Background “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.”Ecclesiastes 12:13 KJV “Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down… Read More »Principles and the Believer, back to the basics-The Fear of God II (the principle of reverence)
Background “And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? Then Satan answered the LORD,… Read More »Principles and the believer, going back to the basics: The Fear of God
Background Mark 2: 18-19 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? And… Read More »The mystery of weariness part II-weariness in religiosity
Background Acts 17:10-11 KJV “And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the… Read More »The discerning heart of wisdom: discernment by the Word
Background Ecclesiastes 1:8 All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it, the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. To the young lady who has waited on God for her marriage, the… Read More »The mystery of weariness
Background “And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with… Read More »The discerning heart of wisdom: discernment by wisdom from above.
Background Job 6:30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? Cannot my taste discern perverse things? Ezra 3:13 So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people:… Read More »The discerning heart of wisdom: discerning situations.
Background Galatians 4:3-7 KJV Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world. But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under… Read More »Christ-like is the pattern, sonship is the goal
Background Jeremiah 23:18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath perceived and heard His word? Who hath marked His word and heard it? Psalm 33:11 The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts… Read More »Understanding counsel, taking on the assignment
Background Romans 12:18 If it is possible, as much as it depends on you live peaceably with all men. Mathew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in… Read More »Progressing against strive( Resolve, Retract or Avoid)