Every word of God proves true. He is a shield to all who come to him for protection.

“And I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.”

Because one person disobeyed God, many became sinners. But because one other person obeyed God, many will be made righteous.

This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me. Do not banish me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.

For the Scriptures tell us, “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.”