BibleGateway: Galatians 6 ESV Text: Galatians 6 Galatians 6 (Listen) Bear One Another’s Burdens 6:1 Brothers,1 if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are… Read More »Paul encourages the Galatians to admonish and to restore one another in gentleness and to do good toward one another. Paul closes his letter with a blessing.
BibleGateway: Galatians 5 ESV Text: Galatians 5 Galatians 5 (Listen) Christ Has Set Us Free 5:1 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore,… Read More »Believers in Christ are free from the curse of the law, free to stop gratifying the desires of the sinful flesh, and free to live according to the desires of the Spirit.
BibleGateway: Galatians 4 ESV Text: Galatians 4 Galatians 4 (Listen) Sons and Heirs 4:1 I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child,… Read More »At the appointed time, God sent His Son to redeem us. We are no longer slaves, but sons and heirs of our heavenly Father. Paul urges the Galatians not to return to the slavery of their former paganism.
BibleGateway: Hebrews 13 ESV Text: Hebrews 13 Hebrews 13 (Listen) Sacrifices Pleasing to God 13:1 Let brotherly love continue. 2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to… Read More »The writer to the Hebrews exhorts his readers to holy living before closing his letter with a benediction and personal greetings.
BibleGateway: Hebrews 12 ESV Text: Hebrews 12 Hebrews 12 (Listen) Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great… Read More »We trust in Jesus Christ alone. By faith in Him we are equipped to endure whatever crosses or trials may come our way. We belong to the unshakable kingdom of the Lord!
BibleGateway: Matthew 14 ESV Text: Matthew 14 Matthew 14 (Listen) The Death of John the Baptist 14:1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard about the… Read More »Herod has John the Baptist beheaded. Jesus feeds five thousand. Jesus walks on water. Jesus heals the sick.
BibleGateway: Romans 9 ESV Text: Romans 9 Romans 9 (Listen) God’s Sovereign Choice 9:1 I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience… Read More »Some sinners are saved purely by the grace of the Lord. Others are damned as a result of their own rejection of His grace. We cannot rationalize this paradox. We simply stand in awe of the Lord, trusting His infinite wisdom, justice, and love.
BibleGateway: Hebrews 11 ESV Text: Hebrews 11 Hebrews 11 (Listen) By Faith 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things… Read More »What is faith? The writer to the Hebrews points to well-known figures of the Old Testament as examples of faithfulness.
BibleGateway: Hebrews 10 ESV Text: Hebrews 10 Hebrews 10 (Listen) Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All 10:1 For since the law has but a shadow of the… Read More »Christ offered one sacrifice for all the sins of the world. By faith in Him we receive the free gifts of forgiveness, life, and salvation.
BibleGateway: Hebrews 9 ESV Text: Hebrews 9 Hebrews 9 (Listen) The Earthly Holy Place 9:1 Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an… Read More »Jesus Christ is a greater Priest than those of the Old Testament, and His covenant also is greater than theirs. He has redeemed us by His own blood.
BibleGateway: Galatians 3 ESV Text: Galatians 3 Galatians 3 (Listen) By Faith, or by Works of the Law? 3:1 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you?… Read More »Is salvation by faith, or is salvation by works of the Law? Paul argues that already in Genesis, God made it clear through the words of Moses that Abraham was justified by faith. All who believe in Jesus Christ receive justification by faith and are children of Abraham.
BibleGateway: Deuteronomy 7 ESV Text: Deuteronomy 7 Deuteronomy 7 (Listen) A Chosen People 7:1 “When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you… Read More »The children of Israel are to avoid intermarriage with the people of the surrounding nations. Those nations are to be destroyed completely. The children of Israel are to keep the commands of the Lord. The Lord will give His people victory over their enemies, even as He delivered His people from Egypt.
