“The righteous considers the cause of the poor, But the wicked does not understand such knowledge.”
(Proverbs 29:7)
The writer of the Proverbs frequently addressed the cause of the poor, and how God cares for them.
…And he was the richest man on earth, King Solomon.
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The person who has no time to think is really quite a vulnerable person.
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The Woke religion gives immoral people a false sense of feeling virtuous.
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Independent Fact Checkers have found that most of the last 2 years has been a scam.
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Truly independent fact checkers have found that the common assumption, that those who have a personal belief that climate change is not solely due to human activity (and therefore, as such, must be ecologically irresponsible people, and therefore, as such, must be a danger to society) to be a false assumption and an ideological or political expression of hate toward such people.
Ron DeSantis is a case in point.
Because he is a climate skeptic he is being blamed for Hurricane Ian.
However, where is the proof that Ron DeSantis is damaging the environment?
How is Ron DeSantis damaging the environment any more than anyone else?
He’s not.
So it’s beyond stupid to blame climate skeptics for hurricanes.
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A century ago nearly everyone was “far right”, according to the current pejorative use of that term. It seems that now anyone with moral values is politically “far right”.
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We never want to develop a detached, clinical attitude toward war. It should never be normalized.
People’s lives are precious, therefore war is a disgusting evil and an obscenity.
And yet it’s foolish to disarm for the sake of peace. It only encourages aggressors.
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Someone was talking about the “structure of corporate worship”, and I suggested they look at 1 Cor. 14.
Maybe not what they had in mind.
It will deconstruct their traditional ideas about what church should be.
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If people’s minds go blank when they read 1 Cor. 14 it’s because they are seeing what they don’t want to see, which challenges their preconceptions, and their preconceptions only see what they want to see, so they subconsciously block it out, perhaps as an unconscious self protection mechanism. And this could be true of any passage of scripture which challenges someone’s preconceptions.
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The collapse of the family precedes the collapse of society.
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“Spiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us.”
— Jonathan Edwards
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The Lord Jesus foretold the future. Some of what He said would happen happened in the first century, and some is taking place now, but the most serious things are yet to come: a time of trouble so great that unless God shortens it no one will survive. Be ready.
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Jesus said emphatically, ‘You must be born again!’.
You MUST be.
Why ‘MUST’?
Because the consequences of dying in an un-born-again state are too horrifying to contemplate.
God’s solution to sin, and to us as sinners, is to recreate us into holy people, into His own children.
He does this when we are born again, by faith in Jesus Christ resulting in true repentance of our sins.
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To miss out on God is to miss out big time.
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That many people erroneously believed Jesus was returning at a certain time, or even set dates, has no bearing upon when He will return.
It’s certainly a cautionary lesson against date setting.
And Peter said one of the signs of the Lord’s return is people will grow weary of the expectation, and mock the idea, and say, ‘Where is the promise of His coming?’ …that is, they become disillusioned and don’t believe He can return in their lifetime.
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There is something greater than life itself.
It’s Him.
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The ironic thing about pride is that we have nothing to be proud of if everything is by the grace of God.
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For all the people who will die this year, for them personally, it’s the same as if Jesus returned this year.
So the timing of the Lord’s return, though important, is not the most important thing.
The most important thing is we are ready to leave this earth and stand before Him today.
It’s good He told us what would happen before He comes so we can count the cost of following Him.
No one will be able to say they weren’t warned that terrible times are coming.
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The wisest person in the world is simply the one who believes and puts into practice what Jesus said.
See Matthew 7:24-27.
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“Let all that you do be done with love.”
1 Corinthians 16:14
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There is a direct correlation between prayers of faith and God moving in people’s lives. Pray in faith and you will see God working in people’s lives.
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As there is only one Jesus, there can only be one Gospel.
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The greatest absurdity man has come up with so far is the notion that everything accidentally made itself.
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It is very common for people’s understanding of scripture to be shaped by their fears or desires, and not by what it actually says.
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After a glorious letter, magnifying the glorious Son of God, the King of Glory, John ends it with this sober admonition:
“Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.” (1 John 5:21)
Amazing, that after having experienced His love, glory and power we still need to be reminded to keep ourselves from idols, but we do.
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Facing reality, however scripture describes that reality, is paramount, and for the person of sound mind, harsh realities don’t change anything regarding their faith in God, or their belief in His power and love.
What we have oftentimes in such discussions as these are neurotic rebounding reactions.
For example, if someone reads the book of Revelation, then decides they need to hide away from society and not preach the Gospel, it simply means they are neurotic. It has no bearing on the reality of the facts which God has declared will take place.
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Facing reality, however scripture describes that reality, is paramount, and for the person of sound mind, harsh realities don’t change anything regarding their faith in God, or their belief in His power and love.
What we have oftentimes in such discussions as these are neurotic rebounding reactions.
For example, if someone reads the book of Revelation, then decides they need to hide away from society and not preach the Gospel, it simply means they are neurotic. It has no bearing on the reality of the facts which God has declared will take place.
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So glad He decided to make us.
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As a created being, perhaps the most important thing you can do is open your mouth and speak to your Creator.
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Forgiveness from Jesus Christ is FAR more than getting off the hook, it is the entrance into the amazing love of God and becoming His child and becoming like Him so that we can have fellowship and true friendship with Him.
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When God made human beings He had something more in mind than just 70 or 80 years. He had forever in mind.
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The high points of my day are when I turn aside and get alone for a moment and look up into Heaven and just worship my Father, and His Son, overwhelmed with awe at who He is.
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From a Biblical perspective it’s better to think of yourself as just another human being of Adam’s race, and not black or white or anything else, because that is what you are.
And if you have been joined to Christ by the new birth and are a new creature in Him, a member of His body, then even more reason to drop the distinctions.
It doesn’t mean you have to be ashamed of your natural or cultural heritage, it just means it no longer defines who you are.
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This is just my opinion, based on my understanding of 1 Cor. 14 and other passages:
If you desire to worship the LORD in song, do so, as much as your heart desires. Sing all night if you want to. You surely have enough time to. And you can sing while you drive, or go about your tasks (unless you want to spare the listeners).
However, when you come together as the assembly (church) get straight into prayer and the word of God.
A few songs would be fine, singing to one another in scriptural songs.
The early church did not have a “worship service”.
It was about building one another up in the LORD.
Might sound strange to you.
But test it with scripture.
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Spiritual means supernatural.
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Jesus said that the love of many would grow cold in the last days.
For example, how many people are there who care about your soul?
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If psychology is effective, why didn’t Jesus use it?
Someone might say, ‘Jesus didn’t know about psychology, but had He known He would have used it’.
No.
Even if Israel happened to be flooded with psychologists back then, He still wouldn’t have used psychology.
See, whatever Jesus did, it worked.
Let’s follow Him, understanding how He set the captives free.
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a. What is the Spirit of God doing in the world today?
b. What part, if any, do you have in the work the Spirit of God is doing in the world today?
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Kingdoms come, kingdoms go, but the word of the LORD remains forever.
The word of the LORD is the only true constant in this ever changing world.
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Those politicians who incentivized illegal immigration should open their doors to these poor people and have them camping in their yard.
They don’t want a wall at the border, but they want walls around their mansions.
They are using these poor people as political pawns.
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Said no one to Jesus,
“Jesus, you’re into religion, that’s your thing, but I’m just not into religion…”
Or…
“Yeah… raising the dead, making cripples walk, and making the blind to see… that’s an interesting religion, that’s a nice religion, Jesus, but too bad I’m not religious!”
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People put a lot of emphasis on personal appearance, but under our skin we all look pretty much the same.
Ian Vincent 
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