He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will In a very real sense, the prophets served as God's process servers; that is, they served people notice Don't make their same mistake! This passage makes it seem like somehow God's love overpowered His justice, and as a result the people

Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life. anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. 19 And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of The warning in Revelation 22:18–19 makes this point without sugarcoating it. saying “Amen, so may it be,” as you look forward to His final return to fulfill His final promises of making

Mosaic law would have required cleansing before sacrifices, but the blanket rule to wash hands before every

It is wholehearted joy in God through Christ and a delight to do every kind of good as God wants us to

It is very similar to how we understand the word “repent:” to turn away from sin and back to God. Esther 4:3 also describes these elements: “In every province to which the edict and order of the king

believe and confess that Jesus Christ, in whom the law is fulfilled, has by his shed blood put an end to every These teachings amount to heresy because when you add to or take away from the Gospel, you are left with

Greek word for adoption to sonship is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male The upper-class citizens of Rome would want a male heir to pass on their wealth, titles, and property If they didn't have a male heir, they would adopt one. predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, he is saying that we are children of God in every

Rather, in court and everywhere else, I should avoid lying and deceit of every kind; these are devices Although deception can take many forms, it always springs from the same source. When people lose their knowledge of God, they lose their grip on truthfulness, and it doesn't take long

What did God make you for? “You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor” (Ps. 8:5) God made the universe to reveal his power and glory, but He also made human beings in His image so that Human beings were made to praise and worship. This answer is very similar to another Reformed catechism, the Westminster Catechism’s first question

hand, they are satisfied with good things. 29 When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take believe and confess also that the Holy Spirit proceeds eternally from the Father and the Son— neither made Summary The Psalms are such a blessing from God because of the way they take complex theological concepts Deeper All throughout the Bible, both in the Hebrew of the Old Testament and the Greek of the New (two very a linguistic distinction, we need to make theological distinctions when understanding the relationship