John 15:1-8 (NIV): “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 14: The Creation and Fall of Man it so plainly, "you were dead in your transgressions and sins" before being made alive (Ephesians 2:1) Today: Matthew 17

1 John 4:19-21 (NIV) 19  We love because he first loved us. 20  Whoever claims to love God yet hates Summary This is now the fourth time we've turned to 1 John 4 this year ( including two days ago ), If you were to go to a busy street corner and ask the first 100 people you came across (which might take Paul beautifully sets forth the Biblical concept of love in 1 Corinthians 13.

God's ordinary means of grace ordinarily produce extraordinary people. 1 John 4:11-17 (NIV) 11  Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12  No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. 13  This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. 14  And we have seen and testify that Today: Titus 1

When it comes to the sacraments, not following the directions may cause serious side effects. 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 (NIV) 17  In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. 18  In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it. 19  No doubt there have to be differences among you to show And the mistake Paul corrects here in chapter 11 is a doozie: their practice of the Lord's Supper was

Genesis 3:1–7 (NIV) Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 14: The Creation and Fall of Man The first thing this shrewd serpent did was exploit the woman's weakness. Everything the woman could see corroborated what the serpent had said. who was deceived and became a sinner. - 1 Timothy 2:14 What Paul is saying here is that while the woman's

Genesis 1:26–28 (ESV) 26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 14: The Creation and Fall of Man Summary This is the third time now this year that we've turned to Genesis 1, and the second time that worship Him, you are slowly being "renewed in knowledge in the image of your Creator" (Colossians 3:10

Find out how to escape. 1 Corinthians 15:21-22 (NIV) 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 15: The Doctrine of Original Sin original sin, which instills in us a propensity to sin, and the wages of this sin is death (Genesis 2:17 , Romans 6:23). Today: Matthew 19

Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 112 Q. ethical situations; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - John 10

There are no good examples in the Bible of 'Lone Ranger' believers. 2 Chronicles 30:1-9 (NIV) CONTEXT Today: 2 Corinthians 11

In Ephesians 1, the Apostle Paul states that we are adopted through Jesus Christ. adoption to sonship is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman Adoption in ancient Roman times was different from how we practice adoption today in North America.