Even though the evidence from creation is overwhelming, people deliberately want to disregard it because accepting it would require submitting to His will.

God's highest goal is not salvation, but sanctification into godly character, leading to membership in His family as co-rulers with Jesus Christ.

No one has any excuse for doubting God's purpose for mankind, whether revealed publicly through His Creation or privately through the Holy Scriptures.

God's mysteries have been in plain sight from the beginning of time, but carnality has obscured them from mankind.

The church exists because of what God has purposed and done, not because anything we have done. When pride exists within us, God can do nothing with us.

When we receive God's Spirit, we cannot escape the responsibility of using it, being a light to the world in the correct way of living. Hi Spirit is His power.

We should continually choose to look at the work God is doing in our lives and take advantage of the new knowledge imparted to us by the Holy Spirit.

God wants us to walk—live our lives—by faith, but our pride and vanity frequently get in the way. Critically, pride causes us to reject God and His Word.

God's hand was definitely involved in the scattering of the church. We should respond by growing and preparing ourselves for His Kingdom.

God has allowed carnal nature to remain in His people so He can determine whether they seriously want to defeat the downward pulls of the flesh.

God is absolutely faithful to His promises. We attain salvation is entirely by grace; God owes us absolutely nothing.

False doctrines cut people off from a wholesome relationship with God. Doctrinal purity is measured according to how one emulates Christ.

Israel's trek was not only a physical journey, but a mental wandering caused by rejecting God's leadership. The potential to sin is a test of resolve.

Christ's judgments are made according to what each person has been given. We need to internalize this practice of evaluating, especially regarding a brother.