Bible Verses: Romans 8:28-39Romans 8:29Romans 8:28Romans 8:291 Corinthians 1:1-31Colossians 2:3
Read MoreFor Reading and Meditation: Colossians 2:1-15
We are seeing the suffering and persecution we experience can be due to our own tactlessness and folly. Today I want to go a stage further, and suggest that in relation to this matter of suffering and persecution, some Christians have developed a "martyr complex". A "martyr complex" is an attitude of mind that finds...
Bible Verses: Colossians 2:1-152 Corinthians 11:16-332 Timothy 2:8-9
Read MoreWhoever finds me finds life, and obtains favor from the Lord.Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might … but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord.” § The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.What things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord,...
Bible Verses: Proverbs 3:13Proverbs 8:35Jeremiah 9:23Jeremiah 9:24Proverbs 9:10Philippians 3:7Philippians 3:8Colossians 2:3Proverbs 8:141 Corinthians 1:30Proverbs 11:30
Read MoreIndeed a greater than Solomon is here. § Prince of Peace.Scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. § Who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man,...
Bible Verses: 1 Kings 4:29Matthew 12:42Isaiah 9:6Romans 5:7Romans 5:8Philippians 2:6Philippians 2:8Ephesians 3:191 Corinthians 1:24Colossians 2:3Ephesians 3:81 Corinthians 1:30
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For Reading and Meditation: Romans 8:28-39
What is God's great goal in the universe to which His energies are devoted? We have it in our text for today.The Living Bible puts this best and I have no hesitation in saying that although it is not regarded as a true translation (it is rather a paraphrase), its rendering of