Matthew 13:3-9, 22 (NIV) This week we'll be working our way through various verses in this passage. 3 This is the seed sown along the path. 20  The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 22  The seed falling Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity As part his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught in Matthew 6:24 that, “No one can serve two masters.

Matthew 13:3-9,20-21 (NIV) This week we'll be working our way through various verses in this passage. This is the seed sown along the path. 20  The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. 21  But since they have no root, they last only a short time but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. 23 Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity

disagreed on this issue, but had a deep respect for one another and didn't fight over it) Romans 11:22 -29 CONTEXT: Romans chapter 11 comes in a section of the book in which Paul works through the complexities Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Dig Deeper   Verses 25-26 represent one of the most contested passages in the entire Bible: ...Israel Today: Luke 23

Acts 20:7-12 (NIV) 7  On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article   35: The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper (Part 2) Today: 2 Thessalonians 3

This is the seed sown along the path. 20  The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. 21  But since they have no root, they last only a short time When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 22  The seed falling among but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. 23 Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity

Bible.com Matthew 1:18-21 (NIV) 18  This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. 20 be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Articles 1-7 Article

Romans 7:7–25 (NIV) 7  What shall we say, then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! . 19  For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20   So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22  For in my 25  Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity

Acts 15:1-21 (NIV) Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers: “Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2  This brought judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. 20 sermons, that he still expected believers to uphold the moral parts of the law (see especially James 2 for Christians to continue to keep God's moral law and to not fall into the "error of lawlessness" (2

Acts 20:25-32, 36-38 (NIV) CONTEXT: Paul is bidding farewell to the elders of the church in Ephesus, the kingdom will ever see me again. 26  Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you. 27  For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God. 28  Keep Ephesus, and from the letters that Jesus wrote to the seven churches, including Ephesus, in Revelation 2- Today: 1 Peter 2

20  You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean.” 21  ( who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.) 22 I see that in every way you are very religious. 23  For as I walked around and looked carefully at your So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you. 24  Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity