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

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

Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever But you likely don't take that same attitude in other aspects of your life. woman's testimony only know about her personal experience with Jesus - that He told her everything she ever Son is the only and entirely complete sacrifice and satisfaction for sins based only on how Jesus makes point others to hear the Word of God for themselves, so that they too can know not just how Jesus makes

37  Isaac answered Esau, “I have made him lord over you and have made all his relatives his servants, If Jacob takes a wife from among the women of this land, from Hittite women like these, my life will Rather, in court and everywhere else, I should avoid lying and deceit of every kind; these are devices Yet there's no indication that she ever told this to Isaac.

Paul knows that when the gospel is unchained and boldly proclaimed, churches will grow in every sense

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

I am the L ORD  your God. 4  “ ‘Do not turn to idols or make metal gods for yourselves. must be cut off from their people. 9   “ ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very But here in this 19th chapter, the LORD makes clear why it is that He has so many laws for His people And it doesn't really make sense to not harvest our land to the very edges of our field. Categorizing God's Law isn't always easy, and often times good Christians will come to very different

Notice that God is the primary subject of every sentence and clause. into the world to save the whole world through Him; A LIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Thank God for taking

25  As Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in reverence. 26  But Peter made “a servant” for us; and he made himself “completely like his brothers.” The next words in the passage don't seem very profound, but they represent a massive step forward for All of this to say that if anyone ever deserved the title of 'saint', Peter had all the more reason. worship, trust and respect; A LIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that you will cling only to Christ in every

that Jesus Christ, according to his divine nature, is the only Son of God— eternally begotten, not made The apostle says that “God made the world by his Son.” But this King would be very different than David. Micah here describes our situation; having been defeated by sin and now held under siege until every It's not that He's not part of us - He very much is, so much so that as a man He perfectly represents