This is a short lesson, with Job continuing on how bad it is....https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/mclean/kjv/Job.17Job Continues: Where Then Is My Hope?Job 17:1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.Job 17:2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?Job 17:3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee;… Continue reading Job 17 – Job continues in depression…
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Just a couple of Judgment Readings
Today's reading has a few passages that tend to be overlooked.We can start with this teaching of Jesus...Mat 22:11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:Mat 22:12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding… Continue reading Just a couple of Judgment Readings
1 John 5:21 – Idols, where are yours?
I was surprised to note that John ended his letter with this word of exhortation. I couldn't find his use of the word "idol(s)" anywhere else. Others yes, but not John.Gill writes:1 John 5:21Little children, keep yourselves from idols, Amen. From Heathen idols and idolatry, into which the saints in those times might be liable to… Continue reading 1 John 5:21 – Idols, where are yours?
Acts 7 – How to Speak the Truth in Love
Often times today, words of truth are looked upon as bring judgmental, unloving and not pragmatic to the growth of the church. Therefore those who say them are silenced or condemned.As you read below this has gone on a long time.Looking at Stephen's example.Act 6:11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak… Continue reading Acts 7 – How to Speak the Truth in Love