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A profit is an improvement resulting from a transaction… examine whether the transaction of exchanging our souls to gain the world puts us in a better position eternally. Because in God's ledger only salvation… counts as profit; only work in the Kingdom of God brings in revenue; everything else is loss.

Jesus' resurrection… gives us hope that we too can live our lives unburdened by sin/sinfulness/the sin-nature. We have a hope for the present, for our day-to-day walk, that sin does not have to rule over our lives: Jesus' resurrection means we are free.

…our faith in God may be tested to the ultimate. How will we come out on the other side of difficult situations? Will we emerge from our troubles and trials giving Christ the victory for having clung to Him and the promises in His Word?

Left on our own, our species would undoubtedly swallow itself whole in greed and debauchery. But there is One who comes to us with a different way. Like the sun breaking through the clouds, he brings warmth and life and a way out of the mire.

It has been splintered (split into fragments), splintered into a myriad of different Christianities, into tens of thousands of distinct denominations. Now diversity is not in itself a bad thing. You will remember Pope Francis' remarks about the "beauty of her

The Lord despises six things: arrogant eyes, a lying mouth, hands that shed innocent blood https://www.aproudchristian.com/2021/08/seven-deadly-sins-in-bible.html?m=0