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Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces. Matthew 7:6 NIV This scripture passage is an excerpt from the Sermon on the Mount. To fully understand it you must understand the context. …
” ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’ ” Luke 16:30-31 NIV This is the story of the…
“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. Remember what I…
This is what the Lord says: “Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and…
Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of Him who…
Yet at the same time many among the leaders believed in Him. But because of the Pharisees they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue; for they loved human praise more than praise from God. John 12:42-43 NIV We all love to be loved. We all…
What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, “Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’ I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went. …
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are…
Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart. Psalm 97:11 ESV For the last several months, I have found myself using the phrase, “well bless her little heart” or “bless his little heart”. I tend to use the phrase when someone does something that I totally cannot comprehend or something…
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we…