1 Peter 4:1–2
Luther Walker on 05/19/2025

1 Peter 4:1–2

Memory VerseTherefore, Christ suffered in flesh on our behalf, you all also arm yourselves with the same insight, because the one who suffers in flesh is in a state of ceasing from sin, for the purpose to no longer of the desires of men, but of the desirous will of God, to live the remaining time in

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1 Peter 3:17
Luther Walker on 05/18/2025

1 Peter 3:17

Memory VerseFor it is better while doing good, if he should desirously will the desirous will of God, to suffer than while doing wrong (1 Peter 3:17). The desirous will describes the things we want, from which our determination arises. However, we do not always carry out everything we desire. Circum

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1 John 5:14–15
Luther Walker on 05/17/2025

1 John 5:14–15

Memory VerseAnd this is the confidence we have toward Him: that if we ask according to His desirous will, He hears us. And if we intuitively know that He hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have the things we have asked from Him (1 John 5:14–15).When making a request to God, it is important to

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Praise (αἴνεσις)
Luther Walker on 05/16/2025

Praise (αἴνεσις)

Praise (αἴνεσις) is defined in Scripture as the fruit of our lips confessing the name of God. It is the act of expressing approval or admiration.Therefore, through Him, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise through all to the God, that is, the fruit of our lips confessing His name – Hebrews 13:15Con

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1 Thessalonians 4:3–5
Luther Walker on 05/16/2025

1 Thessalonians 4:3–5

Memory VerseFor this is the desirous will of the God, your sanctification, to abstain from the fornication, to intuitively know, each one of you, to possess your own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in passion of desire, just as also the Gentiles, the ones not intuitively knowing God—1 Thessa

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Provoke (παροξύνω)
Luther Walker on 05/15/2025

Provoke (παροξύνω)

Provoke is used to convey the idea of stirring up, or inciting in a sharp irritation or intense emotional reaction. When Paul was left alone in Athens, he observed the city's idolatry—even a temple dedicated to the UNKNOWN GOD—and was provoked in his spirit (Acts 17:16). This stirring up of his rati

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1 Corinthians 12:18
Luther Walker on 05/15/2025

1 Corinthians 12:18

Memory VerseBut now the God has set the member, each one of them, in the body just as He desirously willed (1 Corinthians 12:18)God’s desirous will abides into the age, for it does not change based upon culture, the wants of men, social trends, religious superstitions, or anything else made by man o

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Spiritual Gifts
Luther Walker on 05/14/2025

Spiritual Gifts

We are not to be ignorant regarding spiritual gifts (1 Corinthians 12:1). Each believer receives one spiritual gift (1 Peter 4:10), which enables us to function as members of the body of the Christ (1 Corinthians 12:12).There are various kinds of gifts:Gifts Active in the Early Church to Understand

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Ephesians 2:8–9
Luther Walker on 05/14/2025

Ephesians 2:8–9

Memory VerseFor by the grace we are saved through the faith, and this [faith] is not out from you; it is a gift from God, not out from works, in order that no one should boast (Ephesians 2:8–9)Grace is God’s attitude whereby He gives a benefit without consideration of merit. Faith is taking God at H

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Colossians 4:6
Luther Walker on 05/13/2025

Colossians 4:6

Memory VerseLet your words always be in grace, seasoned with salt to know how it is necessary you answer each one (Colossians 4:6).Learning to tame the tongue requires time and maturity, for it is with the tongue that the course of a man is set. How we speak to others should be with grace—not based

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Ephesians 1:7
Luther Walker on 05/12/2025

Ephesians 1:7

Memory VerseIn whom we have the complete redemption through his blood: the sending away of trespasses, according to the riches of His grace (Ephesians 1:7). In Colossians 1:14, we are informed that through Christ’s blood we have the complete redemption of sins. These two passages are not contradicto

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Galatians 5:4
Luther Walker on 05/11/2025

Galatians 5:4

Memory VerseYou have been rendered ineffective from Christ, the ones by law being justified; you have fallen from grace (Galatians 5:4). Do not be fooled as the Galatians were; we are not justified through law before God or men. Christians do not live by the Ten Commandments, nor any other law. We a

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Galatians 2:21
Luther Walker on 05/10/2025

Galatians 2:21

Memory VerseI do not set aside the grace from God. For if through law is righteousness, then Christ died in vain (Galatians 2:21).The saints in the region of Galatia had been bewitched into believing that salvation must be maintained through works. This heresy continues to negatively impact many ass

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2 Corinthians 12:9
Luther Walker on 05/09/2025

2 Corinthians 12:9

Memory VerseAnd He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My inheritance ability in weakness is brought to maturity.” Therefore, more gladly I boast in my weakness, in order that the inherent ability of Christ should tent upon me. 2 Corinthians 12:9Our weakness does not inhibit God. Whethe

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Politárchēs (πολιτάρχης)
Luther Walker on 05/08/2025

Politárchēs (πολιτάρχης)

Politárchēs (πολιτάρχης) is a term used for the rulers of the city of Thessalonica, though it is not a commonly used designation for city leaders. It is derived from πολίτης (polítēs), meaning “citizen,” and ἄρχω (archō), meaning “to rule” or “to begin,” conveying the concept of a citizen-leader.Aft

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1 Corinthians 3:10–11
Luther Walker on 05/08/2025

1 Corinthians 3:10–11

Memory VerseAccording to the grace of God, the one given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one is to look how he builds, for no ones has the inherent ability to lay another alongside the foundation, which is Christ Jesus (1 Corinthians 3

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Romans 12:3
Luther Walker on 05/07/2025

Romans 12:3

Memory VerseFor I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone among you, to not be high minded alongside what is necessary to think, but to think to be sober minded, each one as God measured out a measure of faith ( Romans 12:3). The term “think” in this verse refers to the frame of mind—a perso

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Romans 11:6
Luther Walker on 05/06/2025

Romans 11:6

Memory VerseAnd it by grace, it is not out from works; otherwise, the grace is no longer becomes grace. But if it is out from works, grace is no longer; otherwise, work is no longer work (Romans 11:6)Grace conveys an attitude by which a benefit is given without consideration of merit. God’s promise

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Romans 6:15–16
Luther Walker on 05/05/2025

Romans 6:15–16

Memory VerseThen what? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never come to be! Do you not intuitively know that to whom you present yourselves slaves unto obedience, a slave you are to the one you obey—whether sin unto death, or obedience unto righteousness? (Romans 6:15

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Romans 6:23
Luther Walker on 05/04/2025

Romans 6:23

Memory VerseFor the wages of the sin [nature] is death, but the gracious gift from God is eternal life in Christ Jesus (Romans 6:23)At the end of the sixth chapter of Romans, Paul reaches a conclusion based on the truth that Adam’s trespass and sin brought both spiritual and physical death to all hu

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