that Jesus Christ, according to his divine nature, is the only Son of God— eternally begotten, not made The apostle says that “God made the world by his Son.” But this King would be very different than David. Micah here describes our situation; having been defeated by sin and now held under siege until every It's not that He's not part of us - He very much is, so much so that as a man He perfectly represents

25  As Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in reverence. 26  But Peter made “a servant” for us; and he made himself “completely like his brothers.” The next words in the passage don't seem very profound, but they represent a massive step forward for All of this to say that if anyone ever deserved the title of 'saint', Peter had all the more reason. worship, trust and respect; A LIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that you will cling only to Christ in every

Nobody ever has or ever will like paying taxes. They were to make themselves abominable by everything unclean and profane, 49 so that they would forget Dig Deeper Our confession encourages us to "learn from" these books, but also makes it clear that these Realize this is the same grace which has triumphed in your life, and never make the mistake that the Pharisees made upon seeing Matthew's conversion, by assuming a person is too sick even for the greatest

us to get rid of this foolish fear— or rather, this unbelief— he says to us that Jesus Christ was “made God to give us his Son as our Intercessor, let us not leave him for another— or rather seek, without ever But Jesus there didn't elaborate on what makes the trees different, only that there are good trees and Dig Deeper The LORD's words here in Jeremiah 17 make sense even when read out of the context they originally

Notice that God is the primary subject of every sentence and clause. into the world to save the whole world through Him; A LIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Thank God for taking

No sin is greater, no sin makes God more angry than blaspheming his name. The significance of this description is that his father’s heritage made him a foreigner, and while those While the consequence is not a physical death, this sin does make one worthy of condemnation.

Indeed we see language like that in this passage from Deuteronomy that every Israelite would have known have - the good things here and now, and especially an eternity with Christ are all a gift of grace made

In addition to the medical concerns affiliated with leprosy, according to the ceremonial law, this made Dig Deeper Kate and I (Pastor Alan) have been married for 13 years, which hopefully makes it safe to Despite our family and friends knowing that we were grateful for them, we still made sure to write out AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our Father, who takes pity on His children and heals our diseases ; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Ask God to help you make gratitude the primary motivation in your

Making distinctions is critical to having a well rounded theology (an understanding of who and what God is), and it's important to be able to turn to the Bible for guidance when making distinctions. this baptism is part of the biblical witness for the Trinity, helping to solidify the distinction we make

is righteous before you. 3  The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes That is enough to cover all our sins and to make us confident, freeing the conscience from the fear, Summary Each day as we read the Bible, we practice praying the very passage we just read back to God David's not making an excuse by saying God shouldn't judge him because nobody else is righteous either Certainly David didn't know Jesus, his greater son , who would make this peace possible by giving all