They must be ready even to part with their garment to procure a sword, i.e. they must be prepared to defend themselves against many enemies. With his characteristic impetuosity Peter says, "Here are two swords;" and Jesus said, "It is enough." He could not have meant that two swords ...
being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.Berean Standard BibleAnd we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.Berean Literal Bibleand having readiness within to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience may have ...
Paul says in Romans 10:17 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” And the old expresssion says ‘Seeing is Believing.’ And yet the children of the children of those led out of Egypt had such little faith in both what they saw and heard that by the f...
Ready to be armed for the battle ? Let’s go So often many of us struggle or encounter these thoughts in our head. Often we judge ourselves based on circumstances or situations that come by our life or we might be in. “ I am not enough “.. “I am such a failure “ .. “...
As a great saint of the Orthodox Church said in the 18th Century when prophesying of things to come: “Give them one gun but bury three ready for use.” A new Napoleon will be glad to have this grass-root support. He’ll get it easily. Too many Americans are voicing silently what a...
Always Be Ready 35 “Be ready! Be fully dressed and have your lights shining. 36 Be like servants who are waiting for their master to come home from a wedding party. The master comes and knocks, and the servants immediately open the door for him. 37 When their master sees that they ...
self-satisfaction will be sweet. The arrogance will be awesome. Like the kid, who is assigned the job of taking names while the teacher is out of the room, I will be sitting tall. My head will be scanning the crowd, searching for any infraction. My pencil and paper will be ready. ...
And I must teach my students to effectively and ethically use AI platforms (such asChat GPT) to truly prepare them for their future careers. The world is heading that direction and they need to be ready. I have to admit, I’m a little worried. I’m a veteran of the 5-1/4-inch ...
Being baptized would serve as both an end of one journey, and the beginning of another. I have spent the last few months on this spiritual quest, and I am ready to move forward. On the other hand, I will never stop seeking God, so in some ways it is the beginning of the rest of...
soon. Now, you may not agree with me but I know what I say here is the truth. It’s not right to send children to war. It’s not good to tell them things that scare them half to death until the proper age, when it’s time, when it’s time and they are ready to hear it....