Archive for October 2019

Gal. 5:24‭-‬26And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature together with its passions and appetites. If we live by the Spirit, we must also walk by the Spirit. We must not become conceited, challenging or provoking one another, envying one another. There is a reason children must be taught to share. …

Tit. 3:1‭-‬3 Remind people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready and willing to do good, to slander or abuse no one, to be kind and conciliatory and gentle, showing unqualified consideration and courtesy toward everyone.  For we too once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various sinful desires…

Rom. 5:10For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, it is much more certain, having been reconciled, that we will be saved by His life. There is a great tragedy within humanity.  God in heaven formed a man in his own image from the dust of…

Eph. 5:8‭-‬10For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of Light, trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. This present world is full of darkness. Before the fall of humankind, the world was in the light. The darkness of sin had not yet entered it.…

Rom. 6:17‭-‬18But thank God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient with all your heart to the standard of teaching in which you were instructed and to which you were committed. And having been set free from sin, you have become the slaves of righteousness. There are two fundamental aspects of slavery…

Eph. 2:1‭-‬2And you were dead and separated from Him because of your transgressions and sins, in which you once walked. You were following the ways of this world, in accordance with the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the disobedient. There are many people walking this…

Col. 3:16Let the [spoken] word of Christ have its home within you as you teach and admonish and train one another with all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God. As a child, my retention for knowledge was typically dictated by the source. Whatever I learned in…

Rom. 16:17‭-‬18I urge you, brothers and sisters, to keep your eyes on those who cause dissensions and create obstacles or introduce temptations to commit sin, contrary to the doctrine which you have learned. Turn away from them. For such people do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites and base desires. By smooth…