Able also to admonish one another - Romans. 15:14 When we look at the Greek word behind “admonish,” we see that it is one of those rich words that carries more meaning for a single English word to do it justice. The ESV translates it “instruct.” That’s also a good translation. But it can also …
Filled with all knowledge - Romans 15:14 Brothers and sisters, we want to be people who are filled with all knowledge. But the “all knowledge” here doesn’t just mean any knowledge. It means Biblical knowledge; it means knowledge about the God who has revealed himself and his ways in the pages of …
And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. Rev. 5:4 At this point, I want you to put yourself in John’s shoes. What would be your response to this? You see, the scroll is not just about the future in the sense of a better tomorrow. …
Full of goodness. Rom. 15:14 A person who claims to be a Christian and yet who is without goodness is like the person described in Jude 12-13: “These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; …
I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. Psalm 32:5 We cannot hide our sins from God. For he is the one whose eyes are in every place, beholding the evil and the good …
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. Romans 13:14 What is this text telling us to do? It is telling us that we are to wear the uniform of Christ into battle and to find our identity as belonging to Christ. “But put on the Lord …
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. 1 Peter 1:2 Election unto salvation is indeed unconditional. What that means is that God does not …
The Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart. 1 Samuel 13:14 If there is any proof that God is not the detached deity of the deists, it is this. God is not only interested in and interactive with his creation, he is actively seeking men and women. In the New Testament, we read the record of …
Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you. 1 Samuel 12:24 The motivation to serve the Lord shouldn't be what we can squeeze out of him (as if he were a miser as respects blessings for his children) but rather from a …
For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth, It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. Romans 9:11-12 When Paul says, “that the purpose of God according to …