Exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin – Hebrews 3:13
We cannot help but notice from this exhortation the deceitfulness of sin, the swiftness with which it can deceive us, and the urgency with which we must battle against it.
Sin lies to us, […]
Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone – Hosea 4:17
This is one of the saddest statements in Scripture. The people of Ephraim had become so attached to their idols that God finally says, “Let them alone.”
In one sense, this command may relate to the prophet Hosea’s interactions with these people: “Let them alone; do […]
I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels – Psalm 81:12
Sin results in separation from God. But here we are also reminded that it means being joined completely to our own desires and schemes.
At first glance, this might not sound so bad. While we certainly don’t want […]
She said, ‘The Philistines be upon thee, Samson.’ And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, ‘I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself.’ And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him – Judges 16:20
The horrendous tragedy of the shorn, helpless, but foolishly confident Samson is an […]
Thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked – Revelation 3:17
Dr. Paul Brand dedicated much of his life to investigating the disease of leprosy in India. Anyone could see that lepers lost parts of […]
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