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In modern English, nation refers to a large geo-political unit, but Jesus did not speak Twenty-First When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said. If God’s Word did not regard skin color as so unimportant that it nearly never mentions it, most of us descendants exploded in numbers for over four hundred years in Africa (Exodus 12:40) and although Egyptians did

The Lord might at times seem as unapproachable and prejudiced against us as he did when he kept ignoring If we keep persisting as she did, however, we will not just gain our request, but his praise and proof With Jesus’ new teaching seeming to contradict Scripture, is it any wonder that they did not want to 44    . . . a great multitude met him. . . . while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did What Jesus was saying did not make sense to them because their own logic – based on current circumstances

Did not Hezekiah fear the LORD and seek his favor? And did not the LORD relent, so that he did not bring the disaster he pronounced against them? 

king, and yet we read: 2 Chronicles 26:16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did Even when obviously sick people asked for Jesus’ help, he did not automatically heal them, but queried

be stunned as to how much divine comfort and protection and loving wisdom we have missed because we did Do you think Jesus, who said God feeds the birds of the air, did not know all the effort a sparrow goes This difference is not because Scripture was written by primitive people who did not know any better God did not plant evil intentions in the brothers’ hearts. What the Lord did in Joseph’s life is typical of what he does in the life of each of us.

Jesus proclaimed, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”

Only I never did.   Inner torment like a volcano seething within me fueled an explosive temper. It seemed the only way I could function was to eliminate God from my life, so I did just that. Early on, the devil did his best to trick me into going it alone. I couldn’t fight it alone, nor did I have to try to.   Sometimes I back it up with a relevant quote from the Bible, much like Jesus did when the devil tried

however, also means that to reach that destination we will travel through the same territory that he did But they did far worse. Yes, it was Paul himself who did this, which would have made it hurt Peter even more, since Paul was To keep on loving as Jesus did, demands dying to self.

Did we suddenly get a new God when the New Testament was made? To spare you, not only did his only Son have to volunteer to suffer inconceivable horrors, but he also People hurt us – as they did our crucified Lord – because God delays judgment and didn’t wipe them out Nevertheless, this man after God’s own heart did not rejoice. be your servant, (27) and whoever wants to be first must be your slave – (28) just as the Son of Man did

He vowed he would remain true to Jesus no matter what, and within hours he swore he didn’t know Jesus We did not decide to be born and we can’t even design our offspring’s fingerprints.

Moreover, who alone out of David's many sons did God choose as heir to David's throne and ancestor of That’s what Mark did to Paul and Barnabas. His desertion seems to have deeply hurt Paul. Yet though it rocked him, this one-time rock didn’t peter.

intense, prolonged and repeated those awful feelings are, it is perfectly safe to treat them as if they did That did not seem to help, so I calmly breathed still deeper.