Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 28: The Obligations of Church Members But all people are obliged to join and unite with it, keeping the unity of the church by submitting to And so, all who withdraw from the church or do not join it act contrary to God’s ordinance. Summary Today's Summary & Dig Deeper are a reprint from May 24, 2023 Throughout his letters, Paul Today: 1 Timothy 1

Romans 9:10-24 (NIV) CONTEXT: We began this passage yesterday. 20 But who are you, o man, to talk back to God? ”  21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special 22 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience in advance for glory—24 even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles

Romans 7:18-25 (ESV) 18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh.  Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. 21 So I and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am! 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! Today: Matthew 26

Genesis 8:20-22 (ESV) CONTEXT: Noah, his family and all of the animals have just come out of the ark. 20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21 And when the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, the Lord Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done. 22 While the earth remains Today: Matthew 20

Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity let them be tempted beyond what they can bear, but with the temptation he also provides a way out (1 Today: Revelation 1

Romans 8:28–30 (ESV) 28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. 29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to

Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election 1 - God's right to condemn all people 2 - God

You would think that King David, whom God Himself described as being "a man after my own heart (1 Samuel ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - John 12

Psalm 104:27–30 (NIV) 27 All creatures look to you to give them their food at the proper time. 28 When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are satisfied with good things. 29 word rûaḥ twice, but all of the English translations properly translate each instance differently: 29

Psalm 10 1  Why, Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? 2  In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises. 3   Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity God often seems distant, uninvolved, and unconcerned “in times of trouble” (9:9 and 10:1).