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- 440) Jas 5:1-3 . . Come now, you rich, weep and wail over your impending miseries. Your wealth has rotted away, your clothes have become moth eaten, your gold and silver have corroded, and that corrosion will be a testimony against you; it will devour your flesh like a fire. You have stored...

- The Ten Commandments are part of a covenanted law (Ex 34:28, Deut 4:13, Deut 10:4) That's very serious because the covenanted law is enforced by a curse for non compliance. (Deut 27:26, Gal 3:10) Now; according to Deut 4:2, Deut 5:29-30, Deut 27:26, and Jas 2:10; the covenanted law can't be...

- The apostle Paul expended quite a bit of time, energy, and writer's ink trying to convince people that it's impossible to obtain heaven by means of compliance with the Ten Commandments. He didn't succeed; not with everyone. People still refused to believe him even though he claimed to have...

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- Melchizedek was God's high priest in Abraham's day. (Gen 14:18-20, Heb 5:10) Mel, along with Abraham, existed prior to the curses listed in the covenanted law that Yhvh's people agreed upon with God as per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. ● Deut 5:2-4 . .Yhvh our God made a...

- I was baptized an infant into the Roman Catholic Church; and was eventually enrolled in catechism where I completed First Holy Communion and Confirmation. Although catechism did a good job of instilling within me the reality of hell's eternal fires; it wasn't until I saw a painting by Gustave...

- Genesis 26:21-25 ● Gen 26:21 . . And when they dug another well, they disputed over that one also; so he named it Sitnah. The Hebrew word for "Sitnah" is from sitnan (sit-naw') which is the very same as sitnah (sit-naw') which means: opposition (by letter). Apparently the herdsmen were...

- 438) Jas 4:11b-12 . . He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another? Someone is...

- Genesis 26:14b-20 ● Gen 26:14b . . so that the Philistines envied him. Some feel that the Philistines' envy was rooted in anti-Semitism. Well . . . there are always those seeking to enhance their own image as a victim; and this chapter would certainly seem a good source of propaganda for...

- There are at least two categories related to people's sin histories. There are sins on the books and there are sins not on the books. Sins not on the books were either expunged or were never recorded to begin with. Curiously it is possible to be forgiven of one's sins only to have them stay...

- 437) Jas 4:11a . . Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. The koiné Greek word for "speak evil" is katalaleo (kat-al-al-eh'-o) which means: a traducer, a slanderer. Webster's defines "slander" as: the utterance of false charges or misrepresentations which defame and/or damage...

- When certain personality types stand before God in judgment; I seriously doubt they'll be inclined to kneel or bow and talk to Him in soft respectful tones. No: they will be assertive, indignant, loud, confrontational, and furious; they will argue vehemently, pointing out where He is a...

- Genesis 26:6-14a ● Gen 26:6 . . So Isaac stayed in Gerar. When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said "She is my sister" for he was afraid to say "my wife" thinking: The men of the place might kill me on account of Rebecca, for she is beautiful. NOTE: The thing about human...

- One of my "sinful pleasures" is to go about shocking die-hard Catholics by claiming: "If I never confess another sin for the remainder of my life-- either mortal, venial, or otherwise --I will still go to heaven; not even God can stop me now." The secret to my claim is the very amazing...

- 435) Jas 4:7 . . So humble yourselves before God. Resist the Devil, and he will shun you. The Devil has the tactical advantage of being completely invisible, and no more solid than the vacuum of space. So the human eye not only cannot see the Devil, but human touch cannot feel him either...

- The details of Yom Kippur as per Lev 23:27-32, Lev 16:29-34, and Num 29:7 don't really matter all that much to Christians because the New Testament only concerns itself with the ritual's limitations. In the New Testament epistle to Hebrews; it's explained that Yom Kippur's purpose is for...

- 433) Jas 3:1 . . Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you realize that we will be judged more strictly. I've seen people actually boast of leading a Sunday school class; as if the position were an achievement. Let me warn those people about something. If they accept a...

- ● Rev 21:3-4 . . Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has...

- Genesis 26:5 ● Gen 26:5 . . inasmuch as Abraham obeyed Me and kept My charge: My commandments, My laws, and My teachings. Some construe God's statement to indicate that Abraham was included in the covenant that Yhvh's people agreed upon with God as per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and...

- One thing I have to hand Teresa is credit for never making excuses for her deplorable spiritual condition in the private letters she wrote to spiritual counselors. She sought their help, just like any sick person would seek help from medical professionals; but the only remedy they had to offer...