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What Spirit Are You Drinking?
Drunkenness or addiction to alcohol is used often in scripture to compare the false sense of one's abilities and strengths as well as deadening of oneself to God and His law. Sadly Noah, Lot , and Samson literally deadened their …
“Learn not the way of the heathen” (Jeremiah 10:2, KJV) We know we are in the Christmas season—that time of year true Christians dread—when we find ourselves humming along with the piped-in music at the store and …
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The Rare Virtue of Self-Mastery
At the upcoming New Year's Eve celebrations are likewise imminent. Millions will be gathering in parties large and small to kick the old year to the curb and toast the incoming year's promise. Beer, wine, champagne, and liquors of all …
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Deuteronomy 13:1-5
(1) "If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, (2) and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, "Let us go after other gods"—which you have not known—"and let us serve them," (3) you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the LORD your God is testing you to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. (4) You shall walk after the LORD your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice; you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him. (5) But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has spoken in order to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of bondage, to entice you from the way in which the LORD your God commanded you to walk. So you shall put away the evil from your midst.
This passage begins with the assumption that the prophet does foretell the future accurately or perform some other, humanly impossible work. Nevertheless, if that prophet's central message is to follow after a different god or to …
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Here I Am! (Part Two)
by James C. StoertzIn Part One, we saw how many Old Testament heroes of faith responded to God’s call to service with “Here I am,” a frequent translation of the Hebrew word hinneni. The same response occurs in the New Testament, with faithful men answering with idou, its Greek counterpart: Ananias: The man whom God used to heal and baptize Saul of Tarsus does not receive enough credit for his faith and courage. Ananias knew that this Saul had been persecuting followers of Jesus. But when God summons him to be His emissary to Saul, he responds immediately with “Here I am, Lord.” Notice Acts 9:10-11: Now there …
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