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

enjoying a long life in which things may be well and in which things may multiply greatly, clearly are made Normally, blessings will follow obedience, but not in every specific situation. cusp of settling into a new land, but we are close to beginning a new year, so it's a good time to take The Canons of Dordt draw to a close with a very similar reminder for God's people today. As you finish out 2025 and prepare for 2026, make sure placing yourself in a Bible preaching church is

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

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

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

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

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

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.

So it only makes sense to conclude that the more you sin, the more grace you'll receive. asks the question his readers are thinking in order to proactively dismantle the problem before it takes I used every bit of emphasis possible to reflect the sharpness of Paul's repudiation reflected in the

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