He said to them, “Because of the hardness of your hearts Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.” Matthew 19:8 NABRE Jesus is asked a question about the lawfulness of couples divorcing, by the Pharisees, religious leaders who were tasked with promoting…
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Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. John 6:56 NABRE Jesus speaking to a great crowd whom He had previously fed, is bringing them deeper and deeper into the mystery of who He is and where He wants to take them. He…
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It is the spirit that gives life, while the flesh is of no avail. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and life. John 6:63 NABRE Jesus is teaching about flesh and blood, and the importance of spirit to life. In the beginning when God created the first…
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I say, then: live by the Spirit and you will certainly not gratify the desire of the flesh. Galatians 5:16 NABRE Paul teaches the Spirit lives within us. Paul calls it the Spirit of God. “But you are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the spirit,…
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The concern of the flesh is death, but the concern of the spirit is life and peace. For the concern of the flesh is hostility toward God; it does not submit to the law of God, nor can it; and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. Romans…
View More Romans 8:6-8 – June 28, 2019