The Divine Call: Your Inevitable Journey to Reconciliation
“Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they...
Anger and Sin: Understanding the Boundaries
“Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil. Ephesians 4:26-27 NKJV Anger is an emotion common...
Union with Christ: Experiencing the Fullness of the Life-Giving Spirit
Your body will always be dead because of sin. But if Christ is in you, then the Spirit gives you life, because Christ made you right with God. Romans 8:10...
Abiding in Christ: The Secret of Sinlessness
No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him. 1 John 3:6 NIV This verse contrasts the...
Redemption and Forgiveness: God’s Greatest Blessing to Mankind
When Christ died as a sacrifice on the cross, he paid the price to make us free. Because of Christ’s death on our behalf, God has forgiven our sins. God...
Forgive and Be Free: The Unavoidable Call to Mercy
For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will...
Forgiveness: The Gateway to True Service
But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence, serve you. Psalm 130:4 NIV In the preceding verse, the Psalmist asked a question which we have also...
Dead But Alive: Choose Righteousness
Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have...
God’s Proximity: Your Response to Sin
“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the Lord, “and not a God far away?” Jeremiah 23:23 NIV In the chapter twenty-three of Jeremiah, we read of God’s solemn denunciation...
Verse of the Day – Romans 5:17 GNT
It is true that through the sin of one man death began to rule because of that one man. But how much greater is the result of what was done...