Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them. And I thought the dead who are already dead more fortunateContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 4: 1-8….Is suicide the answer?”
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Ecclesiastes 3: 16-22….Who am I? Where am I headed?
Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness. I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every work. I said in myContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 3: 16-22….Who am I? Where am I headed?”
Ecclesiastes 3: 9-15….Do you like this answer?
What gain has the worker from his toil? I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from theContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 3: 9-15….Do you like this answer?”
Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8….A Time for Everything
1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:2 a time to be born, and a time to die;a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;3 a time to kill, and a time to heal;a time to break down, and a time to buildContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8….A Time for Everything”
1 Corinthians 8: 7-13….This is not an encouragement to anorexia!
However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do. But take careContinue reading “1 Corinthians 8: 7-13….This is not an encouragement to anorexia!”
1 Corinthians 8: 1-6….Do we worship idols?
Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up. If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. But if anyone loves God, he is known by God.Therefore, as to the eating of foodContinue reading “1 Corinthians 8: 1-6….Do we worship idols?”
1 Corinthians 7: 34-40….Advice continued.
And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband. I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good orderContinue reading “1 Corinthians 7: 34-40….Advice continued.”
1 Corinthians 7: 25-34….Advising not commanding.
Now concerning the betrothed, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy. I think that in view of the present distress it is good for a person to remain as he is. Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek toContinue reading “1 Corinthians 7: 25-34….Advising not commanding.”
1 Corinthians 7: 17-24….Called to Faithfulness
Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches. Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time ofContinue reading “1 Corinthians 7: 17-24….Called to Faithfulness”
1 Corinthians 7: 10-16….To those converted after marriage..
To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife.To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brotherContinue reading “1 Corinthians 7: 10-16….To those converted after marriage..”
As I read it! 