Tag: hypocrisy
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The Darkness of Night
1 Samuel 28:3-8 “And Saul had put the mediums and the necromancers out of the land. The Philistines assembled and came and encamped at Shunem. And Saul gathered all Israel, and they encamped at Gilboa. When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly. And when Saul inquired…
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Consistency
1 Samuel 27:1-2 “Then David said in his heart, ‘Now I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders of Israel, and I shall escape…
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Marks of True Repentance
2 Corinthians 7:10-11 “For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment!” When I was growing up in the church, one of…
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To Walk the Talk
2 Corinthians 6:3-4,6 “We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: . . .by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love; by truthful speech, and the power of God” You’ve heard the expression “He walks the talk.” It’s the very opposite of…
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Life in the Shadows
2 Corinthians 4:2 “We have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.” So often it is not the things that people do in public that define them, but what they do when…
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The “Religion” of Hypocrites
James 1:27 “Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.” There are times in one’s life when the right person says just the right thing at the right moment and it can change everything. That…
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Integrity
1 Thessalonians 2:10 “You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous and blameless we were among you who believed.” Integrity: one dictionary defines it as “the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness; the state of being whole and undivided.” This character trait is something almost anyone can appreciate. We value…
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This Little Light of Mine . . .
Matthew 5:14-16 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your…
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The Secret Things
Romans 2:16 “on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.” Luke 8:17 “For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light.” Do you have any secrets? Not secrets like those about what you plan to…
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Salt of the Earth
Matthew 5:13-14 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.” Here in Matthew 5 Jesus uses the metaphor of the properties of salt to demonstrate how believers…
To Encourage You 