Exodus 21:16 ESV “Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone found in possession of him, shall be put to death. Deuteronomy 24:7 ESV “If a man is found stealing one of his brothers of the people of Israel, and if he treats him as a slave or sells…
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Galatians 4:16-18 ESV Have I then become your enemy by telling you the truth? (17) They make much of you, but for no good purpose. They want to shut you out, that you may make much of them. (18) It is always good to be made much of for a…
Read MoreEphesians 4:14 ESV so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Hebrews 5:12-14 ESV For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone…
Read More2 Thessalonians 1:6-10 ESV since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you, (7) and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels (8) in flaming fire, inflicting…
Read MoreWhen in hearing the Word preached, and sins reproved in the congregation, some hearers misapply the same. As for example, the minister reproves the sin of swearing, of drunkenness, or any such sin; then someone guilty thereof, does not only surmise, but also breaks forth into this speech: Now the…
Read MoreMatthew 13:24-25 ESV He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, (25) but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. I drove by a…
Read MoreProverbs 26:24-26 ESV Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart; (25) when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart; (26) though his hatred be covered with deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. It is…
Read MoreThere are those, even among Christ's followers, that are worse than any one can imagine them to be, and lack nothing but opportunity to show it." (Matthew Henry) Matthew Henry, that great preacher and Bible Commentator of old, made this statement as he was commenting on Judas' betrayal of Christ…
Read More"You need to fight for her. She is yours" Those words might sound at first like a noble statement of a wonderful husband. They aren't. Read More
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