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Ignorant of the source

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If, therefore, it is piety to know God, and the sum of this knowledge is that you worship Him, it is plain that he is ignorant of justice who does not possess the knowledge of God. For how can he know justice itself, who is ignorant of the source from which it arises? Plato, indeed, spoke many things respecting the one God, by whom he said that the world was framed; but he spoke nothing respecting religion: for he had dreamed of God, but had not known Him. Lactantius. 1886. “The Divine Institutes.” In Fathers of the Third and Fourth … Continue reading Ignorant of the source

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Learn, therefore, if you have any sense, that Christ was not believed by us to be God on this account, because He did wonderful things, but because we saw that all things were done in His case which were announced to us by the prediction of the prophets. He performed wonderful deeds: we might have supposed Him to be a magician, as you now suppose Him to be, and the Jews then supposed Him, if all the prophets did not with one accord proclaim that Christ would do those very things. Therefore we believe Him to be God, not more … Continue reading

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All joy…

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“From James, a slave of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes dispersed abroad. Greetings! My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.” – James 1:1-4 Continue reading All joy…

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With meekness

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“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.” – James 1:22–25 Continue reading With meekness

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Just do it and be blessed

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“Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? [LTherefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought … Continue reading Just do it and be blessed

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Let us not call evil good

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Bad times in Israel according the book of Malachi written about 450 BC(BCE) even by scholarly consensus! Let us not be like this. Lord help us… “For I am the Lord, I change not” – Malachi 3:6 “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.” Hebrews 13:8 “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: But the word of our God shall stand for ever.” Isaiah 40:8 “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.” Matthew 24:35 Continue reading Let us not call evil good