and deities has even tried to make that claim, but our Father "calls into being things that were not (Romans long for the pinnacle of His creation, His prized possession, the best thing He ever made (1 Peter 2:9)

sense, given that the reason the Belgic Confession was written 463 years ago was to explain to the Roman At the time, the Roman Church directed people to pray to God via intercessors, like Mary or one of the

is interceding for us in prayer just like the priests would pray for the people in the holy place (Romans he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9)

Paul illustrates this in Romans 5:12, “Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and good news is that even if we are all guilty beginning with that first transgression in the garden, Romans

in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9  13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman then passed the buck to the deceptive serpent. First, God mentions the "offspring" of both the serpent and the woman. Today: Romans 8

in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9  12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” 13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” 14 So the LORD God said to the serpent, “Because Today: Romans 5

Dig Deeper Both the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) and Reformed churches agree on the opening words of Today: 2 Corinthians 9

Today: Romans 3

I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9  and be found in him, not having a righteousness of Paul puts it this way in Romans 4:5 - To the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly

And the two of them went on together. 9   When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham The tests He sends us are not for His benefit (James 1:2-3, 1 Peter 1:6-7, Romans 5:3-4).