the first five books of the Bible), it's relieving to know that most of the instructions we read were meant

After reading those verses, I asked him what he thought they meant. Jesus has always existed.

Thank him for the crops, produce, and animals that are the source of your meals today and all the people

But understand that good sermons are not just meant to produce converts, but also to feed the converted

Paul was confident that even if his life was taken from him, he would not be worse off, since dying meant

In other words, they served as a teaching aide, showing the gap between sinful man and their holy God allowed to live, that firstborn male sheep must be sacrificed to the Lord, and that we must not eat the meat

We call these accounts Bible stories, but they're not fairy tales, legends or myths meant to convey a Here we read of unregenerate man's desire to fight with others and insult our creator until his dying

It's meant "to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up."

incomprehensible that he arranges and does his work very well and justly even when the devils and wicked men This is exactly what Jesus meant when He told His disciples that those who are poor in Spirit, that is

and earth and all creatures, and so rules them that leaf and blade, rain and drought, fruitful and lean