![]() ![]() The law does not save, men do not save, only Jesus saves. Receive the Daily Bible Verse: Daily notification Email Facebook Android-app On your website. He alone is worthy – it is He who has received all authority on earth from our loving Heavenly Father. Bible verse of the day Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Those in ministry who are praised ought to redirect that worship to the Lord. Sign up for daily text messages or learn more about instant bible verses. Men do not deserve worship, nor can they bear being worshiped. This feature allows you to request a daily bible reading text message. If they minister truly, they do so because God is in them and speaks life through Holy Spirit. Those who have been called to ministry stand upon the foundation of Christ Jesus, according to the prerogative, authority, and sovereignty of God. It is God who made them “competent as ministers of the new covenant” (NIV), and the same holds true today. He continues to boast only in the Lord, naming God as their sole sufficiency. You are doing a wonderful job with this daily devotional. Paul speaks here about the other apostles and those serving the Lord alongside of Him. Here’s what some of our subscribers have to say: Your devotionals are a true blessing, I like that they are short and powerful, some devotionals are much too long. The old written covenant ends in death but under the new covenant, the Spirit gives life.Īnd such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves but our sufficiency is of God Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. This is a covenant not of written laws, but of the Spirit. He has enabled us to be ministers of his new covenant. Psalm 28:7 (NKJV) 7 The Lord is my strength and my shield My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him. It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. We are confident of all this because of our great trust in God through Christ. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant-not of the letter but of the Spirit for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.Īnd we have such trust through Christ toward God. Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. Such confidence we have through Christ before God. Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God, who made us adequate to be servants of a new covenant not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. Amen.Now we have such confidence in God through Christ. Help us to walk in your ways and to love others, just as you have loved us. But Jesus finds us and sets us on the right path, the way of following him and loving others. In the Bible the Hebrew word for “sin” ( hatta’t) literally means “missing the mark.” In our alienation from God and from others, we miss the mark. Though God graciously marks Cain to protect him from violence, Cain remains lost as a wanderer and a fugitive. ![]() He is terrified that others will follow his example and kill him. When God confronts Cain with his hideous deed, Cain isn’t sorry. Looking back now, who can count the lives lost because of sin? The brokenness caused by sin blooms fully in this first murder in human history. In this appalling story showing the depths of human sin, Cain attacks and kills his brother Abel because he feels slighted and resentful. In our passage today, Cain turns away from walking with God and is lost. ![]() For a hiker, that can be a dangerous sort of “missing the mark.” Yet stepping off the trail and getting lost in the woods is not uncommon. John 3:16 assures us that in the history of the world, not one person ever, has been unloved by God. 5 Ways Gods Christmas Gift Keeps on Giving (John 3:16) - Your Daily Bible Verse - December 22. Take time to sing in celebration Jesus was born to save us. If you see the white blazes, you know you’re still on the path. (Luke 2:11) - Your Daily Bible Verse - December 23. While hiking the Appalachian Trail, how can you know if you’re on the right track? You simply follow the white trail markers, or “blazes,” painted on trees along the way. The daily devotional by Alistair Begg provides a verse or short passage of Scripture to read each day, followed by an insightful commentary by Alistair that. ![]()
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