Gal 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, (20) idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, , dissensions, divisions, (21) envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned...
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Lord, The Wicked are Laughing
Psa 91:14-16 "Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name. (15) When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble;...
Continue ReadingLord, The Wicked are LaughingThe Parasitic Nature of a False Professor of Christ
Mat 23:27 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and all uncleanness. 1Co 2:9-10 But, as it is written, "What no eye...
Continue ReadingThe Parasitic Nature of a False Professor of ChristAppeasing the Wicked is Folly
Psa 37:12-15 The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him, (13) but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming. (14) The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows...
Continue ReadingAppeasing the Wicked is FollyInsights into Evil from Jeremiah 9:1-9 – Look out!
Many thanks to a reader who contacted me and pointed out this scripture passage. As she suggested, it gives us some excellent insights into the nature of evil - especially in the visible church - and how the Lord deals...
Continue ReadingInsights into Evil from Jeremiah 9:1-9 – Look out!We do Not Really Understand What it Means to “Bear One Another’s Burdens”
Galatians 6:2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. This is a verse of Scripture that is frequently quoted but almost never truly understood. The typical dealings of a local church with a victim of evil...
Continue ReadingWe do Not Really Understand What it Means to “Bear One Another’s Burdens”The Wicked Blame Everyone but Themselves
Mal 1:6-7 "A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts to you, O...
Continue ReadingThe Wicked Blame Everyone but ThemselvesWe Cannot be Careless About Who we Allow Our Children to be With
Mat 19:14 but Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven." When I was a youngster I was put in many situations that could easily have...
Continue ReadingWe Cannot be Careless About Who we Allow Our Children to be WithThe Mortal Danger of Living as if Evil is Non-Existent
As a contributor to the Yale Review has pointed out, [Winston Churchill's appeal for a recovery of moral health] was his way of saying that the English after Munich had to learn all over again to recognize evil. They had lost...
Continue ReadingThe Mortal Danger of Living as if Evil is Non-ExistentThe Abuser, Thrashing Tantrums, and the Devil
And someone from the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a spirit that makes him mute. And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and...
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