Text: Exodus 23:1-19 1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: 3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man […]

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Text: Luke 6:20-26 Kingdoms in conflict The LORD is contrasting this present evil world with the world to come. At this point, Luke begins to get into the authoritative teaching of the Lord Jesus Christ. The teaching deals with the coming kingdom. Now, get this. If you have eternal life, you aren’t GOING to a […]

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Titus chapter 1, by Joe Hons

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Text: Jeremiah 37-39 Proverbs 16:7 When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. Double-minded king A rebellious king Zedekiah asks Jeremiah to pray for him (vss 1-5) Jeremiah’s answer (vss 6-10) It looks like the LORD has answered a prayer, but He hasn’t. People see […]

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Text: Exodus 22 In the next three chapters, there are 33 laws with conditions and punishments. And three national holidays to celebrate. 1 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. 2 If […]

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Text: Luke 6:12-16 The LORD Jesus Christ commissions the apostles. Matthew records the Lord saying the work was too much and there needed to be more help in God’s harvest. And Matthew then records this commission as the thing Jesus does in response to this. This commission is preceded by a night of prayer (vs […]

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Text: Ecclesiastes 7:13-29 King Solomon has been able to identify cycles in life. Some of these cycles are very broad, taking months or years to complete. Entertained and distracted people have very little ability to identify cycles. That’s more problematic when the cycles are about their own lives. For instance, you may have put sin […]

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Text: Jeremiah 36 & 45 Let’s begin in 2 Kings 23:34-36 to get the setting. Egypt, in 600 B.C., was in full control of Jerusalem. King Jehoiakim was a puppet king for the Pharaoh. King Jehoiakim raided Judah’s treasury to pay Pharaoh Necho for his protection which turned out to be a waste of money. […]

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Text: Exodus 21-23 In the next three chapters, there are 33 laws with conditions and punishments. And three national holidays to celebrate. Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. 2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for […]

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Text: Jeremiah 35 The Rechabites were a religious sect in Israel that existed for a couple of hundred years by the time Jeremiah uses them as an illustration of faithfulness. They were a conservative, somewhat reactionary group with nomadic practices. The founder of the family tradition was Jonadab. The Rechabites are put on display for […]

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