Tag: Light of the world
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How’s Your Eyesight?
2 Samuel 4:10 “When one told me, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and killed him at Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.” How’s your eyesight? Mine’s not very good. Thankfully there is the blessing of eyeglasses to correct things. Otherwise, I wouldn’t…
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Israel’s Tabernacle and its Shadows
Hebrews 9:1-6 “Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly place of holiness. For a tent was prepared, the first section, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence. It is called the Holy Place. . .These preparations having thus been made, the priests go regularly into the first section, performing their ritual duties” There…
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Hidden?
1 Samuel 10:21-24 “and Saul the son of Kish was taken by lot. But when they sought him, he could not be found. So they inquired again of the Lord, ‘Is there a man still to come?’ and the Lord said, ‘Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.’ Then they ran and took him from there. And when he…
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Worthless
1 Samuel 2:12 “Now the sons of Eli were worthless men. They did not know the Lord.” “Worthless”: it’s such a sobering word. One of the things that comes to my mind when I think about this word is a tool that no longer works for the purpose for which it was intended. Take a chainsaw, for example. …
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The Unfruitful
Mark 11:12-19 “On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. And he…
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Eclipse!
Luke 23:44-45 “It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun’s light failed.” I found it interesting to hear that over 60 percent of those who experience a total eclipse react to that experience emotionally. Some of the reporters that spoke on…
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The “Closet”
Hebrews 13:13 “Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured.” 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…
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Rooted and Built Up
Colossians 2:6-7 “Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith.” The Christian life has two aspects, one seen and the other unseen, that are equally vital to its growth and maturation. The verses above are written to Christians, i.e., those who have…
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Filled with Light – or Darkness?
Matthew 6:22-23 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!” Have you ever seen the glory…
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A Very Great Contrast
Philippians 2:14-15 “Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, ‘children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.’ Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky” One of the amazing things about a star is that you can see one from a million miles away. One of the…
To Encourage You 