Study Desk

We are filled with hope, as we wait for the glorious return of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.

God our Savior showed us how good and kind he is.

He saved us because of his mercy, and not because of any good things that we have done. God washed us by the power of the Holy Spirit. He gave us new birth and a fresh beginning.

God sent Jesus Christ our Savior to give us his Spirit.

Jesus treated us much better than we deserve. He made us acceptable to God and gave us the hope of eternal life.

This message is certainly true. These teachings are useful and helpful for everyone. I want you to insist that the people follow them, so that all who have faith in God will be sure to do good deeds.

I pray that God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ will be kind to you and will bless you with peace!

Philemon, each time I mention you in my prayers, I thank God.

But now at last, God sent his Son to bring his message to us. God created the universe by his Son, and everything will someday belong to the Son.

God's Son has all the brightness of God's own glory and is like him in every way. By his own mighty word, he holds the universe together. After the Son had washed away our sins, he sat down at the right side of the glorious God in heaven.

God has never said to any of the angels, "You are my Son, because today I have become your Father!" Neither has God said to any of them, "I will be his Father, and he will be my Son!"

When God brings his first-born Son into the world, he commands all of his angels to worship him.

And when God speaks about the angels, he says, "I change my angels into wind and my servants into flaming fire."

But God says about his Son, "You are God, and you will rule as King forever! Your royal power brings about justice.

You loved justice and hated evil, and so I, your God, have chosen you. I appointed you and made you happier than any of your friends."

God never said to any of the angels, "Sit at my right side until I make your enemies into a footstool for you!"

God himself showed that his message was true by working all kinds of powerful miracles and wonders. He also gave his Holy Spirit to anyone he chose to.

We know that God did not put the future world under the power of angels.

Somewhere in the Scriptures someone says to God, "What makes you care about us humans? Why are you concerned for weaklings such as we?

And you have put everything under our power!" God has put everything under our power and has not left anything out of our power. But we still don't see it all under our power.