What a perfect way to explain what the Bible would be if its primary claim that it is the very Word of He heard the very voice of God expressing His pleasure and love for His Son. But here Peter says in a sense, don't take my word for it! (v20)" In other words, every word of the Old Testament is shining its light on what would be revealed comprised of the words of Moses, David, Peter, Paul and others, it's much more accurate to describe every

great storm on the sea so that the ship was about to break up. 5 Then the sailors became afraid and every Perhaps your god will be concerned about us so that we will not perish.” 7 Each man said to his mate, 9 He said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear the LORD God of heaven who made the sea and the dry land stopped its raging. 16 Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made of the Gospel In order that people may be brought to faith, God mercifully sends proclaimers of this very

. -- 16  For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening and took his stand. -- This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and The fear makes itself evident right off the bat, as the Philistines - the arch enemy of the Israelites The Philistines were willing to stake everything on a one on one battle of champs - winner takes all. David's hopeful speech has come true in a much more significant way than he could have ever imagined:

; without him nothing was made that has been made. They lie in wait for the church and every member of it like thieves, with all their power, to destroy John continues, “All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made through whom the Father created the universe, including the earth you are standing on, came to this very May you ever praise the Lord!

us. 6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very depravity which even infects small infants in their mother’s womb, and the root which produces in man every grace and mercy— not to put them to sleep but so that the awareness of this corruption might often make Why take so long for the peace we already have with God to result in having peace with one another?

; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of Right away in verse 1, John is making several significant theological claims about who Jesus is. While numerous heresies throughout the ages have tried to deny the divinity of Christ, John makes it As John describes it, “All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made.”

truth by their wickedness, 19  since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23  and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. 29  They have become filled with every Summary Paul begins the greatest exposition of the gospel (Good News) ever written with the harshest People know God, because He's clearly seen and understood from what has been made.

Even when they test them on the first Wednesday of the month, the sound of them interrupts every other Even the final battle of Armageddon will be over before it ever really begins (Revelation 20:7-10). The Bible doesn't explain every detail of it, so our minds try to fill in the blanks with imaginative

of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made believe and confess that Jesus Christ, in whom the law is fulfilled, has by his shed blood put an end to every As we take a look at this opening part of Ezra, we find ourselves some years into Israel’s exile. As we have been reminded in our passage from Ezra today, our God is faithful to all His promises made What a blessing we have that we can take our faithful, Sovereign God at His Word, and are able to rest

Jesus didn't just come to be with you, but to be made like you in every way. gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. 14 The Word became flesh and made In the incarnation God did not merely take on a human form, but as John states “the Word became flesh Jesus took on more than just skin & muscle; He took on our very nature.