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Solomon’s Worldly Extravagance & His Son’s Stupidity

1 Kings 7:1,2,9-11; Ecclesiastes 2:4-11 Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon….Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken … Continue reading

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Philemon

Philemon 1:1-3,10,11 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer, and to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house: Grace to you, and peace, … Continue reading

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King Asa’s Old Age

2 Chronicles 16:1-10,12 In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa … Continue reading

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Phebe

Romans 16:1,2 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath … Continue reading

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Nehemiah’s Prayers

Nehemiah 1:1-4,11; Nehemiah 2:1-5,8 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, that Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he … Continue reading

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Noah’s Faith

Matthew 24:37-39; Hebrews 11:7; Genesis 7:6,11 As the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and … Continue reading

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Lessons From the Life of Lot Part 7: Lot’s Final Legacy

Genesis 19:29, 17-26, 30-32, 36 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which … Continue reading

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Abraham’s Spiritual Discernment

Genesis 18:1,2; John 8:58 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; and he lift up his eyes and looked… Abraham rejoiced to see … Continue reading

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Lessons From the Life of Lot Part 6: Lot’s Wife

Luke 17:32; Genesis 19:26 Remember Lot’s wife. His wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892): It seems to me that Lot had married a heathen woman―Call your attention to her, … Continue reading

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Lesson 5 from the Life of Lot: The Danger of Zoar

Genesis 19:23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. JOHN CALVIN (1509-1564): Lot, when commanded to retake himself to the mountain, chose rather to dwell in Zoar. A. W. PINK (1886-1952): Lot seems to be … Continue reading

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