Surveying the Scriptures

The Rich Man in Manhattan

I had a brief exchange with a man years ago while in New York City.We were in lower Manhattan, near Wall Street.I asked him if he knew where the subway entrance was. “I’m sorry. I don’t know. I’ve never taken the subway.” He was dressed in very expensive clothes and had an expensive brief case

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Clean and Pure in His Sight

To be clean and pure in Gods sight is very different than the way things may seem to usWe think of cleanliness in a fleshly wayFor all those things My hand has made, And all those things exist,” Says the Lord. “But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles at My

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Leave your Gift there in Front of the Altar

Jesus looks on the heartIf we come before Him with an unclean heart, He is wanting us to make things rightHis blood was shed for us, yes,to cleanse us from sin,yet, He tells us:Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy

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It is Before God that we Rise or Fall

Some people like to tell others what to do, how to spend their time or energiesPeople cast judgment on others’ interests, even their personality in some instances. Sports is an exampleSeems like a waste of time to some, time that could be used for more important things like God,bible reading, studying, praying.Excessive, wasteful use of

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