5Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, 6who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of…
No matter how holy we live or how much faith we have, one way or the other we will – sooner or later – experience times of suffering and pain…
19 For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. 20 Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer…
“You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.” (Gal. 5:4) We often hear in the news, when some celebrity…
4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’” (Mt. 4:4) We all know how…
”And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (Joh. 8:32) Jesus’ words about that the ”truth will set us free” has often been misunderstood to mean that…
”Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. (Ps. 51:10) In a previous article, we have addressed that we no longer need to…
”Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.” (Ps. 51:11) In Psalms 51, we find King David’s prayer of repentance after the…
7 Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. (1 Pet.…
Through the earthly life of Jesus, we have gotten to know God in a completely new way, compared to what was possible in the Old Testament. Jesus is the perfect…