In order for you to be made compatible with God's eternal Kingdom, you need to be changed , and here Dig Deeper Just like it does with nearly every other doctrine, the Bible holds the idea of death in

Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy. 3  Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, 4  for they will turn It does mean that, but even more, holy describes something that's been cut away and made distinct. But it also means that you've been cut away and made distinct from the sinful world. So keep yourself separate from it - don't make treaties with it or intermarry with it (both literally

John 14:12-14 (NIV) 12  Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing us to get rid of this foolish fear— or rather, this unbelief— he says to us that Jesus Christ was “made God to give us his Son as our Intercessor, let us not leave him for another— or rather seek, without ever Is Jesus some sort of genie in a bottle that grants every wish? - which we do often - Jesus is under no obligation to comply, because these requests are selfishly made

and ever. 8  But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless. recognized if it has the following marks: The church engages in the pure preaching of the gospel; it makes was commanded to speak out with a message from God in ways that ruffled the feathers of men who could make , showering them with "deceptive words" (the passage uses that phrase twice, in v4 & 8) designed to make Just because a group calls itself a 'church' doesn't make it part of the Holy Catholic Church that we

For his power and goodness are so great and incomprehensible that he arranges and does his work very An all powerful, sovereign God who is making everything turn out awesome for those who love Him. And just so we're not confused, that purpose is made explicit in the very next verse: it's to conform The things that are 'good' in making you more Christlike often look far different than what we tend to good; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that you will be thankful for the good things in your life making

contain the life long wisdom of the Teacher , a character modeled after King Solomon, the wisest man to ever shocking at first, but as we view it in the context of the Proverbs Solomon wrote, it will begin to make With that out of the way, we can begin to make some sense out of it. It refers to the exhaustive search King Solomon made for an upright woman, marrying and taking in hundreds

of the Gospel In order that people may be brought to faith,  God mercifully sends messengers of this very As you scour the hillsides, suddenly the image of the coming herald comes into view, and it doesn't take That's exactly the kind of excitement Isaiah wants you to have each and every time you get to hear the Certainly you already know the general gist of what the Bible says, but you need to have an ever increasing

pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11  Do not cast me from your presence or take Our need is for something outside of ourselves to make a radical difference within ourselves. Rather, he realizes that the only way he could ever find peace with God is for his heart - that is, his intellect, emotions and volition - to be made completely new again. Make David's prayer your prayer as another week draws to a close and you prepare for God to continue

He will destroy these nations before you, and you will take possession of their land. As he announces this to the people, Moses gives no commentary or back story as to why the LORD had made The LORD would destroy and deliver  so that His people could take possession of the land. You, just like Moses and every other saint who’s gone before you, have fallen and continue to fall into

And much like our first birth, it is not something we can take credit for but is a work of God. you can celebrate your second birth through God’s gracious Spirit, not because of anything you did to make Jesus from the dead works in you so that you can share in that supernatural resurrected life and be made Our first birth is of this world and merely makes us fit for life as mortals on earth. The second birth is from above and is divine, making one ready for God’s kingdom, which is everlasting