Our text for today is basic Christianity. When we obey, we are blessed, but when we do not, we do not receive a blessing, and if we refuse to obey the gospel, we can expect God to turn from us. Let us practice biblical faith which honors our Lord.

God has ordained that men and women, although equal in value in God’s eyes, will have complimentary roles. Submission to God will bring about the greatest possibility for positive relationships between the sexes and for the greatest gospel good.

Jesus was/is our sin-bearer. He carried our sin in his body

that we might stand before God justified. This is the heart of the

gospel.

Biblical submission is not firstly about yielding to the will of the emperor, or your employer, or your husband. It is about embracing the order of God, trusting in the sovereignty of God and bowing before the majesty and Lordship of Jesus Christ.

What do you believe about Jesus? Is your answer "I believe what the church believes,"? Martha was challenged by Jesus through the death and his restoring the life of her brother to come to a deeper and more defined faith. Jesus IS the...

Living as sojourners and exiles means living as light and not darkness. Our conduct as believers counts; when we live properly, we cause glory to multiply to God, and it will be seen and vindicated when Christ returns.

God has called us so that we may in turn proclaim his excellencies to the world. We have much to be thankful for, and therefore there is much to proclaim.

We are being built into the house of God, a house built on a solid foundation. This is our honor. But for those who reject the honor, the foundation stone becomes a stumbling stone.

Believers, as living stones, let us set our foundations on the...

We “taste” of the Lord in his word. It is here that God reveals himself to us most fully, and it is by the use of the word that we grow to Christian maturity.

The product of salvation is genuine love. Salvation is forever; the gospel we heard that led to our salvation is forever. Therefore, the love produced by it is forever as well.