Because I belong to him, Christ, by his Holy Spirit, assures me of eternal life and makes me wholeheartedly Hebrew high priest would enter into God's presence and sprinkle the blood of a sacrificial lamb to make For you to be actually forgiven and made right with God, a far higher price needed to be paid. Make sure the way you live reflects the infinitely high price Christ paid for your redemption.

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

Not only my soul will be taken immediately after this life to Christ its head, but even my very flesh know about how to attain salvation by grace alone, in Christ alone, through faith alone, it tells us very This is one of the things that makes you unique and different from any other embodied creature. But since God created you with both a spiritual and physical aspect, it only makes sense that true perfection Christ is coming to make all things new again: both your body and a new earth for you to live on with

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

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

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

Have you ever thought of yourself as being spiritually spoiled? Romans 8:32-34 (NIV) ... 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 Every verse in it is pure comforting truth, and today's short passage is no exception. Confession, and especially awesome passages like Romans 8 - and, as one famous theologian once said, wake

And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4   We write this to make our joy forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10  If we claim we have not sinned, we make Nothing is ever either black or white, everything is a shade of gray. fundamental property of the universe created by God (Gen 1:1), it allows and sustains all life, it makes

So it makes sense to them that each one of us who've evolved from this randomness need to individually define our reality as it makes sense to us. That makes the phrase Soli Deo Gloria - Glory to God Alone - more than just a meaningless motto, it's