“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? —Matthew 5:43-47 Who do you hang around with? Only others…

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. —Matthew 4:1 In Matthew 6:13 we read, “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.” God does not tempt anyone and we see that in James 1:13— “When tempted, no one should say, ‘God is tempting me.’ For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone.” Satan is called the “tempter” in Matthew 4:3. He is the one behind temptation and “each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed” (James 1:14). Satan is the tempter, the enticer to…

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. —Genesis 1:1 “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.” —Matthew 1:20 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. —Hebrews 11:3 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. —Hebrews 11:6 From what I have read atheists make up 11% of the world’s…