…Incline Your Heart Unto the LORD…

"And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve Him. And they said, We are witnesses. Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel. And the people said unto …

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A Veil, The Holy Spirit, and Liberty

"Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech— unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away. But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the …

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A Change of Mind

Saul of Tarsus was a Pharisee within Judaism.  He hated Christ and Christianity; and did all that was in his power to exterminate what he considered to be a heretic bunch of deceived people. From the moment of Stephen's martyr's death by stoning (Acts 7:54-60), Saul was determined to exterminate this group of people.  However, …

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Law and Tradition

"Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, Why do Thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread. But He answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? For God commanded, saying, …

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The Eyes and Ears of Biblical Understanding

Seeing and hearing are an important part of human living and existence.  Without seeing we could not see the beauties of the created order around us; neither could we see to navigate as we walk, ride or drive through a countryside. Without hearing we could not hear the sounds of animals in the creation, neither …

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When Spiritual Leadership, and the People Do Not Practice the Word

"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to Me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. As they were increased, so they sinned against Me: therefore will I change their …

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Set Your Heart

Daniel was praying, fighting a spiritual battle.  You will be able to see that as  you read the tenth chapter of Daniel.  He desired to understand what he had seen and heard concerning the visions and dreams.  As this "man" appears to him he is weakened, and then strengthened. We hear the messenger call Daniel …

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The Prophet’s Confession for his Nation

"Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places …

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He Knows the Secrets of Your Heart

"If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; shall not God search this out? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart." Psalm 44:20-21 (KJV) The first step to worshipping false gods is forgetting the one true God.  We can forget Him by neglecting His …

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