who arbitrarily forces people to come to predetermined conclusions about their relationship with Him, making That's a tough concept to comprehend in and of itself, but let's not make it tougher by misconstruing opened your eyes and ears, a gift unconditioned by anything you have done, and which He will never take

Second, he has been given to me personally, so that, by true faith, he makes me share in Christ and all God makes it clear who the breath Ezekiel summoned belonged to in v14 - I will open your graves and bring

, they do not hear or understand.  14  In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:  “ ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;  you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.  15  For this people someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making Some in self-assurance  do not even entertain the Word of life;  others do entertain it but do not take Instead of being able to sink down into the soil, the packed down dirt on the path would have made the

Justification is a legal declaration that our standing before God has been made right because of the We can be confident that God will make good on His promises and that nothing will separate us from his

week we were reminded that God exists in a Trinity - He's one in essence and three in person - so it makes Does this mean God made the world out of pre-existing stuff? Not at all.

It also declares to us that the Holy Spirit grafts us into Christ, who with his very body is now in heaven Imagine being one of those priests, first making a bloody mess and then cleaning it up, day after day They'll cite several references from their own Catechism which present a very sound view of how Christ's This makes your continuing salvation dependent upon your action: if you separate yourself from the sacrament we just read in v25 "always lives to intercede for you," is unable to do so unless you continually take

Faith, Article 29: The Marks of the True Church We believe that we ought to discern diligently and very recognized if it has the following marks: The church engages in the pure preaching of the gospel; it makes This passage is ugly from start to finish, starting with the incestuous relationship that would make

to them, “Go at once and select the animals for your families and slaughter the Passover lamb. 22  Take Don't stop to discuss things with friends and neighbors, don't even take time for prayer or reflection Yet in order for them to realize their salvation, they had to take action. did what they were told, but it was through their obedient participation in that sacrament that God made passes over all those covered in the blood of the Lamb; A LIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Thank God for making

Faith, Article 29: The Marks of the True Church We believe that we ought to discern diligently and very recognized if it has the following marks: The church engages in the pure preaching of the gospel; it makes getting so many things wrong that we can now learn from the letters that Paul wrote from them and not make If it wasn't clear before that God takes sacraments seriously, it ought to be after reading that! It's because the Bible takes sacraments so seriously that the Church must as well.

some private revelation beyond or outside the Word, but from faith in the promises of God which he has very Certainly it's good to take inspiration from great men like Abraham, Moses, King David, and so many others Those ways out are made visible to you through His Word and Spirit. In other words, the more you make use of Spiritual Disciplines like weekly church attendance, daily Bible