John 5:16-18
For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. But Jesus answered them, "My Father has been working until now, and I have been working." Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal to God.
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88.Q. What is involved in genuine repentance or conversion?
A. Two things: the dying-away of the old self, and the coming to life of the new.
89.Q. What is the dying away of the old self?
A. It is to be genuinely sorry for sin, to hate it more and more, and to run away from it.
90.Q. What is the coming to life of the new self?
A. It is whole-hearted joy in God through Christ and a delight to do every kind of good as God wants us to.
91.Q. What do we do that is good?
A. Only that which arises out of true faith, conforms to God's law, and is done for His glory; and not that which is based on what we think is right or on established human tradition.
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As we daily taste the gracious goodness of the Lord, all else becomes worthless in comparison.
This is the work of faith: To trust God, and to live in such trust of Him
John Owen, Sin and Temptation
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Pray that God will provide for the needs of the families of martyrs who are left behind.
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