Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 45 Q. The New Testament makes clear (Rom. 5 & 1 Cor. 15) that Adam wasn't just an independent contractor, but "In Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive (1 Cor. 15:22)."

3:16-18 - Simple Beauty 1 John 4:8-10 - This Is Love Psalm 103 - Praise the LORD! ​ ​ Article 4: A Twofold Response to the Gospel John 1:9-13 - The TRUE Light John 3:31-36 - Wrath Removed 3-6 - Before the Foundation Deuteronomy 7:1-10 - Set Apart John 17:1-5 - Sovereign Submission John 17 1-8 - One and the Same Romans 4:9-17 - Chicken or Egg? 2 Timothy 1:7-10 - Passive & Powered Titus 3:3-7 - Transformed Deuteronomy 9:4-6 - You're Not That Awesome

Isaiah 53:4-12 (NIV) 4 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished Today: Colossians 1

3:16-18 - Simple Beauty 1 John 4:8-10 - This Is Love Psalm 103 - Praise the LORD! ​ ​ Article 4: A Twofold Response to the Gospel John 1:9-13 - The TRUE Light John 3:31-36 - Wrath Removed 3-6 - Before the Foundation Deuteronomy 7:1-10 - Set Apart John 17:1-5 - Sovereign Submission John 17 1-8 - One and the Same Romans 4:9-17 - Chicken or Egg? 2 Timothy 1:7-10 - Passive & Powered Titus 3:3-7 - Transformed Deuteronomy 9:4-6 - You're Not That Awesome

3:16-18 - Simple Beauty 1 John 4:8-10 - This Is Love Psalm 103 - Praise the LORD! ​ ​ Article 4: A Twofold Response to the Gospel John 1:9-13 - The TRUE Light John 3:31-36 - Wrath Removed 3-6 - Before the Foundation Deuteronomy 7:1-10 - Set Apart John 17:1-5 - Sovereign Submission John 17 1-8 - One and the Same Romans 4:9-17 - Chicken or Egg? 2 Timothy 1:7-10 - Passive & Powered Titus 3:3-7 - Transformed Deuteronomy 9:4-6 - You're Not That Awesome

As John writes in 1 John 4:4, when he talks about testing spirits: “Little children, you are from God

God gave us the second commandment, and reinforced that commandment with passages like Deuteronomy 4: of you; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - 2 Corinthians 4

His cousin, John the Baptist, was already gathering crowds who went far out into the wilderness to hear

This is one of the reasons Paul makes clear in Romans 4 that God had granted Abraham righteousness through

Baptism doesn't just join you to the Church, it joins you to Christ. When you were baptized, it was much more than a photo op: you were spiritually joined into Christ's death Those who've been joined to Christ's death have also been joined to His resurrection so that they may ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Colossians 4