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  • Earned a Badge — Completed 3 Reading Plans

    2012-05-02

  • Loving God means following commandments

    God's love in his people gives them the desire to love and please him. So with eagerness they keep his commandments. Rightly understood and followed, God's commandments bring believers great joy and freedom,…

    Created about 1 month ago

    1 John 5:3 (ESV)

  • Faith = following commandments

    1 John 5:3 (ESV)
    For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.

    Created about 1 month ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2012-04-15

  • Conscience Clear

    A clear conscience before God leads to boldness and confidence before God in prayer.

    Created about 1 month ago

    1 John 3:22 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2012-04-12

  • who was Jesus?

    They got it right that he was a king that could save them but they saw it differently. They had expected a warrior king and he came in as a spiritual, humble king. The Pharisees saw Him as a threat to…

    Created 3 months ago

    Matthew 21:9 (ESV)

  • differences in how other people see things

    the disciples saw prophecy coming true but not how they had expected it. People see events differently.

    Created 3 months ago

    John 12:16 (ESV)

  • Difference in what's seen

    John 12:16 (ESV)
    His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him.

    Created 3 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2012-02-24

  • tongues for praise vs tongues for self-gratification

    Paul instructs prophets to speak only when they have faith or confidence that the Holy Spirit is truly revealing something to them, and not to exceed the faith that God has given them by trying to impress…

    Created 4 months ago

    Romans 12:6 (ESV)

  • characteristics pleasing to God

    Romans 12-15 show us what a life that is pleasing to God looks like.

    Created 4 months ago

    Romans 12:1 (ESV), Romans 12:2 (ESV), Romans 12:3 (ESV), Romans 12:4 (ESV), Romans 12:5 (ESV)

  • A life pleasing to God

    Romans 12:1 (ESV)
    I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

    Created 4 months ago

    Labels: characteristics romans

  • Romans 11:22 - really saved?

    While the olive tree represents the true, spiritual people of God, those who are said to belong to this tree are not only those who, through their faith, are actually part of the tree but also those who…

    Created 4 months ago

    Romans 11:22 (ESV)

  • Eternal salvation

    Romans 11:22 (ESV)
    Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.

    Created 4 months ago

    Labels: cut off lose salvation

  • Earned a Badge — Created 100 Highlights

    2012-01-22

  • Romans 10:10 - what it takes to be saved

    Saving faith is not mere intellectual agreement but deep inward trust in Christ at the core of one's being.

    Created 4 months ago

    Romans 10:10 (ESV)

  • Romans 9:32 - need for saving?

    those attempting to establish their own righteousness see no need to believe in Christ

    Created 4 months ago

    Romans 9:32 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2012-01-18

  • Predestination

    Romans 9:16 (ESV)
    So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.

    Created 4 months ago

    Labels: predestination salvation

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2012-01-18

  • Romans 9:16 - predestination

    If we were worthy enough to warrant saving, we wouldn't need salvation.

    Created 4 months ago

    Romans 9:16 (ESV)

  • The fate of others

    Romans 9:1-3 (ESV)
    I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit—

    Created 4 months ago

    Labels: sacrifice salvation

  • Romans 9:1-3

    Romans 9:1-3 (ESV)
    I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit—

    Created 4 months ago

  • Romans 9:2 - the fate of others

    We should care as much as he did about the fate of our friends. Paul was almost grieved enough that he thought maybe it'd be worth living through an eternity in hell so that others would have the benefit…

    Created 4 months ago

    Romans 9:2 (ESV)

  • Romans 8:18

    Romans 8:18 (ESV)
    For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

    Created 5 months ago

  • Romans 5:7-8

    Romans 5:7-8 (ESV)
    For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—

    Created 5 months ago

  • Romans 5:3

    Romans 5:3 (ESV)
    More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

    Created 5 months ago

  • Acts 28:27

    Acts 28:27 (ESV)
    For this people's heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.'

    Created 5 months ago

  • Acts 28:27

    Acts 28:27 (ESV)
    For this people's heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.'

    Created 5 months ago

  • Acts 23:3

    Acts 23:3 (ESV)
    Then Paul said to him, "God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and yet contrary to the law you order me to be struck?"

    Created 5 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2012-01-02

  • Acts 15:19

    Acts 15:19 (ESV)
    Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God,

    Created 5 months ago

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights

    2011-12-06