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“You nourished hostility in your hearts because of your evil deeds.” —Colossians 1:21 Very few people admit they have hatred in their hearts. Even fewer admit they actually nourish hatred. Hatred is widespread, even epidemic, yet we refuse to admit our hatred. Only in Jesus can the barrier of hostility be broken down (Eph 2:14). It’s natural for us to be angry and unforgiving and resentful. “To err is human, to forgive divine,” and we’re not divine. We can never love one another by “human good will,” but only in Christ and by His power. Let’s admit we can’t save...

Jesus “stood over her and addressed Himself to the fever, and it left her. She got up immediately and waited on them.” —Luke 4:39 Jesus heals the sick not only from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, schizophrenia, arthritis, etc., but He also heals for evangelization and ministry. In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus healed Simon’s mother-in-law from a fever and for immediate service (Lk 4:39). However, many sick people, like healthy people, are not that interested in evangelization and ministry. They just want to get better and leave it at that. They are probably willing to do a few good deeds, but...

“God has not destined us for wrath but for acquiring salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.” –1 Thessalonians 5:9 God is perfectly just. Therefore, the unjust must be punished. We all have sinned and been unjust. Therefore, we all deserve God’s punishment and wrath (see Eph 2:3). Yet we can “flee from the wrath to come” (Mt 3:7) by being baptized into Jesus’ justifying death and by living our Baptisms. Thus, we accept that Jesus on Calvary took our punishment on Himself. “Now that we have been justified by His blood, it is all the more certain that we shall...

“Act on this word. If all you do is listen to it, you are deceiving yourselves.” –James 1:22 Some of you have been reading this booklet, One Bread, One Body, for years. You have read hundreds and thousands of Scripture passages. You are greatly blessed. The Lord is not expecting us to remember all these Bible verses or to know how to interpret them all. He does expect us to live them all by His grace. Knowing God’s Word demands doing His Word. On Judgment Day, the Lord will not ask us what we know of His Word, but how...