The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:7 This is SO evident in our culture today! Which side are you on? “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?” Proverbs 1:22 Great […]
He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man.” Luke 18:2 Even during the time of Jesus there were ‘unrighteous’ judges. What happens when a culture rejects God and His law? What happens when the culture is ruled by greedy and prideful leaders who only twist the
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Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you. Greet Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles, and they were in Christ before me. Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord. Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys. Greet Apelles, who is approved
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“Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Matthew 26:41 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:10 Do your weaknesses cause to
What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. Ecclesiastes 1:9 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the
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“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!” Matthew 23:13 This entire chapter in the gospel of Matthew is Jesus excoriating the religious leadership of His time. He also called them “Blind guides!” Multiple times in the chapter the condition of blindness is mentioned — not the physical sense but in the truth understanding sense.
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As you do not know the way the Spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything. Ecclesiastes 11:5 The enemies of God work very hard at making sin legal in every way. They prefer to keep murder legal,
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For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:12 This well known verse has mostly been quickly stated and not really explored in most sermons. Cosmic powers? What
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Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. Matthew 10:31 What is the most repeated phrase in the Bible? “Fear not.” There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 1 John 4:18
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of His glory He may grant you to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that
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