is before our eyes like a beautiful book in which all creatures, great and small, are as letters to make Second, he makes himself known to us more openly [clearly and fully] by his holy and divine Word, as of important concepts like His covenant love or unchanging faithfulness by just looking at what He's made As the Belgic Confession puts it, God "makes himself known to us more openly by his holy and divine Word

Because I belong to him, Christ, by his Holy Spirit, assures me of eternal life and makes me wholeheartedly Hebrew high priest would enter into God's presence and sprinkle the blood of a sacrificial lamb to make For you to be actually forgiven and made right with God, a far higher price needed to be paid. Make sure the way you live reflects the infinitely high price Christ paid for your redemption.

Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take He did this to testify to us that just as truly as we take and hold the sacraments in our hands and eat Summary Our practice in Reformed churches is to participate in communion usually every 4-6 weeks. We also, like Jesus, warn those who would pretend to sit at the table on Sunday while denying Christ every as magnificent as what it is, isn't a very accurate representation of the actual scene).

Does the way you handle money now make you trustworthy to handle true riches? But in God’s sight theft also includes cheating and swindling our neighbor by schemes made to appear Those who are faithful in very little are also said to be faithful in much. Likewise, those who are dishonest in very little are also dishonest in much. Jesus is warning the Disciples against allowing money to make them its slave.

enjoying a long life in which things "go well" and in which "you may increase greatly" clearly are made Normally, blessings will follow obedience, but not in every specific situation. be on the cusp of settling into a new land, but we are beginning a new year, so it's a good time to take

But what makes the Bible different is that its message didn't originate with the authors. What makes us different as Reformed Christians is that we subscribe to Confessions, like the Heidelberg gives us His Words which accurately and authoritatively give rule to our lives and point us to the Word made

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.” Article 26 is one of the longest in the entire Confession, which makes sense, given that the reason the pray to God via intercessors, like Mary or one of the saints, and here in Article 26, the Confession makes But Article 26 is just as important as it's ever been!

the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6  I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. 7  So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes letters) that Paul sent them, because if we were unable to read these corrections, we would certainly make A little child can't make himself grow - God works that miracle - but at the same time, a child who doesn't AAA Prayer (About) A CKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS : Our Father, who makes all things - especially His Church

Not only my soul will be taken immediately after this life to Christ its head, but even my very flesh know about how to attain salvation by grace alone, in Christ alone, through faith alone, it tells us very This is one of the things that makes you unique and different from any other embodied creature. But since God created you with both a spiritual and physical aspect, it only makes sense that true perfection Christ is coming to make all things new again: both your body and a new earth for you to live on with

Unload your anxiety by taking it to the Lord in prayer. "(as though God needed to be informed) is but the apostle’s quaint way of expressing the very personal We should never be discouraged; take it to the Lord in prayer! Jesus knows our every weakness; take it to the Lord in prayer! Take it to the Lord in prayer! In his arms he'll take and shield you; you will find a solace there.