The washing of regeneration. – Titus 3:5. Baptism works forgiveness of sins, delivers from death and the devil, and gives eternal salvation to all who believe this, as the words and promises of God declare. When a Christian who is …

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The washing of water by the Word. – Ephesians 5:26. What does baptism, the washing of water by the Word, give or profit?  Just because it is the washing of water by the Word, it has a great and mighty …

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Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. – Matthew 28:19. To baptize means to wash, to wash with water.  But Christian baptism is …

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It is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth. – Romans 1:16 b Our Lord Jesus Christ by His holy, precious blood has purchased for us forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation, and also has given …

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For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. – Matthew 6:13. This is the conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer.  By adding these words we should say to God in childlike simplicity that, being the Lord …

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But deliver us from evil. – Matthew 6:13. Do you find it easy to bear cross and tribulation?  Probably not.  Cross and tribulation smarts. We groan beneath it.  It seems to us to be an evil.  And now our dear …

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And lead us not into temptation. – Matthew 6:13. There are two kinds of temptation: temptation for good and temptation for evil.  Temptation for good is sent by God; temptation for evil comes from the devil, the world, and our …

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And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. – Matthew 6:12. We daily sin much.  This, surely, is certain.  And we deserve nothing but punishment.  And we do not deserve that God should accept and hear our prayers …

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Give us this day our daily bread. – Matthew 6:11. How tenderly mindful our heavenly Father is, even of our poor body and its wants and needs!  His Son, our dear Savior, bids us pray: “Give us this day our …

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Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. – Matthew 6:10. God’s will toward us is a good and gracious will.  God wants us to be His dear children and to obtain life everlasting.  He wants us …

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