Holy Spirit kindles in our hearts a true faith that embraces Jesus Christ, with all his merits, and makes So it makes sense that the Devil twists this truth in order to deceive people. What makes this idea really popular in our day and age is that you can define what's good or bad on your "A person is not justified [made righteous] by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ." eyes, but rather because living apart from it - living sinfully - seems disgusting and contrary to every

After fasting for forty days it only makes sense that Jesus hungered in a way that most of us can't even This first time, Jesus quotes Deuteronomy 8:3, which is a promise God makes to bless Israel if they put following 'every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord' ahead of their own appetites in life. But God knows our weakness, and how central our physical appetites are to our decision making process AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our Father, whose every word is more necessary than bread;

Summary God makes two primary promises to the newly minted leader of His people - promises that extend The second promise God makes here just sounds plain wrong. gospel, in which a celebrity huckster 'preacher' twists Biblical truth into some contrived formula to make Such heretics ought to make you sick and angry! You can't actively read the Bible every minute of the day.

But every so often it's good to just stop and admire the beautiful greetings that introduce these tremendous Often the theology present in these opening paragraphs is every bit as substantial as it is in the body with; the same holy, just and perfectly righteous God that you rebelled against in sin and who has every You don't need to pray through a certain saint in certain situations or make oaths or vows in the name

life according to your word.  38  Fulfill your promise to your servant, so that you may be feared. 39  Take God infuses new qualities into the will,  making the dead will alive,  the evil one good, the unwilling overarching theme of this, the longest of all the psalms: the magnificence and usefulness of God's Word for every Not only that, but you carry around every translation of scripture ever produced - and even the original

Second, he has been given to me personally, so that, by true faith, he makes me share in Christ and all This is actually going to make life more difficult for you, because you live in a world of lies that Dig Deeper What a promise that Jesus makes to you - twice in this short passage - that the Holy Spirit Furthermore, this isn't just a temporary condition that you experience every now and then, rather it's But this doesn't mean that you will feel His presence every moment.

First, by his resurrection he has overcome death, so that he might make us share in the righteousness Peter's powerful sermon comes to a powerful conclusion in v36: God has made this Jesus, who you crucified Dig Deeper There's a reason that the churches represented in this Bible reading plan all make preaching In fact, much of it in many churches is a mushy mess that fails in its feeble attempts to make people Not every good sermon will result in 3,000 converts.

Rather, in court and everywhere else, I should avoid lying and deceit of every kind; these are devices Rather, God oversees justice using ordinary means: people He's authorized to "make a thorough investigation them so that when others hear about what happened, they'll be too terrified to lie in court if they every must take the stand. The best way you can do that is to make sure you keep the 9th commandment and never bear false witness

For his power and goodness are so great and incomprehensible that he arranges and does his work very the floor of the valley and looking up the mountain to Jerusalem, knowing that they were going to the very source of their help: the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. Every moment of every day you can be assured the Lord guards your footsteps. Jesus' command may be interpreted that somehow making it to salvation and eternal life is contingent

Hebrews 10:11-12 (NIV) 11 Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and how they could not take away sin. “But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year," chapter 10 begins, "for it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins." A few sentences later, the verses we just read give a stark contrast: “Every priest stands daily at his