He tells them to not just focus on the tearing of their garments but rather to be concerned about their hearts.
Tag: Paul
A Different Lifestyle
“Set Apart” living requires a lifestyle that is different from those who do not know God. If we want to please God there is no other option than to live ‘set apart’.”
Faithful Protector
based on the LGG Study, The Armor Of God / w4d4 Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5 / SOAP: verse 3 But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one. 2 Thessalonians 3:3 Sometimes you can pull one verse out of a passage and SOAP it without the others, but…
Lay Aside the Old – Put on the New
based on the Love God Greatly Study, The Armor of God /w2d5 Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-24; SOAP: Ephesians 4:22-24 You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires, 23 to be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and to put on the…
Know the Enemy
based on the Love God Greatly Study, The Armor of God / w1d2 Scripture: Ephesians 6:12 / SOAP 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens. Ephesians 6:12 Just as it is crucial for…
The Focus of Our Hope
The focus of our hope is vital to our endurance. This is made clear by Paul’s words to Timothy. He doesn’t just give instructions about not setting their hope on riches (things, desires, treasures) of this world that are “uncertain” – but…
The Impact of God’s People
God’s people are important to His process of calling others to Himself.
One In The Spirit
Where this love is absent, self will be prevalent and there will be no true unity. This is why Paul doesn’t suggest that we do this on our own but instead says to “make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Sprit, binding yourselves together with peace.”
Prayer for God’s Strength
God’s plan was never for Paul, or us for that matter, to think of ourselves as self sufficient but rather to be dependent on God’s all-sufficient grace
The Three Steps
Paul has laid out three distinct steps for the believers – rejoice, pray, and “in everything” give thanks.