely not surprised at all to see Jesus described one of only two times in the entire Bible that Jesus is described as a lamb (the other being Rev. 5:12