He therefore was made man, uniting together the divine and human natures, so that we human beings might “a servant” for us; and he made himself “completely like his brothers.” But just like John, we're every bit as susceptible to idol worship as ancient near eastern pagans. Our Confession helps us understand that every time we go looking for "another intercessor," we're substituting But every time we place our hope in something else, or try to represent ourselves before God, or even

4  Surely they intend to topple me from my lofty place; they take delight in lies. Thus, if the marvelous Maker of every good thing were not dealing with us,  we would have no hope of We have a tendency to think the world is more evil now than it's ever been, but that's probably not the our confidence and trust in our Savior, not just for our eternal salvation, but for His providence in every David's central claim in Psalm 62 is that his salvation and his honor - that is, every aspect of His

please with their bodies is nothing new; Paul begins this passage with sayings from Romans culture that make You did not make your body; you did not breathe life into it; and you are not the one who has determined Paul's makes his point obvious: "The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord (v13). You belong to Christ in every way possible.

Dig Deeper Just about every communion table in every Protestant sanctuary has the same words of Jesus Make sure that you heed the next invitation so that you can be reminded and the next generation can know

eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. 3  They said to each other, “Come, let’s make said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make plain of Shinar is no different than the one that sank Adam and Eve, who'd followed their desire to make These men set out to storm the gates of heaven so they could make a name for themselves rather than elegant strategy to bridge the gap between earth and heaven in order to prove to God that they could make

Every verse in it is pure comforting truth, and today's short passage is no exception. At this very moment, He i s at the right hand of God and is also interceding for you. Know that at every moment of every day - on days that you feel close to God, and especially on days where

It doesn't seem like the Lord's promises here would ever come true. to David, very few were actively anticipating it. So while it's certainly frustrating for us to have to wait for the times set by God, make sure to hang God did make good on His promise, delivered by a prophet to the greatest earthly king Israel would ever Every word that Nathan spoke has already come true: the offspring of David has had His house established

First, by his resurrection he has overcome death, so that he might make us share in the righteousness God had a job for His new image bearer: to work His beautiful garden and take care of it. The simple covenantal formula that God enters into with His people in every generation is best expressed The New Testament makes clear (Rom. 5 & 1 Cor. 15) that Adam wasn't just an independent contractor, but "In Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive (1 Cor. 15:22)."

who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone. 15  Make But once again, Paul has a very particular type of caregiver in mind here. Dig Deeper The last couple of decades have seen an increase in folks who make a fine living amplifying As is the case with nearly every social movement, this one has also crept its way into the Church. People are now much quicker to label any unpopular decision their church council makes as an 'abuse of

There should also be elders and deacons, along with the pastors, to make up the council of the church It means that nobody anywhere can bring any sort of criticism and make it stick. home and church), but passages like today's show how difficult it is from a Biblical standpoint to make Unfortunately, that aspiration doesn't seem to be very prevalent in our churches. The Bible clearly teaches that we must strive to glorify God in every endeavor of life (1 Corinthians