Study Desk

The secrets of his heart will be brought into the open. He will get on his knees and worship God. He will say, "For sure, God is here with you!"

After that, more than 500 of His followers saw Him at one time. Most of them are still here, but some have died.

I am different now. It is all because of what God did for me by His loving-favor. His loving-favor was not wasted. I worked harder than all the other missionaries. But it was not I who worked. It was God's loving-favor working through me.

Next, at the end of the world, Christ will give His holy nation over to God the Father. Christ will have destroyed every nation and power.

Everyone should respect him. Send him on his way to me in peace. I expect to see him and some of the other Christians soon.

You know that the families of Stephanas were the first Christians in the country of Greece. They are working for the Lord in helping His people.

As we have suffered much for Christ and have shared in His pain, we also share His great comfort.

You also help us by praying for us. Many people thank God for His favor to us. This is an answer to the prayers of many people.

He has put His mark on us to show we belong to Him. His Spirit is in our hearts to prove this.

The Law of Moses was written on stone and it brought death. But God's shining-greatness was seen when it was given. When Moses took it to the Jews, they could not look at his face because of the bright light. But that bright light in his face began to pass away.

We are not like Moses. He put a covering over his face so the Jews would not see that the bright light was passing away.

All of us, with no covering on our faces, show the shining-greatness of the Lord as in a mirror. All the time we are being changed to look like Him, with more and more of His shining-greatness. This change is from the Lord Who is the Spirit.

It was God Who said, "The light will shine in darkness." He is the One Who made His light shine in our hearts. This brings us the light of knowing God's shining-greatness which is seen in Christ's face.

We carry marks on our bodies that show the death of Jesus. This is how Jesus makes His life seen in our bodies.

Every day of our life we face death because of Jesus. In this way, His life is seen in our bodies.

Death is working in us because we work for the Lord, but His life is working in you.

It is God Who has made us ready for this change. He has given us His Spirit to show us what He has for us.

For the love of Christ puts us into action. We are sure that Christ died for everyone. So, because of that, everyone has a part in His death.

How can Christ get along with the devil? How can one who has put his trust in Christ get along with one who has not put his trust in Christ?

Not only did his coming comfort us, but the comfort you had given him made me happy also. He told us how much you wanted to see us. He said that you were sad because of my trouble and that you wanted to help me. This made me happy.