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“To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts” —Heb. 3:15 I have a preacher friend who is a diabetic and has neuropathy—The loss of feeling in his hands and feet. A couple of weeks ago he was drilling a screw into a wooden board he was holding. The screw went through …
Be not righteous over much… —Ecclesiastes 7:16 Is it possible to be overly righteous? Evidently so. This was a problem in Job’s life. There is no question that he was a righteous man. God said he was righteous (Job 1:8). It’s OK to be righteous. But the problem with being righteous is when you start …
“If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.” —James 1:26 Job resolved, “My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit” (Job 27:4). That was an impressive resolution when you consider the power of your tongue. One of the …
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. —Psalm 122:1 When Jesus went into the synagogue to teach “there was a man whose right hand was withered” (Luke 6:6). Dr. Luke points out it was the man’s “right hand.” Most people are right handed, therefore, this …
“Be not conformed to this world” —Romans 12:2 To adjust something means to change it so that it fits, corresponds, or conforms; adapt; accommodate something else. We usually think of making an adjustment to make something better like adjusting your diet for health reasons or having a “back adjustment.” But, not all adjustments make us …
“Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good” —Malachi 2:17 I recently heard a parent commending her child as being a “good kid.” I wondered to myself, “according to whose standard,” because I knew her “little darling” …