Romans 16:17-20 ESV “I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the … Continue reading They Who Serve Their Own Appetites
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Keep Your Spiritual Fervor
Romans 12:9-13 NIV “Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with the Lord’s … Continue reading Keep Your Spiritual Fervor
The Pure in Heart
Jeremiah 17:9-10 ESV “The heart is deceitful above all things,and desperately sick;who can understand it?‘I the Lord search the heartand test the mind,to give every man according to his ways,according to the fruit of his deeds.’” I sometimes hear other people and some pastors quote verse nine here and apply it to all people, including … Continue reading The Pure in Heart
A Crooked and Twisted Generation
Philippians 2:14-16 ESV “Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I … Continue reading A Crooked and Twisted Generation
Trusting in a False Hope
Romans 10:1-3 ESV “Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to … Continue reading Trusting in a False Hope
Who Shall Separate Us?
Romans 8:35-39 ESV “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, ‘For your sake we are being killed all the day long;we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.’ “No, in all these things we are … Continue reading Who Shall Separate Us?
Are You in Christ, in Truth?
Romans 8:1-8 ESV “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his … Continue reading Are You in Christ, in Truth?
In the Eyes of God
Psalms 37:23-24 ESV “The steps of a man are established by the Lord,when he delights in his way;though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong,for the Lord upholds his hand.” Psalms 37:23-24 NIV “The Lord makes firm the stepsof the one who delights in him;though he may stumble, he will not fall,for the Lord … Continue reading In the Eyes of God
In Newness of Life
Romans 6:1-6 ESV “What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried … Continue reading In Newness of Life
Not the Hearers, But the Doers
Romans 2:12-13,17-24 ESV “For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.” … Continue reading Not the Hearers, But the Doers
Run With It 