THAT THEY ALL MAY BE ONE

Newsletter 114 November 16, 2008

We are accustomed to thinking of the prayer that Jesus taught his apostles in answer to their request that he teach them how to pray. It is often called �the Lord�s Prayer� though it is actually used as an example. The true Lord�s Prayer is found in the seventeenth chapter of the Gospel of John.

If we link this prayer with His command that we teach all nations found in both the Gospel of Matthew, directed to the Jewish nations, and recorded by Matthew, a Jew for Jewish readers, and of Mark, a Gentile writer, for Gentile readers. These two recorded commands, cover the entire earth in so far as the scriptures are concerned. �All nations,� Matthew, and �all the world.� Mark.

John records Jesus� prayer, �for them also, which shall believe on me through their word.� That includes all people throughout the world, �For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved..�

John 17:20-26 (King James Version)

20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;

21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:

23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

Even as Jesus was facing his eminent crucifixion, central in his heart and in his prayer, not the desire to escape, but his concern for lost souls.

But, what is he asking for them? �That they may be one, as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee.�

Why is that important? �That the world may believe that though hast sent me.�

And what is the result of this, so very costly price? �that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.�

THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW:

GOD LOVES US ALL. He loves us so much that he gave his own Son to save us from our own willful sin filled lives.

�No man cometh unto the Father, but by Christ, His son, and our only redeemer.

By Bob.

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NOVEMBER
16th. Sunday - Ezekiel 27,28, Hebrews 12:12-29, Proverbs 27:21-27
17th. Monday - Ezekiel 29,30, Hebrews 13, Psalm 127
18th. Tuesday - Ezekiel 31.32, James 1, Psalm 128
19th.Wednesday - Ezekiel 33,34, James 2, Psalm 129
20th. Thursday - Ezekiel 35,36, James 3, Proverbs 28:1-14
21st. Friday - Ezekiel 37,38, James 4, Psalm 130
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"How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; God also bearing them witness both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?" Hebrews 1:3,4
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TWO KINDS OF WISDOM

Newsletter 113 November 9, 2008

Please do not confuse “knowledge” with “wisdom”. A person can have any number of graduate degrees and great knowledge, but still not possess wisdom

As a young man, Solomon, asked God for wisdom that he might be able to rule His kingdom wisely. God granted him wisdom to such a degree that he was, and is, considered to be the most wise man to have ever lived. The books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, and some of the Psalms, stand as evidence. It was only when he turned away from God to pagan worship that his wisdom failed him. He asked God for wisdom. So can we.

God has given His promise. “If any of you lack wisdom. Him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraided not; and it shall be given him.” James 1:5. This letter was written to Christians, not to all men everywhere. And it is a conditional promise, “ask in faith, nothing wavering.” If we ask, then let us not doubt, let us be prepared to step out in faith, not seeing all the possible problems that could possibly come. If we are certain of something, then it is not in faith. For example, Phyllis and I boarded ship for Africa when our second daughter Ruth, a six week old baby had pneumonia. Later the doctor in New York City asked our friend if that baby survived the trip. Well, she not only survived, but many years later she is now a grandmother. It may not have been the wisest thing to have done, but it was certainly in faith.

Make it a rule that when you are making important decisions, you will ask God for wisdom, then make your decision, and act on it.

There are two kinds of wisdom. James tells us:

James 3:13-18 (King James Version)

13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

The first is of the world. James says it is earthly, sensual, and devilish; why, because its fruits are, envy, strife, confusion, and every evil work.

The second is of God, pure, peaceable, gentle, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, and.

Keep in mind. Knowledge is composed of facts. Wisdom is of God, freely given to His children, for the asking. Don’t pray for knowledge, God wants you to sweat for that.

　by Bob

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NOVEMBER

9th. Sunday - Ezekiel 14,15, Hebrews 9:1-14, Psalm 121
10th. Monday - Ezekiel 16, Hebrews 9:15-28, Psalm 122
11th. Tuesday - Ezekiel 17,18, Hebrews 10:1-18, Psalm 123
12th. Wednesday - Ezekiel 19,20, Hebrews 10:19-39, Proverbs 27:11-20
13th. Thursday - Ezekiel 21,22, Hebrews 11:1-22, Psalm 124
14th. Friday - Ezekiel 23, Hebrews 11:23-40, Psalm 125
15th. Saturday - Ezekiel 24,25,26, Hebrews 12:1-11, Psalm 126

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"Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?" - 1 Corinthians 1:20
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NO NEW GOSPEL

November 2, 2008


NO NEW GOSPEL

A few weeks ago, I was tidying up my lawn when I picked up a printed card that had blown there from somewhere else. Of course it’s origin was clear enough. Its message was that God gave the Old Testament, then He gave the New Testament, and now He has given another newer Testament. In other words that this newest message is equally as valid if not more so than the prior Testaments.

Immediately, I thought of something written by John the Apostle, by inspiration of God. “If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book. And if any man shall take away, from the words of the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.” (Revelation 22:18-19).

The Apostle Paul also clearly condemned anyone who tampered with the Gospel that is revealed in the Word of God, the message that he has been preaching where ever he went in obedience to the Lord’s command. “Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” (Matthew 28:19-20) (Emphasis mine). There is no other Testament, and no other gospel. To add to or take away, is to pervert the gospel message.

This is the very thing that both John and Paul were condemning

Galatians 1:6-10

6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.

8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

We are facing the very same problems that they were speaking of today. No matter how beautifully it is printed, and how Biblical the pictures on it, perversion of the gospel and the message of the Lord and worthy of being treated as such. The problem in the early church was that individuals in the church, Jews by background, wanted all converts to come by that same way, first become a Jew, being circumcised, then convert to Christ. These false teachers were called “Judaizers”. Today, they would be members of a cult, having taken away or added to the purity of the gospel message. Their message becomes corrupted. Paul says of such, “Let him be accursed”, Beware of such teachings, they are of the world not of God.

By Bob.

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A minister was forced to stop by a traffic cop to pull over for speeding. As the cop was about to write the ticket, the minister said to him, "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy."

The cop handed the minister the ticket and said, "Go thou and sin no more."

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NOVEMBER
2nd Sunday - Lamentations 3. Hebrews 2, Psalm 119:145-152
3rd. Monday - Lamentations 4,5, Hebrews 3, Psalm 119:153-160
4th. Tuesday - Ezekiel 1,2,3, Hebrews 4, Proverbs 26:21-26
5th. Wednesday - Ezekiel 4,5,6, Hebrews 5, Psalm 119:161-163
6th. Thursday - Ezekiel 7,8, Hebrews 6, Psalm 119:169-176
7th. Friday - Ezekiel 9,10,11, Hebrews 7, Psalm 120
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"Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God, because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

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SOW THE WORD OF GOD

Newsletter 111 October 26, 2008

Thoughts from Bob.

In these days of mechanical farming equipment, sowing wheat or oats, or other grain by hand has in most cases become something that was done many years ago. Jesus used this mind-picture in his parables more than once. He spoke of seed that was sown on various types of soil., shallow, rocky, hardened, or good. He spoke of an enemy sowing tares among the wheat. In this passage in Galatians the apostle Paul is giving a lesson on various related applications.

First, he introduces the instruction that all Christians are to be sowers of the Word of God. Jesus has said, “as you go, teach.” Not all will be chosen to be regular teachers, but the ability to do so is one of the qualifications of to be considered in the selection of an elder. He is to be “able to teach.“ We are all expected to share our faith with others. And we have the right to expect a result. If we buy grass seed, and scatter it over the lawn just before a shower, then keep the soil damp, we expect those seeds to grow and to see the bare patches disappear. If we share with another what we did to become a Christian, why we did those things, and what it means to us to be Christians now, we have a right to expect to see some results. Paul said it in this way.

Galatians 6:6-10

6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.

7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

If we are sowing a message of love and good will, a message of harmony, then that is what will grow, just as one does not sow oats and reap wheat. We can not spread a message of materialism by our actions, and expect to reap a harvest of love and sacrifice.

Paul said “he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption.” The Christian should sow of the Spirit that he might reap “life everlasting.”

Every Christian wants to achieve everlasting life when he departs from this world, but unfortunately that may not be so in many cases. Why? Because many will grow “weary in well doing” and they “faint”. They stop trying. Jesus did not promise Christians a life of ease, he called upon us to take up our burdens and follow him. We have work to do. There is an old hymn which prompts us to “Work for the night is coming, when man’s work is done.”

“As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.”

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HE SAW IT ALL

The policeman arrived at the scene of an accident to find that a car had struck a telephone pole. Searching for witnesses, he discovered a pale, nervous young man in work clothes who claimed he was an eyewitness.

"Exactly where were you at the time of the accident?" inquired the officer.

"Sir," exclaimed the telephone lineman, "I was at the top of the pole."

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OCTOBER

26th. Sunday - Ecclesiastes 7,8,9, 1 John 3, Psalm 119:105-112
27th. Monday - Ecclesiastes 10,11,12, 1 John 4, Proverbs 26:1-10
28th. Tuesday - Song of Solomon 1,2, 1 John 5, Psalm 119:113-120
29th. Wednesday - Song of Solomon 3,4, 2 John, Psalm 119:121-128
30th. Thursday - Song of Solomon 5,6, 3 John, Psalm 119:129-136
31st. Friday - Song of Solomon 7,8, Jude, Proverbs 26:11-

NOVEMBER

1st. Saturday - Lamentations 1,2, Hebrews 1, Psalm 119:137-144

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"For by grace are ye saved through faith: and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
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DO IT NOW

Newsletter 109 October 12, 2008
DO IT NOW

Our Lord’s half brother James writes such practical, down to earth, advice that I often find myself turning to his small epistle when I need counseling. When he offers solutions to our problems, we can know without doubt what he means. He speaks to me in terms that I can understand. I can never turn away with questions in my mind as to just what he meant to say. He also speaks of matters that bother us all, not some unlikely subject..

In this portion of scripture, he speaks of something that probably bothers all of us. We know what we should do, but perhaps it is a task that we do not want to do. We may feel unqualified to do it. Perhaps we are unsure of ourselves and think that we might be getting over our depth.. An attitude of superiority is also bad, and is often a case of false bravado assumed by a person who has an inferiority complex. Think of it this way. If God placed it in your heart to do something , he who knows you even better than you know yourself, would not have placed that call there unless he also knew that you, through him, could do it. If we were choosing a man to lead in the establishment of the church, would we have chosen impetuous, unstable Simon? Not likely! Neither would we have chosen a, possibly stuttering, murderer to lead the Children of Israel out of Egypt. Moses had killed an Egyptian, and he tried to evade God’s clear instructions saying that he had a speech problem. God often chooses us because of our weakness so that the contrast of his power will be even more evident when we succeed. Saul of Tarsus who could clearly have been charged as aiding in the death of Stephen in a court today, yet God chose him to preach the good news of Christ to the entire Gentile (non-Jewish) world.

Now let’s read James 4:13-16.

13. Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

14. Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.

15. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

16. But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

These days the young graduate from high school is expected to know what he should do with his life. In fact, I recall being told that, even as a grammar school student, I should be choosing my vocation in life, yet many university students, for one reason or another completely change their majors sometimes several times before they graduate. I personally changed my major, then after two years in the military changed it again and went on to achieve two degrees at a Bible College. I am confident that God had started to prepare me for his use, long before that time, the military training made a great difference. For one thing, it made me realize that I am here for a reason, and that this life is only the time of preparation for eternity.

This final verse contains a statement that makes all the difference in the world.

17. Therefore to him that knows to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.

That is a verse, James 4:17, that I personally, need to type in bold capital letters and place at the top of my computer monitor’s screen. What about you?

If we know that something is good and needs to be done, let’s get a move on and do it. Don’t leave it for tomorrow. We don’t even know if there will be a tomorrow! God may have sent us to do tat one thing for him.

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13th. Monday - Jeremiah 30,31, I Thessalonians 3, Psalm 119:25-32
14th. Tuesday - Jeremiah 32,33, I Thessalonians 4, Psalm 119:33-40
15h. Wednesday - Jeremiah 34,35,36, 1Thessalonians 5, Proverbs 25:1-10
16th. Thursday - Jeremiah 37,38,39, 2Thessalonians 1, Psalm 119:41-48
17th. Friday - Jeremiah 40,41,42, 2Thessalonians 2, Psalm 119:49-56
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HIS GREAT COMMISSION

Matthew 28:18-20

18. And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth,

19. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

20. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

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WHY ARE WE READING NAHUM?

Newsletter 108 October 5, 2008

WHY ARE WE READING NAHUM?

I am certain that the question, thought if not spoken, must be, “Why on earth is he quoting from this obscure prophet in the Old Testament concerning the Ninevites?”

Normally, I probably would not even have been reading here, except that this book is part of the reading for today in the through the Bible in one year plan.

The Ninevites, representing all non-believers throughout the ages, even today, face the anger of a heavenly Father who, because of His love for mankind, gave his only Son to see him suffer rejection, abuse and finally death on the cross of Calvary. They spurned it all. This first portion reveals His anger.

Nahum 1:2-7 (King James Version)

2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

3 LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

This is the just God before whom non-believers will stand when Christ returns to judge the earth. God is not evil, neither is He unjust. Before Nahum came, Jonah had been sent to the ancestors of these same people. They believed for a time.

Christians have an entirely different view of the Lord God than do those who are not believers, and for a very good reason. They love Him as a Father who has provided the best habitation for his creation, who loved them so much that he gave His nearest and dearest Son to save them for eternity.

7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

These words certainly apply to us today. Remember that He is there to help in our “day of trouble.” He knows, and asks us to “trust in Him.” Our Lord Jesus has gone to prepare a place for us, and we can be sure that he will be with us always, even if, in the words of David, “I walk through the valley of the shadow of death.“ We too, need “fear no evil.“ He is there walking with us, as David closed his psalm, We too “will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.”

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5th. Sunday - Jeremiah 9,10, Philippians 3, Psalm 117
6th. Monday - Jeremiah 11,12,13, Philippians 4, Psalm 118:1-16
7th. Tuesday -Jeremiah 14,15,16, Colossians 1, Proverbs 24:13-22
8th. Wednesday - Jeremiah 17,18,19, Colossians 2, Psalm 118:17-29
9th. Thursday - Jeremiah 20,21,22 Colossians 3, Psalm 119:1-8
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CHRIST, THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE

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Newsletter #107 September 28, 2008

CHRIST,THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE

In the eyes of the world Christians are a peculiar people. They choose to live differently from the majority of the people among whom they live. They choose to live quiet lives, not being seekers after fame or fortune do. They follow a leader, Christ, who was also rejected by the world, and crucified in order to make salvation from their sins available to all. When he was buried in a borrowed tomb near the northern gate of Jerusalem, he demonstrated his divinity and power when he arose from the dead, then in the following weeks appeared not only to the twelve, but also to more than 500 people at one time. Then after giving final instructions to his followers, he ascended into the clouds leaving them to spread the wonderful account of what had happened and looking up where he had disappeared in anticipation of his promised return. Christians still eagerly anticipate that return, not knowing just when it may be.

Peter describes Christ as being “a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious.”

1 Peter 2:4-13 - KJV

4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made * the head of the corner,

8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake:

This scripture describes the church as being like a building, of which Christ is the Chief Cornerstone, and Christian are the building blocks. Without Christ, what men call a church is not His church, and without the blocks it is not a church, it can't exist al all. Christ promised, "I will build my church." It does exist and it has Him as it's head, and it built on the fact that he is God's Son.

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I PLEDGE TO READ MY BIBLE THROUGH IN 2008
SEPTEMBER
28th. Sunday - Micah 3,4,5, Ephesians 5:1-16, Psalm 114
29th. Monday - Micah 6,7, Ephesians 5:17-33, Proverbs 23:28-35,
30th. Tuesday - Nahum 1,2,3, Ephesians 6, Psalm 115:1-9
OCTOBER
1st. Wednesday - Jeremiah 1,2, Philippians 1:1-14, Psalm 115:10-18
2nd. Thursday - Jeremiah 3,4, Philippians 1:15-30, Psalm 116:1-11
3rd. Friday - Jeremiah 5,6, Philippians 2:1-13, Proverbs 24:1-12
4th. Saturday - Jeremiah 7,8, Philippians 2:14-30, Psalm 116:12-19
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THIS WEEK'S SCRIPTURE GEM
NOT ALL PROFESSING CHRIST ARE SAVED

Matthew 7:21-23

21. Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

22. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? And in thy name have cast out devils? And in thy name done many wonderful works?

23. And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

24. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him to a

wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

25. And the rain descended and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

26. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

27. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

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HUMOR
A band performing at an outdoor concert kept playing although the crowd had dwindled down to one man. Finally, the tired musicians told the man that if he left, they could all go home.

"It's up to you," he answered. "I'm just waiting to put away all these folding chairs."
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