Category Archives: Sin & Unbelief

When Nations Depart From God

Isaiah 3:4,5; Isaiah 3:8-12; Isaiah 29:10 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall … Continue reading

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Man’s Natural Pride & Its Enmity Against God

Jeremiah 17:9; Obadiah 1:3; Psalm 10:4; Romans 8:7 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God … Continue reading

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The Public Pride of Perversion

Romans 1:21,22,24-32; Ecclesiastes 1:9-11 When they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools…Wherefore God also gave … Continue reading

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Unteachableness—a Deadly Fruit of Formality

Job 12:2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. JOHN GILL (1697-1771): These words of Job are to be taken ironically, exposing their vanity and self-conceit: “ye are the people;” the only, and all … Continue reading

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An Astonishing Self-Deception: Waiting in Unbelief

John 4:48; John 5:2,3,5 Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a … Continue reading

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Evil Speaking of Powers That Be

Acts 23:5 (Exodus 22:28); Ephesians 4:31; 1 Timothy 2:1-3; Romans 13:1,2 It is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away … Continue reading

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The Idolatry of Modern Environmentalism

Ecclesiastes 1:9,10 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may … Continue reading

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The Pride of Political Demagogues & False Prophets

2 Samuel 15:1,4; John 7:17; Acts 8:9-11; Proverbs 11:2; Acts 12:19-23 Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him…Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath … Continue reading

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The World’s Most Deadly Virus

Jeremiah 17:9; Titus 1:15; Isaiah 1:5,6 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. The whole … Continue reading

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Vain Foolish Boasters

James 3:3; Proverbs 15:2,4; Psalm 94:4 The tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness…A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but … Continue reading

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