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A great many people have this problem: They will hear of some idea or principle, which immediately sounds very good to them. That is, it makes them feel good. But from there, they make a wild leap into believe that … Continue reading →

The one man can appreciate that, with some work, He could do some things better. The other will insist that he himself is capable of Naught but error, and must have the help of The Holy Spirit if he is … Continue reading →

“O, to be young!”, says the one, with not a thought Of the ignorance and foolishness of youth. And “O, to be wise!”, says the other, with some regretThat one cannot have very much ofWisdom and youth at the same … Continue reading →

Introduction While studying John recently, I noted that huge number of mentions that: Further, there are several mentions, and perhaps allusions to the fact that:

The humble man will not think he’s got it madeIn advance of that meeting where God Has his say-so on this very question,For he will already know most of his sins, and that God has every right to refuse anyone … Continue reading →

By what manner of delusion does she thinkThat the Jesus who was so often angry in the Bible,Is never mad today at any believer for his incorrigibility?

The novice twists a truth and his deceit is quickly laid bare by the investigator. But the veteran of wickedness twists a thousand truths, so as to overwhelm those who would try to sort it all out. To the disproof … Continue reading →

Why should any person want to chain himself to a theological system, which has predecided for him individual items of doctrine that he has no intention of learning/studying/mastering for himself? What’s the motivation here? If it’s important, why not look … Continue reading →

He rejects the fruit of the Spirit in several ways,Including that he has no patience for studying the scripturesThat God had delivered to his generation,Yet he expects the self-same Spirit to grant him understandingOf those same scriptures.

He fights against the evil that’s in your heart,But not against the evil that’s in his own.