Indeed, the ways of each person are plain to the LORD’s sight; all their paths he surveys; Proverbs 5:21 NABRE Proverbs opens with ten lessons, each a full chapter. The fifth lesson is about remaining faithful and not falling for sexual sin or false teachers. The quoted verse speaks of…
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This is the second week of our series we are calling, “I come to do your will.” We read these words on the lips of Jesus many times in the gospel passages, it is in the psalms and we see them in the letter to the Hebrews in our fourth…
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Justice guards one who walks honestly, but sin leads the wicked astray. Proverbs 13:6 NABRE God created the world and established equity and justice. He is regarded as the source and guardian of justice because justice and righteousness are His very nature, His attributes. Justice and judging are closely related,…
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The Lord said: Since this people draws near with words only and honors me with their lips alone, though their hearts are far from me, And fear of me has become mere precept of human teaching, Isaiah 29:13 NABRE The people thought Jerusalem was indestructible even while they were under…
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Be on your guard, stand firm in the faith, be courageous, be strong. Your every act should be done with love. 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 NABRE Paul is closing his letter to the community at Corinth. He says be on your guard, he means be watchful, be awake, be ready, you…
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