solicit - incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination; "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents" encourage - spur on; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife"
Paul writes, “Let each one be fully convinced in his own mind.” This means that we should make decisions based on what we believe is right and wrong, according to our own personal convictions. However, this does not mean that our convictions should be based on our own desires or prefe...
' And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.' Build Your House on the Rock (Matthew 7:24-27) "Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain...
The Bible uses the word sin to describe disobeying God’s laws, including the 10 Commandments. “Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness” (1 John 3:4). The King James Version translated the last part, “Sin is the transgression of the law.”...
2 THESSALONIANS 2 The Man of Lawlessness 1Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, 2not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter...
For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?NASB Do not be mismatched with unbelievers; for what do righteousness and lawlessness share together, or what does light have in common with darkness?
/ Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ / Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’James 1:22-25Be doers of the ...
Using Jesus as a model for holiness is setting the bar high, but the best representation of it. Through prophecy and firsthand accounts of Jesus the Bible tells its readers that Jesus is: - Faithful (1 Thessalonians 5:24) - Loves righteousness, hates lawlessness (Hebrews 1:9) - Humble (...
Sin is generally thought of as something bad. But exactly what is sin? How does the Bible define it? What is the Bible’s teaching about sin?
But, in between, there was a dark era of lawlessness, when people got this awful tattoo. Imgur.com/qJS5QIy Perhaps he thought it would blend right into his hair and look like a neatly trimmed hairline. Just imagine walking down the street, turning ...