Depend

a WORD from God's Book
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Those heretical teachers go to great lengths to flatter you, but their motives are rotten. They want to shut you out of the free world of God's grace so that you will always depend on them for approval and direction, making them feel important.

Jesus replied, "You're right that you only have my word. But you can depend on it being true. I know where I've come from and where I go next. You don't know where I'm from or where I'm headed. You decide according to what you can see and touch. I don't make judgments like that. But even if I did, my judgment would be true because I wouldn't make it out of the narrowness of my experience but in the largeness of the One who sent me, the Father.

First, there's the matter of being put in charge of writing down and caring for God's revelation, these Holy Scriptures. So, what if, in the course of doing that, some of those Jews abandoned their post? God didn't abandon them. Do you think their faithlessness cancels out his faithfulness? Not on your life! Depend on it: God keeps his word even when the whole world is lying through its teeth. Scripture says the same: Your words stand fast and true;

Those who fear God get God's attention; they can depend on his strength.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.

Those who trust in God are like Zion Mountain: Nothing can move it, a rock-solid mountain you can always depend on.

Galatians 4:17 John 8:14 Romans 3:2 Psalm 147:7 Proverbs 3:5 Psalm 125:1

To survive the storms of life, be anchored to the Rock of Ages.

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