Neither group acts admirably in this episode. forbidden Israel from making treaties with nations within the borders of the Promised Land (Deuteronomy 7:2-4)

devises. 3  He boasts about the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord. 4   Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Article 4: complaining of ancient Israel in the wilderness, because surrounding this complaint is the plea for God to act

These offerings were made by the people of Israel as an act of worship and submission, as an acknowledgment While these offerings acknowledged their sin, and may have been an act of repentance, none of them could ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Acts 7

3  Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him. 4  But their idols are silver and gold, made by people 2 - God shows His sovereign love in the sending of Jesus Christ 3 - The Preaching of the Gospel 4 Today: Acts 17

Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, 4  for they will turn people 2 - God shows His sovereign love in the sending of Jesus Christ 3 - The Preaching of the Gospel 4 dissolution of Israel’s covenantal distinctiveness (v. 3), to foreign and idolatrous allegiances (v. 4a ), and hence to Israel’s own destruction (v. 4b). Today: Acts 14

think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. 4  And so, all who withdraw from the church or do not join it act contrary to God’s ordinance.

brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 3  “You shall have no other gods before me. 4   Matthew 22:35-40 ...an expert in the law tested Jesus with this question: 36  “Teacher, which is the the first and greatest commandment. 39  And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’  40 have no other gods; A LIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray for the grace and strength to notice and act

the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4  Today: Acts 26

The physical act of circumcision, one of the sacraments that God had ordained for Israel, involved the external flesh, but truly spiritual circumcision happens when the Holy Spirit cuts a person's heart (see Acts

Following God’s lead in the creation act of Genesis 1, humans were tasked to work and rest. When Paul speaks of being created in the image of God in Ephesians 4:24, he then goes on in the rest being sinful in our anger, doing honest work, and forgiving one another as God in Christ forgave you (4: