The Danger of Wanting Too Little (Deuteronomy 26:1-15; Acts 4:32-37)
/The tenth commandment requires that we do not desire or cling to temporary blessings above our eternal blessings.
The tenth commandment requires that we do not desire or cling to temporary blessings above our eternal blessings.
The ninth commandment requires the preserving and protecting the good name (the dignity, honor and right to inheritance) of those who bear the image of God.
The eighth commandment calls us to be imitators of God who generously gives to and serves others at great cost to himself.
The seventh commandments calls us to be faithful in all our human relationships as a reflection of God’s faithfulness to us.
Psalm 16 is a portrait of a worshipper who is wholly devoted to the Lord and the confidence that belongs to him in such devotion.
Psalm 15 paints a picture of a hope that rests in the fact that God is both perfectly righteous and a God of grace who is willing to suffer for those whom he loves in order to bring them into his presence.
aptism is a catechism for understanding our faith and for teaching it to our children the faith - namely that we are sinners in need of grace, which is found in Jesus Christ alone.
Holy war is about two things — the destruction of God's enemies for the preservation of the holiness of his kingdom and the gracious subjection of some of those enemies that they might be heirs of that kingdom.
The sixth commandment is a call to show love to your fellow man by actively protecting his property and well-being.
The Lord sends his prophets and, ultimately, the Prophet to mediate his word to us lest we die.
The Levitical priests of Israel were meant to serve as a continual reflection to Israel of who they were by God’s election — a people destined to dwell with God for all eternity.
God has given rulers to his church through which he maintains justice and, through that justice, liberty.
God calls upon his people to remember where they were, where they are and where they are headed so that they might not lose track of what is most important in life.
The Sabbath is a constant reminder that God has forgiven the debts of his people and, therefore, calls them to forgive one another’s debts whether they be financial or moral.
According to the Scriptures, a fool is one who refuses to turn from his sin and seek refuge in the only God who can save him.
Psalm 13 moves from pain to praise by remembering the character of a kind and gracious Lord.
The Lord delays in delivering his people from affliction because victory must come through the grave and it is through affliction that we most clearly see that the Lord is our hope.
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