“I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people … Continue reading TikTok Not
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All Who Desire to Live a Godly Life
“You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life … Continue reading All Who Desire to Live a Godly Life
Times of Difficulty Have Come
“But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, … Continue reading Times of Difficulty Have Come
A Vessel for Honorable Use
“Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, … Continue reading A Vessel for Honorable Use
Nonsense, Nonsense
Nonsense, nonsense coming from their mouths,Raise their banners, raise them very loud,Bold in witness, that but not of God,Please the world and draw in their large crowds. “Win the world to us, but not to God,Please the crowds and make sure music’s loud,Tell some jokes, and have a new cartoon,Twist the Scriptures morning, night, and … Continue reading Nonsense, Nonsense
As One Approved by God
“Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers. Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. But avoid irreverent babble, for … Continue reading As One Approved by God
What if We Deny Him?
“Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel, for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound! Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in … Continue reading What if We Deny Him?
A Good Soldier of Christ Jesus
“You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier gets entangled in civilian … Continue reading A Good Soldier of Christ Jesus
They Turned Away From Us
“You are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains, but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me earnestly and found me— … Continue reading They Turned Away From Us
Bring Them Home
They are wand’ring far from home,From the Lord their souls do roam.Looking not to God above,Trusting not in Jesus’ love. Trusting in themselves alone,Spending time on their Smart PhonesDoing what their flesh desires,And do not what God requires. Looking to the flesh of man,Not on God’s grace do they stand.Stand on intellect and flesh,With the … Continue reading Bring Them Home
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