What Shall I Render

The uniqueness of the church, the indwelling Spirit of God within God's people.

God made a place to forgive, a place to accomplish His purpose for His people. The temple of ancient Israel was a shadowy figure of the reality found in Christ Jesus, His Son!

. . . because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment! (Jas 2:13).

God has always called His covenant people to imitate Him, and forgiveness is on the top of the list (Lev 19:17; Matt 18:35).

God's promise to ancient Israel to judge sin and promised life finds fulfillment in Him sending the Spirit in the name of His Son, Jesus the Christ (Acts 2; Joel 2; Psa 16).

Seeking God, not just information and finding the faith to cease our activities and know Him - Psalm 46.

May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen (Heb 13:20-21).

... Unless you change and become like little children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child will be greatest in the kingdom of heaven (Matt 18:2-4).

God became flesh that He might know suffering and temptation and be able to intercede for His children, who are flesh and blood. God did this in His only begotten Son. Jesus as King and High Priest is the foundational cornerstone of the church, a foundation laid by the revelation given the apostles and prophets through the Holy Spirit (Heb 2:14-17; Acts 2:33, 38-39; Php 2:8-11; Eph 2:20).

People cannot remove sin. God, alone, has the power to remove sin. The reality of God's purpose to cleanse, heal, and defeat sin is found, as He promised, in His Son, Jesus, the Christ! (Isa 1:1-18; 1 Jn 3:8).