Matthew 13:3–23 (NIV) This week we'll be working our way through various verses in this passage. 3   but not to them. 12  Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity This our Savior teaches in the parable of the sower (Matt. 13). Today: 1 Corinthians 3

Bible.com Colossians 2:6-15 (NIV) 6  So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to this world rather than on Christ. 9  For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 He is the head over every power and authority. 11  In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Articles 1- 5 Article Today: Romans 11

Psalm 122 (NIV) A song of ascents. Of David. 1  I rejoiced with those who said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.” 2  Our feet Psalm 122 is part of a grouping of fifteen psalms known as the Psalms of Ascent. now by humming psalms to yourself as you've delighted and meditated upon the law of the Lord (Psalm 1) Today: 1 Timothy 5

-18 (NIV) 14  Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. [Lev 26:12; Jer 32:38; Eze 37:27; Rev 21:3] 17  Therefore, “Come out from them and [Ex 4:22; 2 Sa 7:14; 1 Ch 17:13; Isa 43:6] Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith Paul admits this would be impossible in 1 Corinthians 5:9-10. Today: 1 Timothy 2

Summary What a sermon Peter preaches on the first Pentecost! Instead, Peter just unloads pure gospel truth. Notice the sermon begins with an accusation! Good sermons will always revolve around the elements Peter uses here in Acts 2. They: Open and explain God's Word (Peter uses Psalm 16); Demonstrate God's sovereignty over all things ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Matthew 13

Revelation 12:7-17 (NIV) 7  Then war broke out in heaven. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. 10  Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. 12 He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short.” 13  When the dragon saw that he had Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Articles 1- 8 Article

Parables are shocking stories with spiritual meanings. scripture-images.com Luke 15:11-17 (NIV) 11  Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. 12  The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give So he divided his property between them. 13  “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. 14  After he had Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Article 1 - God's right to condemn all people

Romans 13:8-10 (NIV) 8  Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Since loving others is the fulfillment of the law, and love "is not self-seeking" and "keeps no record (1 Cor. 13:5)," you'll never completely fulfill God's law. Today: 1 Corinthians 8

Photo credit: Mads Schmidt Rasmussen via Unsplash Psalm 15 A psalm of David. 1 L ORD , who may dwell Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 102 Q. May we swear by saints or other creatures? A. No. So David's question here in Psalm 15 ought to interest you greatly. meeting God's holy requirements listed here in Psalm 15. The good news is that Psalm 15 is not about you!

12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13 But go and Look at the background that 1 Maccabees paints for us on why the Jews hated their occupiers so much. It tells the story of what happened in Israel approximately 170 years before Jesus. 1 Maccabees 1:41– who sided with the God hating and infant murdering occupiers - without reading accounts like this in 1 Today: Acts 15