Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist steadfast in the faith. – I Peter 5:8-9. There are also evil angels. They are the spirits who…

He shall give His angels charge over thee. – Psalm 91:11. It is not to be disbelieved that besides man God has also created other rational and personal beings who do not dwell in bodies on the earth. Scripture tells…

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. – Genesis 1:1. These are the well-known very first words of the Bible. And the truth they contain, namely, that there is a great, eternal, omnipotent God, who has created…

Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. – Matthew 15:19. Original sin, the depravity of our nature, produces what are called actual sins, that is to say, sins that are acted, done, carried into…

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. —John 3:6. By “flesh” is meant the sinful depravity of human nature. And, indeed, human nature is totally and entirely depraved, it…

He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. —I John 3:8. How did sin enter the world? This is a question which human reason cannot answer. Our Catechism is right in answering from the…

Sin is the transgression of the Law. – I John 3:4. What, properly speaking, is sin? “Sin is the transgression of the Law,” says our text. The divine Law tells us what is right. Sin is every transgression of the…

This Book of the Law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein; for then thou shalt make thy way…

By the Law is the knowledge of sin. – Romans 3:20. God knows, of course, that we cannot keep His Law perfectly as His holiness demands of us. But He wants us also to know that this is the case.…

Enter not into judgment with Thy servants; for in Thy sight shall no man living be justified. – Psalm 143:2. Is it true that all men, without exception, have deserved death by their transgression of the divine Law? And is…