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But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8) God did not just tell us He loved us and then left it there. As the preceding verse states, God demonstrated, revealed, and validated His love for mankind by allowing Jesus to be crucified, thus bearing the sins of all undeserving people. After showing us the greatest act of love, He now commands us to love others. (1 John…

Do you ever wonder if there is more to the Christian life? We trust Christ, worship faithfully, and seek to live rightly, yet still feel that there is so much more to experience. In Ephesians 3:14–21, the apostle Paul addresses this longing not with a command to try harder, but with a prayer. Paul reminds us that Christians are not spiritually impoverished. Scripture declares that God has blessed us “with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ” and…

“that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God” (Colossians 1:10). Paul regularly prayed for Christians everywhere. Included were the brethren at Colossae. His prayer gives us valuable insight into what our aim should be in our relationship with God. He is praying for them to walk worthily of the Lord. Walking worthily of the Lord is not a walk of merit, for we are…

Zeal is a wonderful thing to have. This excitement and enthusiasm can be illustrated by one of its meanings: to be heated to the point of boiling. Many people are on fire about religion. The Apostle Paul said that for zeal to be of any value there are some things that must accompany it. What must we have with our zeal? What does the Bible say? Zeal Is Essential. Paul indicates Zeal is a good thing when speaking of some…