After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become The apostle says that “God made the world by his Son.” The actual Greek word used to describe Jesus is that He is the very charaktēr of God! Dig Deeper Do you ever wonder what we'll be doing for all of eternity? care of what He's made.

For Jesus to take the wrath of God, he had to be nailed to the cross, or as it is stated in Galatians Even if that were the only part of the law, every person reading this has broken at least one of the Your very salvation is held in those words!

Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, “You did not make me”? So notice how seriously God takes hypocritical worship! The abundance of negatives in that statement makes it hard to understand.

their glory For that which is of no benefit. 12 “Be appalled at this, you heavens, And shudder, be very Article 14: The Creation and Fall of Man We believe that God created man from the dust of the earth and made contract was so severe that the LORD commands the heavens to be appalled at it... to shudder and be very The LORD makes clear that it's not just an abstract theological concept that they've given up on. He refers to Himself as the fountain of living waters - the very same living water that Jesus offered

It takes more than good stuff to have a good life. They embrace celibacy, they eat only the plainest and most basic foods, and go to great lengths to make While there may be very particular instances when a Christian is called to completely isolate himself Ecclesiastes is often mistakenly considered to be a very dour, pessimistic book. for you to "find satisfaction in your toil" is to thank God often throughout the day, and continue to make

virgin Mary, a truly human nature so that he might become David’s true descendant, like his brothers in every is fully human and through his mother Mary, He does have a biological heritage, and it's one that's very So whatever it is that's weighing you down today, take it to the Lord in prayer for sure, but even more

religious practice, and ended up concluding that their wisdom, strength and riches were of their own making God is about to bring severe punishment on His own people by allowing the Babylonians to take them into This is what it means when we pray that our Father's name is hallowed - made holy - amongst us. able to speak to your Holy Father except for His grace and mercy provided through Christ which has made

Except all of this makes his brothers livid with him, and they conspire to get rid of him by selling One would think this would make Joseph a bitter and angry individual who would be planning out his revenge you patience in anything that is going against you and give you His peace that He is just and will make

Many of the people, including the disciples, thought that Jesus had come in order to make life on earth But Jesus makes clear that His purpose is different: He was headed to Jerusalem to "suffer many things Dig Deeper Imagine the look of horror on Peter's face upon hearing the very man he'd just identified

Certainly he had trials and temptations in his youth and made his share of bad decisions, but it would make sense that this man, who'd by this point written so many psalms under the direct inspiration of Dig Deeper Did you notice the shift we made today?