You must fulfill your vows, even if you were swindled into making it. The heathen Canaanites, the very people whom God had decreed must be wiped out because of their wickedness , are very much aware of God's mighty power in protecting and providing for His people, which is a concept God had forbidden Israel from making treaties with nations within the borders of the Promised Land (Deuteronomy Know that you must do all that you can to fulfill whatever you obligated yourself to in making these

; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of Right away in verse 1, John is making several significant theological claims about who Jesus is. While numerous heresies throughout the ages have tried to deny the divinity of Christ, John makes it As John describes it, “All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made.”

; without him nothing was made that has been made. They lie in wait for the church and every member of it like thieves, with all their power, to destroy John continues, “All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made through whom the Father created the universe, including the earth you are standing on, came to this very May you ever praise the Lord!

Make it your business. Another way to translate that would be, Happy is the man who makes God's Word his primary occupation. The question is significant: as people who've been made perfect in Christ, are we now expected to obey In other words, do you you "seek the Lord with all your heart (v2)" with the same intensity that you take Make it your business, and see how God will reward you with blessedness in this life and the life to

But in God’s sight theft also includes cheating and swindling our neighbor by schemes made to appear Using deceitful tactics to take advantage of others unfortunately has been a common practice all throughout Dishonest parties would take advantage of the system of weights and measures by having two different Much like the false weights of Moses’ day, this practice takes advantage of those who are unwilling or In using dishonest weights, merchants were stealing a little from their trade partners in every transaction

us. 6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very depravity which even infects small infants in their mother’s womb, and the root which produces in man every grace and mercy— not to put them to sleep but so that the awareness of this corruption might often make Why take so long for the peace we already have with God to result in having peace with one another?

Jesus didn't just come to be with you, but to be made like you in every way. gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. 14 The Word became flesh and made In the incarnation God did not merely take on a human form, but as John states “the Word became flesh Jesus took on more than just skin & muscle; He took on our very nature.

If the Lord's your shepherd, that makes you His sheep. Psalm 23 (NIV) A psalm of David. 1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in Make sure that you can say with David that He's my shepherd. Your shepherd takes a very active role in your life. ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Make me lie down in green pastures, lead me beside quiet waters, and

and ever. Paul likely made headway with the Galatian church on his first missionary journey. If I were to sign up for this set, I would be on the hook to pay $19.99 every time I received one each So, I didn’t ever sign up for these racecars. Corinthians 11:14 that Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light, so Christians need to be discerning of every

Even when they test them on the first Wednesday of the month, the sound of them interrupts every other Even the final battle of Armageddon will be over before it ever really begins (Revelation 20:7-10). The Bible doesn't explain every detail of it, so our minds try to fill in the blanks with imaginative