That is enough to cover all our sins and to make us confident, freeing the conscience from the fear, The point here is that we take our very refined ability to outwardly look very differently than we inwardly So our Confession warns, if you try to appear before God relying on your ability to make yourself look

that Jesus Christ, according to his divine nature, is the only Son of God— eternally begotten, not made The apostle says that “God made the world by his Son.” those viewpoints, but you don't need to wonder or speculate Jesus' primary reason for coming, since He makes

This renewal process looks different in every person; some are quite obviously gifted while others have

, 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 While there are different levels of fruitfulness, the fact that the word was heard and understood makes Some will hear the Gospel but will not have it take hold.

God's grace is stronger than we are, and how it is that He produces both our will to believe and our very Sadducees, the majority political/religious party in Jerusalem. 27  The apostles were brought in and made “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man’s here harmonize all of scripture as they unpack the truth that Peter scolds the Sanhedrin with: the very This is the very essence of Reformed theology.

to the emperor, propagation of unlawful customs, defamation of the (pagan) gods, and general trouble making Christ within a system that challenged your faith; presenting the Gospel in the best possible light takes When someone makes your life difficult, before you retaliate, remember the encouragement of Peter.

believe and confess also that the Holy Spirit proceeds eternally from the Father and the Son— neither made Throughout all of his letters, Paul uses one of the smallest words to convey this very big idea: ἐν ( The very same Being is described as the "Spirit of God" and a few words later is called the "Spirit of In v11, the Spirit is described as having a very active role in the act that makes your salvation possible Because you are now in this very same Spirit, you are given life even though your body is subject to

Israel falling into sin and invoking judgment upon themselves... that part is just as consistent as ever Sinful people can't be made holy by following rules. God would be faithful to His people. the words "hallowed be your name," or words similar to it, you're praying that God will continue to make

is likely full of blogs & podcasts today optimistic about the coming year encouraging you to finally make AAA Prayer (About) A CKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS : Our Father, who made our salvation possible by sending

Realize how filthy your sins have made you, and that God is justified in His anger against you (v4). and restore David, who's terrible sin quite likely had far worse consequences than any wrong you've ever So make David's prayer of repentance in Psalm 51 your own and accept His gracious invitation to remember