Study Desk

These words are from my heart to you. I say this before God and Jesus Christ. Some day He will judge those who are living and those who are dead. It will be when Christ comes to bring His holy nation.

There is a crown which comes from being right with God. The Lord, the One Who will judge, will give it to me on that great day when He comes again. I will not be the only one to receive a crown. All those who love to think of His coming and are looking for Him will receive one also.

The Lord will look after me and will keep me from every sinful plan they have. He will bring me safe into His holy nation of heaven. May He have all the shining-greatness forever. Let it be so.

He made this known at the right time through His Word. God, the One Who saves, told me I should preach it.

A church leader is God's servant. His life must be so that no one can say anything against him. He should not try to please himself and not be quick to get angry over little things. He must not get drunk or want to fight. He must not always want more money for himself.

He must like to take people into his home. He must love what is good. He must be able to think well and do all things in the right way. He must live a holy life and be the boss over his own desires.

He gave Himself for us. He did this by buying us with His blood and making us free from all sin. He gave Himself so His people could be clean and want to do good.

by saving us from the punishment of sin. It was not because we worked to be right with God. It was because of His loving-kindness that He washed our sins away. At the same time He gave us new life when the Holy Spirit came into our lives.

Because of this, we are made right with God by His loving-favor. Now we can have life that lasts forever as He has promised.

May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you His loving-favor and peace.

But in these last days He has spoken to us through His Son. God gave His Son everything. It was by His Son that God made the world.

The Son shines with the shining-greatness of the Father. The Son is as God is in every way. It is the Son Who holds up the whole world by the power of His Word. The Son gave His own life so we could be clean from all sin. After He had done that, He sat down on the right side of God in heaven.

God did not say to any of His angels, "You are My Son. Today I have become Your Father." And He did not say to any angel, "I will be a Father to Him. He will be a Son to Me."

But when God brought His first-born Son, Jesus, into the world, He said, "Let all the angels of God worship Him."

He said this about the angels, "He makes His angels to be winds. He makes His servants a burning fire."

But about His Son, He says, "O God, Your throne will last forever. Whatever You say in Your nation is right and good.

You have put everything under his feet." There is nothing that does not obey him, but we do not see all things obey him yet.

God made all things. He made all things for Himself. It was right for God to make Jesus a perfect Leader by having Him suffer for men's sins. In this way, He is bringing many men to share His shining-greatness.

Jesus makes men holy. He takes away their sins. Both Jesus and the ones being made holy have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them His brothers.

Jesus is saying to His Father, "I will tell My brothers Your name. I will sing songs of thanks for You among the people."