New Hope - A Biblical Community

2 Peter 2:1-3 The worst kind of deceptions claim to provide freedom but actually result in the complete opposite. A true message has a reliable source. A false teacher custom crafts their own message.

Since time began, Satan has consistently attempted to destroy the work of GOD. In our day, Satan attempts to destroy the church, primarily from within. While challenges rise up from outside, the most dangerous threats have always been inside. It is from within that false teachers arise. False teachers are custom-crafted to the culture of […]

Luke 15:1-7 Jesus was routinely found talking with those who were rejected and scorned by the religious people of His day. What drew them was not the self-righteous scorn with which the Pharisees often battered them, but a tender truth, spoken in love.

Romans 8:29-30 God’s supreme purpose for salvation was not only to save us, but also to make us into the likeness of Jesus. In doing so, we are told this will bring greater glory to God the Son.

Romans 8:29 Never is the implication given that God accepts some and rejects others. God deals with each of us on a person-to-person basis, and we are each individually accountable for our response to His offer. From our point of view, we enter into relationship with God of our own free will. From God’s side, […]

Romans 8:28 How you respond to God’s activity in your life directly affects your earthly future and your eternal future.

Romans 8:26-27 God the Spirit prays to God the Father for you, in accordance with the will of God.

Romans 8:24-25 True biblical faith is confident submission to God’s Word in spite of circumstances.

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John 1:4-5 Everything we do is to cause others to give praise to the God who is the source of all that is good.

John 1:14-18 The Incarnation was the arrival of God in a way none would ever imagine possible.

I Thessalonians 2:9-16 When Jesus is your first love, the proclamation of the gospel becomes your highest priority.

Romans 8:23 Free from the restrictions of sin, your new body will be perfectly built for your new environment.

Romans 8:18-23 We look forward to a time when the total effect of sin will be done away and creation will stand as God intended it to be!

Romans 8:14-17 Being led by God’s Spirit is the hallmark of true relationship with God.

II Kings 6:8-23 We are soldiers in the middle of a cosmic conflict between God and Satan. God has given us the Holy Spirit to enable us to understand spiritual truth in order to fight the battle.

Romans 8:13 We can approach God confidently because He has the power to help us. But we often hesitate to ask for help because of fear that a) He is not interested, or b) He will rub our noses in our past failures.

Romans 8:10-13 The Christian is one in whom the Spirit is constantly at work through instruction, exhortation, and discipline.

Romans 8:9-11 Romans makes it abundantly clear that we cannot and do not come to God in our own capacity. God’s Spirit illuminated your mind, and in response you chose to believe.

Romans 8:5-8 9) Sinful flesh can only reproduce more sinful flesh. Only God’s Holy Spirit can produce spiritual life.

Romans 8:4 No Christian will be perfect during life on this planet, but that’s no excuse for continuing to live in sinful activities. We have God’s power within us through the Holy Spirit.

Romans 8:2-4 We face defeat in our battles against sin on earth when we engage the enemy without the strength and weapons of the Spirit.

Romans 8:1 When you believe, you literally become a spiritual descendant of Jesus, adopted into His household and greatly loved by your Father.

I Thessalonians 2:1-8 Love is the foundation of a gospel well proclaimed.

Romans Review Chapter 1-7 Sin is any action or attitude contrary to the rule of God. Wrath is God’s active opposition to everything opposed to Him (not an emotional outburst).