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This theological primer lets the Bible tell its own message, providing a basic framework for Scripture that will encourage readers to take up the Bible for themselves and grow in faith, hope, and love. Based on the seasoned scholarship and incisive exegesis of Scott Hafemann, The God of Promise and the Life of Faith helps Christians better understand the power of the Bible’s message and readily...

In Ephesians 5:5 we therefore read that no one “who is covetous (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.” Idolatry is an affront to God. It declares God to be second-rate by denying his sovereign power and wisdom and by considering God’s gifts more important than God himself. It presupposes that we know better than God what we need and when we need it. Idolatry declares God to be insufficient. God cannot look the other way in the face of such disregard, as if
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