How can Christians distinguish a spiritual experience from the leading of the Holy Spirit? Doreen Virtue explains why every experience, feeling, and spiritual claim must be tested by Scripture. True work of the Holy Spirit points believers to Jesus Christ, convicts of sin, comforts in trials, and leads God's people in biblical truth. For more biblical answers to your questions, visit https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/

Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God who became truly man without ceasing to be truly God. In this episode of Contending for the Word Q&A, Dave Jenkins explains Christ's deity, humanity, and saving work. Through His perfect life, death, and resurrection, Jesus accomplished salvation for sinners and remains the only hope for all who trust in Him. For more from Contending for the Word Q&A, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/

This devotional explores how the Word of God enables believers to persevere in faith by acting as a living and active force that penetrates the human heart. It contrasts the Bible with mere informational media, emphasizing its unique ability to expose sin and discern the intentions of the soul through the Holy Spirit. The preacher illustrates this penetrating work using medical metaphors, describing how divine truth convicts and cuts away spiritual disease to bring about sanctification. Despite the discomfort of conviction, this process serves as evidence of God's love and confirms one's identity as a child of God. Ultimately, the Word both judges and heals, guiding believers toward eternal rest in God's presence.

The reading proclaims the infinite power and sufficiency of Christ's blood to provide complete forgiveness for even the greatest sinners. It emphasizes that this precious sacrifice satisfies both God's justice and the believer's guilty conscience, offering redemption through faith rather than works. The text highlights that the atonement is specifically designed for those who believe, using Paul as a primary example of grace extended to a former persecutor. Ultimately, the message assures listeners that no sin is too great to be washed away if they apply themselves to the cross by faith. This assurance removes all barriers to pardon except unbelief and hardness of heart.

Clean Your Conscience (Hebrews 9:14) The sermon explores the nature of the human conscience as a God-given moral alarm that testifies to right and wrong, yet warns that this inner witness can become seared or corrupted through denial, rationalization, and habitual sin. It argues that religious rituals, self-improvement, or mere knowledge cannot remove the burden of guilt before a holy God. The central message emphasizes that only the sacrificial blood of Jesus Christ, offered without spot to God, has the power to truly purge the conscience from dead works. This divine cleansing does not merely silence feelings of shame but deals with the objective reality of sin, granting peace and enabling believers to serve the living God with a renewed heart. The preacher urges listeners to stop hiding their guilt and instead trust in Christ's finished work for complete forgiveness and restoration.

This passage identifies the Levite musicians appointed for temple worship and distinguishes Aaron's sons' priestly work. Study and transcript: https://sharonrpc.org/devotions/1-chronicles-6-31-53-serve-the-lord-with-singing-1-chronicles-6-31-53

Proverbs 16:3 "Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established." King James Version

If it be so, that sin doth thus always abide in us, and will upon occasions work to all its fruit, to all manner of concupiscence, then the mortification of sin is a continual duty, that we ought to be exercised in all our days. Col. 3:3, "Ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God." A blessed state and condition! I desire no better attainment in this world than this holds out. But what duty does the apostle infer from thence? "Therefore," saith he, "mortify your members which are upon the earth." What, I pray? "Fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry." The mortification of sin is a duty incumbent upon the best of saints.

Greetings and welcome! This is our daily devotional for September 7, 2026. Today, we continue our series on Exodus in Chapter 2, where Moses meets Reuel- or is it Jethro? Additionally, we learn more about how Moses thinks and how God works. Thanks for joining us!

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