Tag: The Ten Commandments
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The Why
2 Corinthians 9:7 “Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” Have you ever thought about the fact that it is possible to do exactly what the Bible says and yet do it in a sinful way? That’s why the fastidious keeping of…
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Greater than Moses
Hebrews 3:3 “For Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses—as much more glory as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself.” Do you realize that to the non-Messianic Jew, Moses is perhaps the greatest man that ever lived? It was Moses that wrote the sacred Pentateuch, the…
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The Law of God
2 Corinthians 3:7 “. . . the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone . . .” Some years ago, I was fishing off a pier at Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware. I was catching lots of fish and having the time of my life. I was catching croakers and had a five-gallon…
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The Good
2 Corinthians 3:6 “For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.” Are you a good person? How do you know? What’s the standard against which you are measuring yourself? Some time ago, a technician was checking out my furnace, which was malfunctioning. He had a meter with which he tested the components. He knew the…
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Keeping the Law
1 Timothy 1:9 “the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient” If you obey the speed limit 99 times out of 100, do those 99 “obediences” help you when an officer pulls you over for speeding? If you’ve ever been stopped, have you ever used this defense: “Sir, I…
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God’s Necessary Commands
Philippians 4:6 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” 1 John 5:3 “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.” Have you ever thought it strange that the Bible contains commandments that it would…
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Says who?
Numbers 12:1-9 “Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses . . . And they said, ‘Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?’ And the Lord heard it . . .And He said, ‘Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in…
To Encourage You 