In James 5:12, James is restating this same teaching for the recipients of his letter. While these types of oaths are not as common as they were in the 1st century, there are still remnants ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our Father, who answers every promise He's made with "YES" in Christ (2 Cor. 1: integrity; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - 2 Corinthians 11

Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Index for Articles 1-7 Article 1: God’s Right 2:15-17 - Or Else Luke 15:11-16 - Prodigious Deprivation Psalm 143 - Aggressive Prayer Pattern ​ Article -23 - Great Is Thy Faithfulness John 3:16-18 - Simple Beauty 1 John 4:8-10 - This Is Love Psalm 103 - Article 3: The Preaching of the Gospel 1 Timothy 2:1-7 - God Our Savior Isaiah 52.7 - Good News! ​ Article 7: Election Epehesians 1:3-6 - Before the Foundation Deuteronomy 7:1-10 - Set Apart John 17

Matthew 11:25-30 (NIV) 20  Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been Dig Deeper You're likely reading this a few days after Labor Day, which for most signals the end of Today: 2 Corinthians 13

Hebrews 12:18-24 (NIV) 18  You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm; 19  to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that We too have a mediator, just like Moses had promised, but this One is different; He represents a new

Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 102 Q. So David's question here in Psalm 15 ought to interest you greatly. God's holy requirements listed here in Psalm 15. The good news is that Psalm 15 is not about you. increasingly blameless; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - 1

The New Testament makes clear (Rom. 5 & 1 Cor. 15) that Adam wasn't just an independent contractor, but "In Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive (1 Cor. 15:22)." ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Matthew 14

Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Unfortunately, history teaches us that the world always has, and therefore likely always will, maintain Today: Luke 22

Romans 9:10-24 (NIV) CONTEXT: We began this passage yesterday. written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” 14 What then shall we say? “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’  After all, you're likely quick to admit that God softened your heart so that you would accept and believe reader's objections, and right now, if you get the implications from the preceding paragraphs, you're likely

Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 1 Q. What is your only comfort in life and in death? A. So often it can be difficult to keep reading through books like Leviticus because all of the rules, regulations But passages like Hebrews 9 help connect the dots and demonstrate that all of the bloody rituals and

hovering over the waters of the deep as God the Father begins to speak the world into existence (Gen. 1: the Spirit is counseling, comforting and advocating from within you to make you look more and more like