As we grow in our Christian walk, awareness of the extent of our sinful nature is heightened. In today's passge, Paul agonizes and distresses over his own battle with sin. But he does not lose heart! Instead, Paul encourages us to let this awareness bring us to conviction, brokenness and repentance before the Lord and through this, our tolerance of sin is reduced and maturity of our faith is increased. The Lord loves a broken and contrite heart!
Severe consequences resulted when God's people wandered away in disobedience. In today's text we see that compromise ultimately led to disaster for the Israelites...
The greatest gift of all is the gift of salvation. Justification occurs at the point of conversion when we are saved from the penalty...
In today's passage, Jesus says, "No one can serve two masters." He explains that people cannot serve both God and money (or wealth). A...