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

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

Let me make just one more request. Allow me one more test with the fleece, but this time make the fleece dry and let the ground be covered This time it only takes seven years for the Israelites to come to their senses and cry to the LORD for Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph and Moses - just to name a few - all make huge mistakes, especially when So the practical take away today is certainly not 'be like Gideon.'

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?

“I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams And the fat of fed cattle; And I take no pleasure in the Your hands are covered with blood. 16 “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Remove the evil themselves physically and emotionally, but their root cause stems from the poor choice our parents made The LORD makes clear that repeated religious lip service does nothing to solve the problem. I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs or goats...

Word of this made it to the captain of the temple, who had the disciples arrested. Instead, Peter makes a bolder declaration in their midst: “And there is salvation in no one else, for Despite Jesus having already ascended to heaven, the Disciples were out healing the sick and making the

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.

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

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,

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