Study Desk

They say they know God, but by the way they act, they show that they do not. They are sinful people. They will not obey and are of no use for any good work.

We are to be looking for the great hope and the coming of our great God and the One Who saves, Christ Jesus.

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.

Our people must learn to work hard. They must work for what they need and be able to give to others who need help. Then their lives will not be wasted.

We are also writing to the church that meets in your home. This letter is also for our Christian sister Apphia and it is for Archippus who is a soldier together with us.

I am asking you for my son, Onesimus. He has become my son in the Christian life while I have been here in prison.

I would like to keep him with me. He could have helped me in your place while I am in prison for preaching the Good News.

He ran away from you for awhile. But now he is yours forever.

Please have a room ready for me. I trust God will answer your prayers and let me come to you soon.

Are not all the angels spirits who work for God? They are sent out to help those who are to be saved from the punishment of sin.

God was so good to make a way for us to be saved from the punishment of sin. What makes us think we will not go to hell if we do not take the way to heaven that He has made for us? The Lord was the first to tell us of this. Then those who heard Him told it later.

"You made him so he took a place that was not as important as the angels for a little while. You gave him the crown of honor and shining-greatness. *You made him the head over everything You have made.

But we do see Jesus. For a little while He took a place that was not as important as the angels. But God had loving-favor for everyone. He had Jesus suffer death on a cross for all of us. Then, because of Christ's death on a cross, God gave Him the crown of honor and shining-greatness.

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

So Jesus had to become like His brothers in every way. He had to be one of us to be our Religious Leader to go between God and us. He had loving-pity on us and He was faithful. He gave Himself as a gift to die on a cross for our sins so that God would not hold these sins against us any longer.

Your early fathers tempted Me and tried Me. They saw the work I did for forty years.

For this reason, I was angry with the people of this day. And I said to them, ‘They always think wrong thoughts. They have never understood what I have tried to do for them.'

For we belong to Christ if we keep on trusting Him to the end just as we trusted Him at first.

Who made God angry for forty years? Was it not those people who had sinned in the desert? Was it not those who died and were buried there?