Summary In this letter John is writing to a church during a time of struggle to encourage them after John reaffirms what the false teachers tried to deny: the full divinity and humanity of Christ. In the third chapter of this letter, John addresses how to respond to what had occurred. John gives a means of testing to see where one’s allegiance lies, writing that “anyone who does not do will come; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Revelation 1

also been familiar with the Old Testament metaphor of Israel as God’s vineyard (Psalm 80:8–16; Isaiah 5: 1–7; Jer. 2:21). words, and commands; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - 1

Much of their conviction was based on these words we read today from Romans 1. ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Acts 17

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A fitting Psalm to drive home the message of the Questions and Answers this week is Psalm 51. the right hand of God; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - 1

Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 53 Q. Summary John 16 comes in the middle of one of the most intense conversations in history, as Jesus spoke These chapters in John's gospel form the basis for much of our theology and understanding of God's Tri-une

communion, know that you are spiritually in the very presence of Jesus Christ, and that you are being joined

Jeremiah 17:5-8 (NIV) 5  This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, Dig Deeper The LORD's words here in Jeremiah 17 make sense even when read out of the context they originally Today: 1 Corinthians 15

Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 1 We all believe in our hearts and If you've read John 1 before, and you likely have, you know that the primary purpose of this passage Near the close of what's come to be known as the prologue to John's gospel, John drops a huge theological

John 3 illustrates this supernatural work of God and where the often used phrase “born again” originates where the “perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality” (1 Cor 15:53). knowledge, but go to him as the King of Glory with faith in the one who has the words of eternal life (John