/ It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them. / Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to ...
"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets." (Matt...
Numbers 32:23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out. (gwers a’n Bibel) langbot 1 Kings 14:22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they ...
22‘I will let loose among you the beasts of the field, which will bereave you of your children and destroy your cattle and reduce your number so that your roads lie deserted. 23‘And if by these things you are not turned to Me, but act with hostility against Me, 24then I will ...
The law referred to being the word, law or commandment of God. The first sin recorded in scripture is; Genesis 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, of every tree of the garden you may freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat ...
It is as if the sinner was about to attack God, or at least lifting his hand against God. The implication of the expression is that it was done in full knowledge of the Law (especially since this contrasts throughout with the sins of ignorance). Blatant defiance of the word of the ...
It is not new. St. Paul says the exact same thing: ‘I see a law in my members, fighting against the law of my mind, and captivating me in the law of sin. Unhappy man that I am, who will deliver me?’ And then he answers it: Who will deliver me? The grace of God, by Jes...
“Where the Fall took place, pride was first established there; for the herald of the first is the second.” The Monk St. Paisios of the Holy Mountainspoke about one of the actions of spiritual laws: “And in spiritual life, the higher a person rises from his pride, the stronger his ...
When you idolize angels and seek out these things you are guilty of breaking the First Commandment of God. YOUR BELOVED MOTHER MOTHER OF SALVATION “Humanism is an affront to God” Thursday, December 25th, 2014 @ 15:10 My dearly beloved daug...
He too sinned against the LORD and followed the evil example of King Jeroboam, who had led Israel into sin. International Standard VersionHe practiced what the LORD considered to be evil, not changing course from all of the sins practiced by Nebat's son Jeroboam by which he caused Israel ...