Matthew 18:33, “And should you not have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I have mercy on you?” If we’ve truly received the debt-forgiving mercy of our crucified and risen Master, we cannot remain merciless toward debtors in our lives…
James 1:14-17, “But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down
Galatians 5:16-17, “But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh…” May an overriding desire for Christ, granted by the indwelling Spirit, drive us to
Proverbs 5:3-4, “The lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil, but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.” It is true of all idolatry…
Hebrews 3:12-13, “Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called ‘today,’ that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.” May we go to
2 Timothy 3:4, “[People will be] lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.” Our character–and eternal destiny–is revealed by what we love (want, pursue, treasure, enjoy, hunger and thirst for) most. Am I controlled by love for the pleasure of _________ or the pleasure of knowing God in Christ?
1 John 4:19-20, “We love because He first loved us. If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his brother, he is a liar…” At best, speech and acts and experiences of worship when hatred is harbored in our hearts is a lie. At worst it may mean that we have never been regenerated to
Matthew 18:27, “…the master of that servant released him and forgave him the debt…” Colossians 2:14, “…nailing it to the cross.”
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James 4:4, “Adultresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.” May the Lord give us grace to seek Him and not adorn ourselves with that for which He died.
Psalm 119:18, “Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.” Psalm 119:37, “Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things…” Setting our eyes on worthless things is one of the surest ways to blind them to the wonder of God’s beauty in Christ. May God grant us grace to
Matthew 15:8, “This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me…” Words, deeds, extravagant worship and everything else is hollow if God has not captivated our HEART in Christ. May He do so more and more.
Ephesians 2:1-3, “And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience–among whom we all once lived…” This was or is true of us all.
Mark 9:47 “And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out…” What our eyes drink shows where our hearts are aimed.
Romans 5:8, “…God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” We are loved at our worst.
Ephesians 2:1-2, “…you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked…” Dead in pursuit of deceitful desire
1 Corinthians 15:49 “Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.”
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Luke 10:16,”Whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.” Infinitely weighty rejection
Psalm 68:2-3, “The wicked shall perish before God // the righteous…shall exult before God.” Righteous by grace alone.
