保祿說:“賴著加給我勇力的主,能成就一切(斐四13)。”因此,保祿進一步強調:“人沒有什麼可誇耀的,所有的誇耀因主而誇耀(格前一31,迦六14,格後十17)。”我們藉“結出與悔改相稱的果實(路三8)”,在他內做補贖,經由他奉獻給天父,並蒙受天父的悅納(DS 1691#)。 聖經提示 Bible Verses for Reflection ...
Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. Sooner or later we all of us have to learn to say those words, "I must"; and our whole character, good or evil, saved or lost, will depend upon the ...
In other words, God would send the Messiah to vindicate Israel and to save her from her enemies, and put all other nations under her ruling power. If you go ahead and read the rest of Isaiah 61, that’s the picture you get. Listen to these next verses in context with Isaiah 61:1-...
Not only that, but we also rejoice in God [rejoicing in His love and perfection] through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received and enjoy our reconciliation [with God].Christian Standard BibleAnd not only that, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ...
“God-centered, Christ-exalting, Bible-saturated churches where the gospel is cherished—these are the birthplace of the kind of racial harmony that gives long-term glory to God and long-term gospel good to the world.”—John Piper “Some may have quoted, ‘Wait for the Lord; be strong,...
to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not reckoning unto them their trespasses, and having committed unto us the word of reconciliation. how that God was in Christ -- a world reconciling to Himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses; and having put in us...