Scott LaPierre Ministries

First Thessalonians 4:11 (ESV) tells Christians "to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands." Paul’s point is that believers should pursue faithful, peaceful, productive lives rather than craving attention or meddling in other people’s affairs.

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Jesus healed blind Bartimaeus after the blind beggar persistently cried out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” The account appears in Matthew 20:29–34, Luke 18:35–43, and Mark 10:46–52. Bartimaeus’s physical blindness also pictures humanity’s spiritual blindness: those who cry to Christ for mercy receive spiritual sight, follow Him, and glorify God.

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In context, “with God all things are possible” is about salvation, not a promise that God will make every desired outcome happen. In Matthew 19:26 and Luke 18:27, Jesus explains that what is impossible for people—entering the kingdom of God by their own ability—is possible with God. Other well-known verses can also be misunderstood when removed from their context.

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The account of Jesus and the rich young ruler is sobering (Luke 18:18-23 and Mark 10:17-27). The rich young ruler looks zealous, humble, and sincerely interested in spiritual matters. But he was willing to walk away from Jesus because earthly wealth meant more to him than heavenly wealth.

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Jesus is the wisdom of God because God’s wisdom is perfectly revealed and embodied in Christ. First Corinthians 1:24 calls Christ “the power of God and the wisdom of God,” and Colossians 2:3 says that in Him “are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”

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All three synoptic Gospels record one of the most beloved accounts: Jesus blessed little children (Matthew 19:13-15, Mark 10:13-16, Luke 18:15-17). Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these." Learn why Jesus said the kingdom of God belongs to infants and those like them.

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Scripture gives strong reasons to believe babies who die are with the Lord. One important passage is 2 Samuel 12:23. After David’s child died, David said, “I will go to him, but he will not return to me.” This message examines that passage and other biblical evidence that gives grieving families reason for hope.

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“Imputed” means counted or charged to someone’s account. In Romans 5:13, Paul says that “sin is not counted where there is no law” (ESV). He also says sin was already in the world before the law was given to Moses. His point is not that sin began at Mount Sinai: death reigned from Adam to Moses, showing the reach of Adam’s sin even before the Mosaic law.

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Work itself is a blessing, not a curse. God gave Adam work before the Fall (Genesis 2:15); the curse made work painful and frustrating. Genesis 3:19 (ESV) says, “By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground.”

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Scripture does not name a fixed age of accountability, but it does describe young children as not yet knowing good and evil. Isaiah 7:15–16 speaks of a time before a child knows “how to refuse the evil and choose the good,” and Deuteronomy 1:39 describes little ones as having “no knowledge of good or evil.” This study explains why those passages support a biblical age of accountability and connects them with the Bible’s teaching about children and innocence.

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