little children are commanded to honor their parents, that you too will honor the Lord your God in every

For his power and goodness are so great and incomprehensible that he arranges and does his work very People want to hear positive, encouraging messages when they come to church that build them up and make But perhaps the most shocking claim that Peter makes is about God. Peter makes clear in his sermon the primary message of the gospel: that "God raised Jesus from the dead Peter makes this clear as well.

the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the L ORD has made Under his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as bright blue as the sky. 11  But That we in no way make any image of God nor worship him in any other way than he has commanded in his The Israelites had made it quite clear that they didn't want to be anywhere near God, for they were terrified The LORD immediately made clear His purpose for this glorious worship service: to give the tablets of

gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very produced in man by the hearing of God’s Word and by the work of the Holy Spirit, regenerates him and makes Therefore, far from making people cold toward living in a pious and holy way, this justifying faith, out here in this passage is that you've been "redeemed from all wickedness" and purified to be God's very LIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that you will keep yourself in a grace-filled environment which makes

God's grace is stronger than we are, and how it is that He produces both our will to believe and our very Summary It had all made sense up to this point. It did seem strange that so many of them had rejected the grace that the Messiah had made possible, but That in itself isn't really a surprise, since the Bible makes it so clear that preaching is God's most What could have made such acceptance possible?

always been some, who look at all of the strife and division in the Church and trace it to these 'man made But not only is every word and phrase of our creeds and confessions meticulously based in scripture,

Dig Deeper It might seem like we should be taking much more advantage of the promise Jesus makes in v19 We certainly should be taking more advantage of the this promise, but we also better understand the parameters of the promise being made here. First of all, the promise is made in conjunction with the formal administration of the Church, but although to be coming together to ask Him for, especially now that you've been reminded of the promise Jesus made

David asks our Father to cleanse him so that he will be clean, and to wash him and make him whiter than Dig Deeper It seems to make sense: big sins require big confessions. confession: Since poetic beauty doesn't improve a confession's efficacy, you don't need to worry about making

when their grain and new wine abound. 8  In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, L ORD , make we express our Father's sovereign majesty, it not only honors Him, but soothes our own souls as we take Don't make it your regular practice - David didn't either - but do know that on those long and sleepless

10  I have seen the burden God has laid on the sons of man ( ʾā·ḏām ). 11  He has made everything beautiful In other words, sin has blocked people's ability to understand who God made them to be and what He's All people know in their heart of hearts that there's something more, and this insatiable longing makes They know this world is broken, and that there has to be something more, but they can't ever figure it AAA Prayer (About) A CKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS : Our Father, who has made everything beautiful in its time