Our ability to forgive others is the key to the salvific contract, and for many of us, that is not an easy task. The ability to interact with others in the way that Jesus did is the primary attribute that we need to receive from the Holy Spirit.

It might not be wise to put a numerical limit on the number of times that you will forgive someone else, because you may find that you yourself need to be forgiven by God more times than your number allows.

Our objective as Christians is to learn to be less self-centered and more other-directed, which, if we are successful, will reduce our defensiveness, and increase our ability to admit error and become one with the body once again.

Jesus is telling us that we are participants in something that is bigger than ourselves, and as long our thinking revolves around ourselves, we cannot develop the personal characteristics required for maturity.

Disobedience – our arrogant thinking that we know better than the one that has the position of authority over us, and so rather than discussing the situation with them and getting their agreement to our proposed action, we can just ignore their instructions and do that which we want.

If we want to successfully maintain our Christian walk, we need to study the Word of God and spend time with God in prayer to become confident in His truth, and we cannot allow suggestions of doubt from the world to distract us from the truths of God.

Husbands, God has not given you a family that you may lord it over them, but that you may sacrifice yourself for them. Neither your personal comfort nor that of your spouse should be your primary concern, but rather doing the will of God by raising godly offspring.

Those that do not believe in God do not have a reason to disbelieve; they have simply made the choice to not believe in spite of the abundant evidence that God has interacted with our world, rather than because of any evidence to the contrary.