But doesn’t this teaching (that our works do not contribute to our salvation) make people indifferent Sadly this isn't the case for every branch. result is often like a Red Delicious apple: it looks really good and shiny on the outside, but not very You've been created to be fruitful - to do and make things that reflect and glorify the image of God expending energy trying to produce fruit on their own, or they've given up trying and consequentially have very

you must place all of your trust in Christ alone, since as we learned a few days ago, even your best efforts Trust in Him alone for salvation for sure, but also take full advantage to increase your reward by using

For his power and goodness are so great and incomprehensible that he arranges and does his work very how hard and far you would throw a grenade that you knew was about to explode; use that same all-out effort

Adultery wreaks havoc over every dimension of life. Stop it before it starts. Proverbs helps demonstrate that committing adultery violates not just the one particular command, but every Triune God; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Since it's impossible for you to separate yourself from every

David here also reminds us of the guarantee God makes that we read about on Friday in 2 Corinthians. He will not change His mind and He by His very nature must keep His promises. In summarizing all of scripture, it helps interpret every part of scripture. But even still, the Church seems to be weaker than ever. Therefore, remain confident that it's through the Church that God will make His enemies a footstool despite

depravity which even infects small infants in their mother’s womb, and the root which produces in man every believers may sleep peacefully in their sin) but so that the awareness of this corruption might often make Have you ever thought of God's love as being 'bone crushing' before? our Confession puts it, this pain brings about an "awareness of this corruption [which] might often make The Holy Spirit seeks to wake sinners up to the danger they're in, much in the same way you might wake

that my letter hurt you, but only for a little while— 9   yet now I am happy, not because you were made At every point you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter. 12  So even though I wrote to When tough words are necessary, make sure they're God's Word, not your own.

This is where the interviewer asks questions specifically designed to lead the interviewee to make a Jesus does make one change, saying “with all your mind” instead of “all your might." would have been familiar to those listening for it is part of the Shema, which would have been recited every

priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen. 7 “Look, he is coming with the clouds,” and “every eye will see him, even those who pierced him The apostle says that “God made the world by his Son.” We are the very ones "who pierced Him." But John, along with every other New Testament author, tells it as it is.

Logos.com 2 Corinthians 3:12-18 (NIV) 12  Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. 13  face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was passing away. 14  But their minds were made Thus, if the marvelous Maker of every good thing were not dealing with us,  we would have no hope of Paul describes such people as having minds made dull (other translations: their minds are hardened / uses in the final verse of today's passage are critical to achieving the fulfillment that has been made