What Does Scripture Say about Lust? Clarence L. Haynes Jr. Contributing Writer July 20, 2023 “For everything in the world — the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life — comes not from the Father but from the world” (1 John 2:16)....
The Scripture - What does is say? What does it mean? 0 Uncategorized March 24, 2016 Is Your Temple a House of Prayer? Do we ever wonder why it seems that the Lord comes into our lives and turns the tables on us? Have we made our temple a den of robbers? Is the activity going ...
3For what does the scripture say? “And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness.”4Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited according to grace, but according to his due.5But to the one who does not work, but who believes in the one who justifies...
it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
But what does the scripture say? “Drive out the female slave and her son, for the son of the female slave will never inherit with the son” of...
It is entirely correct to say that Christ accomplished all of our salvation for us on the cross. But that does not settle the question of how this redemption is applied to us. Scripture reveals that it is applied to us over the course of time through, among other things, the process of...
30 But what does Scripture say? “Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”[f] 31 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman. Footnotes ...
So let’s ask a helpful question at this point: What does it say about me (perhaps about you too) that I squirm with the way the Bible speaks about me as one of God’s children? As I already said: “The Gospel uses wildly favourable language to speak about God’s children.” It’...
James is not naive and he stays in line with the whole of Scripture. Although we are completely justified and made totally pure through Christ, we are still in the process of sanctification (James 3:2). There is a war between the old nature and new nature. This is not an excuse to ...
What does the Bible say about so-called "assault weapons"? As always, we want our hearts and minds to be ruled and informed by Scripture--not by our emotions, not by our experiences, and certainly not by the World. And because the Scriptures have much to say about this topic, it is...