Walk in His Ways “You shall have no other gods before me.” Exodus 20.3; Deuteronomy 5:7 “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways…” Read Deuteronomy 10.12 To “have” God is to walk in His ...
No Other Gods “You shall have no other gods before me.” Exodus 20.3; Deuteronomy 5:7 “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God…” Deuteronomy 10.12 To “have” God is to fear Him. The first commandment forbids “having” any ...
The Second Great Commandment “And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.” Matthew 22:39, 40 We expect our study and obedience of the Law of God to enable us to grow in love. This is ...
The Great Commandments And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment.” Matthew 22:37, 38 The end of the commandments, Paul reminds us, is love (1 Tim. ...
The Pursuit of Holiness Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God. 2 Corinthians 7:1 The Christian life is a call to holiness: “You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is ...
The Key to the Promises of God His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so ...
The Substance of True Spirituality Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane… 1 Timothy 1:8, 9 Because ...
The Law and Conviction Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” Romans 7:7 The one who has believed into Jesus Christ stands free ...
The Christian, the Law, and Jesus Arise, O LORD, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your might. Let your priests be clothed with righteousness, and let your saints shout for joy. Psalm 132:8, 9 “What, then, is the Christian’s relationship to the Law?” We return to ...
No More Excuses “The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a ...