Gen 24:27b As for me, I, being in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master's brethren.

2Sam 5:19 And David inquired of the Lord, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand?" And the Lord said to David, "Go up, for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand."

I have been crucified with Christ . . . -Galatians 2:20

The inescapable spiritual need each of us has is the need to sign the death certificate of our sin nature. I must take my emotional opinions and intellectual beliefs and be willing to turn them into a moral verdict against the nature of sin; that is, against any claim I have to my right to myself. Paul said, "I have been crucified with Christ . . . ."

Join us in reading The Story--the Bible in  chronological order. Below is the link to the website, with the blog for the first week.

http://www.biblechurch.org/chbcjom/the-story.html

the week of January 22

This is a great privilege to join you in this quest to read through the Bible in 31 weeks!

What belongs in the Bible and what does not belong?

Explanation and Scriptural Basis (54)

The canon of Scripture is the list of all the books that belong in the Bible. We must not underestimate the importance of determining which books belong in the Bible because:

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Chapter 32: Election and Reprobation

Definition: Election is an act of God before creation in which he chooses some people to be saved, not on account of anyforeseen merit in them, but only because of his sovereign good pleasure.

A. Does the New Testament teach predestination?