Providence simply means 'to see beforehand.' Joseph, who had been sold into slavery by his brothers, only to ascend to the second most powerful man And now here stand the very men who'd sent him down this uncharted path nearly a lifetime ago. It begins with the the prefix pro, which means "in front of" or "before." So the word providence literally means to see beforehand.

What does the third request mean? A. “Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven” means, Help us and all people to reject our own wills

God's grace comes even to those who doze off. There were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were meeting. 9  Seated in a window was a young man ground from the third story and was picked up dead. 10  Paul went down, threw himself on the young man After talking until daylight, he left. 12  The people took the young man home alive and were greatly But, by God's grace, Paul, just like the prophets Elijah and Elisha of old, laid down on the boy and

The idea of women being subjugated to men seems cruel, old fashioned, and even barbaric to many. So wives are commanded to submit themselves to their own husbands not because they husbands are men, This means that wives are under no compulsion to submit themselves to anything that is sinful or ungodly How could any man ever hope to match such self-sacrificial love? church leaders accountable to scripture, and stand against anything unbiblical using the prescribed means

By God’s just judgment this does usually happen to those who casually take for granted the grace of election Dig Deeper   One of the criticisms of the Canons of Dordt (a.k.a. the doctrines of grace or Calvinism But as part of God's wise plan , these doctrines of grace are just as prevalent in the Old Testament

Confession of Faith, Article 24: The Sanctification of Sinners We believe that this true faith, produced in man the hearing of God’s Word and by the work of the Holy Spirit, regenerates him and makes him a “new man not speak of an empty faith but of what Scripture calls “faith working through love,” which leads a man We call this lifelong process sanctification , a word which literally means to make holy. Remember, holiness is more than just sinlessness, it means separated.

Paul's prescription for this ugly situation seems brutally harsh: the wicked man must be immediately excommunicated - put out from the fellowship of believers and the sacrament that signifies and seals God's grace That's why, in fact, Paul ordered the man's expulsion, so that Satan could destroy the man's Sarx (flesh / sinful nature) resulting in the salvation of the man's spirit (v5). GOD IS: Our Father, who gives us His commands in His Word and expects our obedience, but who offers grace

that God has saved you... not because of anything you have done, but because of his own purpose and grace come to recognize the depth of your sin (your Guilt), the magnitude of what Christ did to save you (Grace

However, we do not mean, properly speaking, that it is faith itself that justifies us— for faith is only that by faith we understand that God created all that is out of nothing, but this certainly doesn't mean

sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy. 14  Blessed is the man The Hebrew word Solomon uses here literally means to leave something behind. To renounce your sin means that you commit to completely changing direction in this area of your life