Tag Archives: God

Who knew?

O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!“For who has known the mind of the Lord?    Or who has been his counselor?”“Or who has given a gift to him,    to receive a gift in return?”For from him and through him and to himContinue reading “Who knew?”

no difference

Then certain individuals came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to discussContinue reading “no difference”

Who decides

What then are we to say? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means! For he says to Moses,“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,    and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”So it depends not on human will or exertion but on God who shows mercy. For the scripture says to Pharaoh,Continue reading “Who decides”

if God…

For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of deepest darkness to be kept until the judgment; and if he did not spare the ancient world, even though he saved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood onContinue reading “if God…”

Where?

“Our ancestors had the tent of testimony in the wilderness, as God directed when he spoke to Moses, ordering him to make it according to the pattern he had seen. Our ancestors in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the peoples whom God drove out before our ancestors. And it was there until theContinue reading “Where?”

love and assist

When Jesus became aware of this, he departed. Many followed him, and he cured all of them, and he ordered them not to make him known. This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah:“Here is my servant, whom I have chosen,    my beloved, with whom my soul is well pleased.I will put my Spirit uponContinue reading “love and assist”

I swear…

When God made a promise to Abraham, because he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply you.” And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise. Humans, of course, swear by someone greater than themselves, and an oath given as confirmation puts an end to allContinue reading “I swear…”

See and hear

Then the disciples came and asked him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” He answered, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For to those who have, more will be given, and they will have an abundance, but from thoseContinue reading “See and hear”

walk in love

Now this I affirm and insist on in the Lord: you must no longer walk as the gentiles walk, in the futility of their minds; they are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart. They have lost all sensitivity and have abandoned themselves to licentiousness, greedy toContinue reading “walk in love”