You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’
June 2013
19 posts
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.
And now a word to you fathers. Don’t make your children angry by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction approved by the Lord.
For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.
You then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal?
Confess your trespassesto one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
For God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other believers, as you still do.
“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
Nevertheless He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good, gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yetyou do not have because you do not ask.
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all.
Blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
For they shall be called sons of God.
“I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
May 2013
31 posts
When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners.