And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. I will recount…
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. For even if I boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be ashamed.…
Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need. “When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest.…
Anger and the Christian Anger is a complex subject for the Christian. There must be room for a Christian to be angry because God is, at times, angry. And God is always Righteous and Holy in His anger. It is never because because He petty. scripture Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down…
22 Therefore thus says the LORD, jwho redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: “Jacob shall no more be ashamed, no more shall his face grow pale. 23 For when he sees his children, kthe work of my hands, in his midst, they will sanctify my name; lthey will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob and will…
Yet among ethe mature we do Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. But, as it is written, “What no eye…
6th petition - lead us not into temptation
5th petition - forgive us our debts
2nd and 3rd petition of the Lord's Prayer - His kingdom come and will be done
The work of the church to maintain the unity of the body by the work of the Spirit.
God's work to bring enemies into sonship is the point of the cross and the work of the church.
God chose to display His glory to the universe by way of an imperfect church.
Jesus Christ, as witnessed by the prophets and apostles, is the foundation of the church and unity of the church.