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How do you emphasize important things? Repetition? Raising your voice? Changing your tone or pitch? The Bible tends to emphasize things by repeating them. Introduce Psalm 119 Tie to Psalm readings Longest (176 verses, 315 lines) Every verse with only a few exception references the Word of God using various…

a 7 Tychicus will tell you all about my activities. He is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord. 8 I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts, 9 and with him Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother,…

Biblical principles always run counter to the morality of the world. Sometimes they appear very similar, such as in the commands not to murder or commit adultry Sometimes they or more clearly oppositional as is the case today Additionally, there are times when Biblical principles exist in apparent tension…

If/then statements Negative to Positive transition Negative - don’t be swayed by false teachers Positive - Be made new in Christ I. A new mindset for a new self (1-4) 1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your…

16 Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. Therefore - refers back to Paul’s teaching on the fullness and sufficiency of Christ and our having been “filled in Him (10)” “brought into covenant with Him (11)” “buried…