Luke 19:10 – For the Son of Man came to seek and save what was lost. 1 Timothy 1:15 – Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners–of whom I am the worst. Romans 7:22-23 – 22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s…
Continue ReadingPsalm 16 – 1 Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge. 2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.” 3 I say of the holy people who are in the land, “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.” 4 Those who run after other…
Continue Reading1 John 1:5-7 – 5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is…
Continue Reading2 Peter 2:16 – But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey—an animal without speech—who spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness. Balaam, a willful and sinful prophet from the Old Testament, is the “he” who was rebuked. Simply put, he was “rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey.” We…
Continue Reading2 Peter 2:4-10 – 4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment; 5 if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others; 6 if he condemned the cities…
Continue Reading2 Peter 2:1-3 – But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. 2 Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. 3 In their greed these teachers will exploit…
Continue ReadingIsaiah 40:28-31 – 28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. 29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. 30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young…
Continue ReadingHebrews 11:1 – Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. It would not be a good sign if we are exactly the same as we were before we became followers of Jesus the Christ. If fact, the Word of God makes it clear that if we belong…
Continue Reading2 Peter 1:3-11 – His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by…
Continue Reading2 Peter 1:1-2 – Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours: 2 Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. “…a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ…” Peter refers…
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