I am the L ORD  your God. 4  “ ‘Do not turn to idols or make metal gods for yourselves. must be cut off from their people. 9   “ ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very But here in this 19th chapter, the LORD makes clear why it is that He has so many laws for His people And it doesn't really make sense to not harvest our land to the very edges of our field. Categorizing God's Law isn't always easy, and often times good Christians will come to very different

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.” But this King would be very different than David. Micah here describes our situation; having been defeated by sin and now held under siege until every It's not that He's not part of us - He very much is, so much so that as a man He perfectly represents

25  As Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in reverence. 26  But Peter made “a servant” for us; and he made himself “completely like his brothers.” The next words in the passage don't seem very profound, but they represent a massive step forward for All of this to say that if anyone ever deserved the title of 'saint', Peter had all the more reason. worship, trust and respect; A LIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that you will cling only to Christ in every

Notice that God is the primary subject of every sentence and clause. into the world to save the whole world through Him; A LIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Thank God for taking

Psalm 16 (NIV) A miktam of David. 1  Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge. 2  I say to the I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods or take up their names on my lips. 5  LORD, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure. 6  The boundary lines have fallen for me not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay. 11  You make AAA Prayer (About) A CKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS : Our Father, who makes known the paths of life and fills

Indeed we see language like that in this passage from Deuteronomy that every Israelite would have known have - the good things here and now, and especially an eternity with Christ are all a gift of grace made

us to get rid of this foolish fear— or rather, this unbelief— he says to us that Jesus Christ was “made God to give us his Son as our Intercessor, let us not leave him for another— or rather seek, without ever But Jesus there didn't elaborate on what makes the trees different, only that there are good trees and Dig Deeper The LORD's words here in Jeremiah 17 make sense even when read out of the context they originally

And so, Lord, uphold us and make us strong with the strength of your Holy Spirit, so that we may not Somehow you've figured out how to make it to another day, and by using the skills and talents you've While it's good to be reminded of our mortality, that's not the reason the prophet is instructed to make

five books of the Bible), it's relieving to know that most of the instructions we read were meant to make from the people around her (the definition of holiness), and are not ongoing expectations for people made It's so easy to let toxic people make you miserable.

Nobody ever has or ever will like paying taxes. They were to make themselves abominable by everything unclean and profane, 49 so that they would forget Dig Deeper Our confession encourages us to "learn from" these books, but also makes it clear that these Realize this is the same grace which has triumphed in your life, and never make the mistake that the Pharisees made upon seeing Matthew's conversion, by assuming a person is too sick even for the greatest