When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men,. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you. God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption. You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. I looked on the earth, and behold, it was without form and void; and to the heavens, and they had no light. I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were quaking, and all the hills moved to and fro.
I looked, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the air had fled. I looked, and behold, the fruitful land was a desert, and all its cities were laid in ruins before the Lord , before his fierce anger. And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign.
Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. I am the Lord ; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols. Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord , the first, and with the last; I am he.
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Selah Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked. Salvation belongs to the Lord ; your blessing be on your people! Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side?
You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.
The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
So should I be afraid? About the Author. Pastor Jeff Jeff Mikels is a husband, father, guitar-playing computer nerd, and the founding pastor of Lafayette Community Church in Lafayette, Indiana. Question: How many men would it have taken to move the stone? Question: Where in the Bible does it say James and Jude were martyred? Keep in mind that when God expressed His contempt for someone by calling him a fool, He did it with complete, accurate knowledge that the one to whom He attributed foolishness was, in reality, a fool.
Accusations made by God through the Bible writers are not born of unrighteous anger, but of intellectual knowledge, divine consideration, and a desire for fools to turn from their prodigal ways 2 Peter We, however, must restrain ourselves when, in frustration or anger, we consider calling someone a fool without a just cause. It is possible to be angry without sinning.
Psalm We must be sober when we are angry, never letting unjust and hurtful criticism or slander against others slip from our lips Matthew Using unjust and injurious statements slander against another person is risking being disciplined by God. We can lose eternal rewards because of the words we speak 1 Corinthians There are several instances in the Bible where people are reminded of their foolish words and actions. Maliciously calling another person a fool is equivalent to murder and worthy of discipline by God.
We need to set guiding principles in our life so we can guard our self from being unkind to others, even when speaking about them in private conversation.
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