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Psalms 99:9 πŸ“–

Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.

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Hosea 4:1-3 πŸ“–

Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

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John 3:36 πŸ“–

One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won't see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

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Zephaniah 2:3 πŸ“–

Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of the Lord's anger.

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Matthew 19:9: "But I am saying to youΒ°, Whoever divorces his wife not over fornication, and should marry another, is committing adultery, and he who marries her who has been divorced is committing adultery."

Some try to use this verse to justify divorce and remarriage. At best, the verse makes no comment on divorce over fornication. An interpretation assuming permission for divorce and remarriage is inconsistent with the rest of Scripture.

The Law of Moses required death for the offenders who committed fornication. The Pharisees are asking Jesus a question of law, "is it lawful?" so Jesus answers precisely. The Pharisees very well knew the penalty for "sexual immorality" of any kind was death, so there was no need to discuss divorce for these cases. The "exception" here is not an exception to allow divorce or remarriage, but rather an exclusion from the discussion; it is an all-inclusive clause to include every non-capital reason one might want to divorce.

We know God disallowed divorce for sexual offenses in the Law of Moses because the penalty was death, not divorce. Then Jesus came along and banned divorce for all non-sexual offenses. Between the two, divorce was prohibited for each and every cause.

The account in Mark 10 without any exception is a separate occurrence when the disciples are asking Jesus privately on the matter with no reference to the Law of Moses and no need to distinguish one case from another.

Mark 10:10-12: "And his disciples in the house asked him again concerning the same thing. And he says to them, Whoever divorces his wife and should marry another is committing adultery against her; and if a woman divorces her husband and should marry another, she is committing adultery."

Matthew 19:9

I humbly believe that this verse is speaking of the the betrothal period.

John Piper has a good teaching concerning this on his website.

1 John 4:7-8, 11 πŸ“–

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

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Matthew 6:14-15 πŸ“–

β€œFor if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

But if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive you your sins.

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1 Corinthians 14:26 How is it then, brethren? when all of you come together, every one of you has a psalm, has a doctrine, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

Happy and blessed Resurrection morning!

He is risen πŸ™Œ

Jesus asks a good question

St. Luke 6:46-49

"Why do you call me Lord but don't do what I tell you?

"I will show you what everyone who comes to me, hears what I say, and obeys it is like. He is like a person who dug down to bedrock to lay the foundation of his home. When a flood came, the floodwaters pushed against that house. But the house couldn't be washed away because it had a good foundation. The person who hears what I say but doesn't obey it is like someone who built a house on the ground without any foundation. The floodwaters pushed against it, and that house quickly collapsed and was destroyed."

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It's a jungle out there for those who want to post content on the web - especially if you are a follower of Jesus.

Most of the fediverse disdains those who follow the Prince of Peace. The rejection of those with traditional values on Mastodon instances is probably why many have moved to Gab.

If you are a believer check out Faithbook:

https://sheep.network/users/faithbook

On the Gemini protocol I have tried 2 excellent hosts, but never heard a reply after attempting to register. They both screened me by asking what I would write about.

Free hosting so that is OK.

One promising arrival for social media is Streams:

https://codeberg.org/streams/streams/src/branch/dev/README.md

I have a Streams account and love it! Nomad and ActivityPub communications are supported. The ability to clone your site on multiple servers is from the genuis of Mike Macgirvin.

The other hopeful arrival is NOSTR.

Let's use these tools to spread the good news about our wonderful God. ☝

Luke 6:22-23

Blessed are you when men hate you,

And when they exclude you,

And revile you, and cast out your name as evil,

For the Son of Man’s sake. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy!

For indeed your reward is great in heaven,

For in like manner their fathers did to the prophets.

It's a jungle out there for those who want to post content on the web - especially if you are a follower of Jesus.

Most of the fediverse disdains those who follow the Prince of Peace. The rejection of those with traditional values on Mastodon instances is probably why many have moved to Gab.

If you are a believer check out Faithbook:

https://sheep.network/users/faithbook

On the Gemini protocol I have tried 2 excellent hosts, but never heard a reply after attempting to register. They both screened me by asking what I would write about.

Free hosting so that is OK.

One promising arrival for social media is Streams:

https://codeberg.org/streams/streams/src/branch/dev/README.md

I have a Streams account and love it! Nomad and ActivityPub communications are supported. The ability to clone your site on multiple servers is from the genuis of Mike Macgirvin.

The other hopeful arrival is NOSTR.

Let's use these tools to spread the good news about our wonderful God. ☝