have sinned and are deprived of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23), and “The wages of sin is death” (Rom. 6:

sinned and are deprived of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23, NABRE), and “The wages of sin is death” (Rom. 6: No matter how sinful your audience is, that's a surprising way to begin a story!

No matter how much you save, you'll never be able to buy yourself. will expound my riddle: 5  Why should I fear when evil days come, when wicked deceivers surround me— 6  

live truthfully; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - John 6

Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” 6   Abram believed the LORD, and he counted it to

5   You have fed them with the bread of tears; you have made them drink tears by the bowlful. 6   You

To make matters worse, his family and friends had become his enemies. recounted to You in order; If  I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered. 6       

sense of fairness and justice recoils at the idea of women, children and infants being slaughtered, no matter These Amalekites were sinners, and the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23).

So he went and lay down. 6   Again the L ORD  called, “Samuel!”

was Christ. 5  But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were cut down in the wilderness. 6