My dearly loved brothers understand this: everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger, for man’s anger does not accomplish gods righteousness. My dearly loved brothers understand this: everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger, for man’s anger does not accomplish gods righteousness. James 1:28 I love this purse. I am thankful for this first. To me and has tips on how to treat others. We need to be quick to listen to God and to others. We need to take the time to really hear what God has to say to us. This is also for others, when…
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Looking Back
But Lot’s wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. Genesis 19:26 For context, please read verses 15 – 26 of Genesis 19. Have you ever looked back when told not too? As followers of Christ, we are to turn away from sin, evil, wicked ways. The city of Sodom was a wicked, wicked city. They were warned to turn from their wicked ways. However, they chose not too. The sin of Lot’s wife was she looked back. First of all, this family was commanded not to stop in the valley or to look back. This is what Mrs. Lot did. She disobeyed and looked back.…
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Righteous And Blameless In Our Generation
These are the generations of Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God. And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, Japheth. Genesis 6:9-10 In Noah’s days, everyone lived wicked lives. Noah, though, still worshipped God. He obeyed and depended on God. Noah was blameless in his generation means that he did not follow the crowd and their wicked ways. Since Noah was righteous, with a deep and holy respect for God, God found favor with Noah. Noah’s obedience to God was the result of God’s grace – his undeserved favor – and Noah’s faith in God. Today, Salvation is the result of God’s mercy and…
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New Garments
Now Joshua was standing before the angel clothed with filthy garments. And the angel said to him, “Remove the filthy garments from him.” And to him he said, “Behold, I have taken your iniquity away from form you, and I will clothe you with pure vestments. Zechariah 3:3-4 Zechariah had a vision of Joshua. His vision shows how we receive God’s mercy. It has nothing to do with ourselves. It’s all God. He removes our filthy garments of sin. God, then, provides us with new garments. They are new, clean, rich garments of righteousness and holiness of God. This is what God’s mercy does for us. All we have…