cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. 15 The person with the Spirit makes believe and confess also that the Holy Spirit proceeds eternally from the Father and the Son— neither made He cures that pesky noetic effect so that once again you can "make judgments about all things." subjective judgments based on your own limited experiences, but true and correct judgments that reflect the very

an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take The Son took the “form of a servant” and was made in the “likeness of man,” truly assuming a real human So it makes sense that after trying to wrap his mind around this crazy situation that Joseph "had in As strange as this entire story sounds, it most certainly wasn't something that God was making up as God sent His Son, born of a woman, not just to take away your sins, but to also still your fears.

(NIV) CONTEXT: Jesus has just famously called a child to Him, and tells His followers that 'whoever takes We often rightly apply Jesus' warning to those who harm children, but Jesus makes it clear that the term Most of us have a visceral reaction to those who hurt children, so it makes sense that our Father does The phrase 'go to hell' has a somewhat muted effect because it gets used vulgarly so often, but in a very With so much on the line, Jesus' hyperbolic advice makes sense: whatever it is in your life - even if

Summary The word 'epistle' isn't used much in everyday language anymore, except every now and then to you learn that you've "been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God, and are being sanctified (made

little children are commanded to honor their parents, that you too will honor the Lord your God in every

Word of this made it to the captain of the temple, who had the disciples arrested. Instead, Peter makes a bolder declaration in their midst: “And there is salvation in no one else, for Despite Jesus having already ascended to heaven, the Disciples were out healing the sick and making the

the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the L ORD has made Under his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as bright blue as the sky. 11  But That we in no way make any image of God nor worship him in any other way than he has commanded in his The Israelites had made it quite clear that they didn't want to be anywhere near God, for they were terrified The LORD immediately made clear His purpose for this glorious worship service: to give the tablets of

Let me make just one more request. Allow me one more test with the fleece, but this time make the fleece dry and let the ground be covered This time it only takes seven years for the Israelites to come to their senses and cry to the LORD for Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph and Moses - just to name a few - all make huge mistakes, especially when So the practical take away today is certainly not 'be like Gideon.'

For his power and goodness are so great and incomprehensible that he arranges and does his work very People want to hear positive, encouraging messages when they come to church that build them up and make But perhaps the most shocking claim that Peter makes is about God. Peter makes clear in his sermon the primary message of the gospel: that "God raised Jesus from the dead Peter makes this clear as well.

God's grace is stronger than we are, and how it is that He produces both our will to believe and our very Summary It had all made sense up to this point. It did seem strange that so many of them had rejected the grace that the Messiah had made possible, but That in itself isn't really a surprise, since the Bible makes it so clear that preaching is God's most What could have made such acceptance possible?