The point of the world isn’t to “like” some things and angrily comment about others, trying to be as loud as you can be. The point of the world is tobe. BecauseGodwants it to be. Tragically, human beings have never been satisfied with that. Human beings have always wanted something...
Nothing we do is hidden from God. Blaming others for our shortcomings will not help us. We must take personal responsibility and be able to accept the consequences of actions or choices made by ourselves. But Eve is more than just the first woman to give into temptation. She isn’t just ...
Word of God. I know not everybody comes out of this, but some do and I honor that. Yet my personal experience is so different, and the shaping of my life has been so different. I could read these verses I think just as accurately exegetically. So I guess it’s one of the things...
Verses 19-21Instead of blaming God under our trials, let us open our ears and hearts to learn what he teaches by them. And if men would govern their tongues, they must govern their passions. The worst thing we can bring to any dispute, is anger. Here is an exhortation to lay apart,...
Pay special attention to verses, 4-5.4They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. 5For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: ...
Judges 6:26 Or build with layers of stone an Judges 6:26 Or full-grown; also in verse 28 Judges 6:32 Jerub-Baal probably means let Baal contend. Judges 8:8 Hebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel; also in verses 9 and 17 Judges 8:26 That is, about 43 pounds or about 2...
16These people are always grumbling and blaming others; they follow their own evil desires; they brag about themselves and flatter others in order to get their own way. Warnings and Instructions 17But remember, my friends, what you were told in the past by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Ch...
C.The person with dead faith has only an intellectual experience. He knows about salvation, but has never submitted his will to God and truly trusted Christ with his whole life. 3 times in these verses James warns us that “faith without works is dead or useless”. Beware of a mere inte...
” Later in the chapter, in verses 30 and 31 we learn that “For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him. Boldly and without hindrance he preached the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.” Paul’s troubles ...
The prisoners being found guilty by their own confession, besides the personal and infallible knowledge of the Judge, and nothing material being offered in arrest of judgment, God immediately proceeds to pass sentence; and, in these verses, he begins (where the sin began) with the serpent. God...