Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and
More Than Money
Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the Lord. 1 Chronicles 29:9. From the very opening of David’s reign one of his most cherished plans had been that of erecting
Duty or Desire
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof. Proverbs 1:25. In the night season the angel of God came to Balaam with the message, “Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not
Seven Short Years
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. Genesis 29:20. How different his [Jacob’s] arrival from that of Abraham’s messenger nearly a hundred years before!
Keeping the Peace
Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou will
God or Idols?
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands…. They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them. Psalm 115:4-8. In the days of Noah a double curse was resting upon
We Belong to the Royal Family
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1