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THE DAY OF THE LORD / LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT / 1 THESSALONIANS 5:2

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(KJV) 1 Thessalonians 5:2

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

THE DAY OF THE LORD / LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT / 1 THESSALONIANS 5:2

THE DAY OF THE LORD

The “day of the Lord” normally does not refer to a 24-hour day, but rather to an extended period of time when God’s enemies are overthrown (Isaiah 2:12-21; 13:9-16; 34:1-4; Jeremiah 46:10; Joel 1:15 – 2:11, 28: 3:9, 12-17; Amos 5:18-20; Zechariah 14:1-3), followed by Christ’s earthly reign (Zephaniah 3:14-17; Revelation 20:4-7). 

  1. This “day” begins following the rapture of the church, when Christ’ followers will be taken suddenly from the earth to escape the end-time judgments to come on the world (1 Thessalonians 5:3). The period of those judgments – referred to as the “great tribulation” – included within the day of the Lord (Revelation 6 – 19; Revelation 6:1). This time of widespread distress and judgment ends with Christ’s literal return to earth to defeat the forces of the antichrist and destroy all of God’s enemies (Joel 1:14, 2:30-31; Zephaniah 1:7; Revelation 16:16; 19:11-21).
  2. The day of the Lord will occur at a time when people are hoping for peace and safety (1 Thessalonians 5:3).
  3. The “day” will not come as a surprise to faithful believers – “like a thief in the night” – because they have accepted Christ’s salvation (His forgiveness, new life and a personal relationship with Him) and will be spared from God’s wrath. The faithful will be ready for the Lord’s return because they are alert and self-controlled, living in faith, love and purity (1 Thessalonians 5:4-9).
  4. Faithful believers will be rescued from this “coming wrath” (1 Thessalonians 1:10) through the Lord Jesus Christ (1 Thessalonians 5:9) when He comes to take the faithful people (His church) back to heaven with Him (1 Thessalonian 4:17; John 14:3; Revelations 3:10).
  5. The day of the Lord will end with Christ’s millennial (thousand-year) reign of peace on earth and will bring time as we know it to a close (Revelation 20). The “day” will actually end following Christ’s millennial kingdom (Revelation 20:4-10) and the final judgment of the wicked (Revelation 20:11-15). Then the new heaven and new earth will be established (2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:1). 
  6. For God’ enemies, “the day of the Lord” means terrible destruction and judgment; but for God’s faithful people, it means rescue and reward. 

LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT

This metaphor, or symbolic description, means that the time when the day of the Lord begins is uncertain and unexpected – particularly for those who are unprepared and do not have a personal relationship with Christ. There is no way one can set a date for it (Matthew 24:42-44 on Jesus’ teaching on the unexpected time of His coming for the church).

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  1. TIMES AND DATES / 1 THESSALONIANS 5:1
  2. ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER / 1 THESSALONIANS 4:18
  3. CAUGHT UP IN THE CLOUDS / 1 THISSALONIANS 4:17
  4. ABOUT THOSE WHO FALL ASLEEP / 1 THESSALONIANS 4:13
  5. MAY WIN THE RESPECT OF OUTSIDERS / 1 THESSALONIANS 4:12
  6. DOES NOT REJECT MAN BUT GOD / 1 THESSALONIANS 4:8
  7. GOD DID NOT CALL US TO BE IMPURE BUT TO LIVE A HOLY LIFE / 1 THESSALONIANS 4:7
  8. WRONG HIS BROTHER OR TAKE ADVANTAGE / 1 THESSALONIANS 4:6
  9. AVOID SEXUAL IMMORALITY / 1THESSALONIANS 4:3-7
  10. IT IS GOD’S WILL / 1 THESSALONIANS 4:3
  11. BLAMELESS AND HOLY WHEN OUR LORD JESUS COMES / 1 THESSALONIANS 3:13
  12. THE TEMPTER MIGHT HAVE TEMPTED YOU / 1 THESSALONIANS 3:5
  13. TRIALS / 1 THESSALONIANS 3:3
  14. BUT SATAN STOPPED US / 1 THESSALONIANS 2:18
  15. THE WRATH OF GOD HAS COME UPON THEM / 1 THESSALONIANS 2:16
  16. LIVE LIVES WORTHY OF GOD / 1 THESSALONIANS 2:12
  17. HOW HOLY RIGHTEOUS AND BLAMELESS WE WERE / 1 THESSALONIANS 2:10
  18. LIKE A MOTHER CARING FOR HER LITTLE CHILDREN / 1 THESSALONIANS 2:7
  19. WE SPEAK NOT TRYING TO PLEASE MEN / 1 THESALONIANS 2:4
  20. OUR VISIT TO YOU / 1 THESSALONIANS 2:1-2
  21. TO WAIT FOR HIS SON FROM HEAVEN / 1 Thessalonians 1:10
  22. WITH POWER AND IN THE HOLY SPIRIT / 1 THESSALONIANS 1:5
  23. HE HAS CHOSEN YOU / 1 THESSALONIANS 1:4
  24. DO NOT PUT OUT THE SPIRIT’S FIRE / 1 THESSALONIANS 5:19-20
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TIMES AND DATES / 1 THESSALONIANS 5:1

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(KJV) 1 Thessalonians 5:1

But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.

TIMES AND DATES / 1 THESSALONIANS 5:1

There have always been some who have tried in vain to determine the time or date of Christ’s return, even though Jesus said that “no one knows about that day or hour” (Matthew 24:36, 42, 44; Luke 12:40). Having spoken about Christ’s sudden return to take His followers from the earth (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 Thessalonians 4:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; 1 Thessalonians 4:18), Paul now turns to the subject of God’s judgment on all those who reject salvation through faith in Christ. In speaking of the last days, He refers to a terrible time called “the day of the Lord” (1 Thessalonians 5:2). Christ’s sudden return to take His faithful followers to heaven (1 Thessalonians 4:17) marks the beginning of “the day of the Lord,” and it will arrive at an unexpected time, just as Christ Himself taught (Matthew 24:42, 44).

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  1. ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER / 1 THESSALONIANS 4:18
  2. CAUGHT UP IN THE CLOUDS / 1 THISSALONIANS 4:17
  3. ABOUT THOSE WHO FALL ASLEEP / 1 THESSALONIANS 4:13
  4. MAY WIN THE RESPECT OF OUTSIDERS / 1 THESSALONIANS 4:12
  5. DOES NOT REJECT MAN BUT GOD / 1 THESSALONIANS 4:8
  6. GOD DID NOT CALL US TO BE IMPURE BUT TO LIVE A HOLY LIFE / 1 THESSALONIANS 4:7
  7. WRONG HIS BROTHER OR TAKE ADVANTAGE / 1 THESSALONIANS 4:6
  8. AVOID SEXUAL IMMORALITY / 1THESSALONIANS 4:3-7
  9. IT IS GOD’S WILL / 1 THESSALONIANS 4:3
  10. BLAMELESS AND HOLY WHEN OUR LORD JESUS COMES / 1 THESSALONIANS 3:13
  11. THE TEMPTER MIGHT HAVE TEMPTED YOU / 1 THESSALONIANS 3:5
  12. TRIALS / 1 THESSALONIANS 3:3
  13. BUT SATAN STOPPED US / 1 THESSALONIANS 2:18
  14. THE WRATH OF GOD HAS COME UPON THEM / 1 THESSALONIANS 2:16
  15. LIVE LIVES WORTHY OF GOD / 1 THESSALONIANS 2:12
  16. HOW HOLY RIGHTEOUS AND BLAMELESS WE WERE / 1 THESSALONIANS 2:10
  17. LIKE A MOTHER CARING FOR HER LITTLE CHILDREN / 1 THESSALONIANS 2:7
  18. WE SPEAK NOT TRYING TO PLEASE MEN / 1 THESALONIANS 2:4
  19. OUR VISIT TO YOU / 1 THESSALONIANS 2:1-2
  20. TO WAIT FOR HIS SON FROM HEAVEN / 1 Thessalonians 1:10
  21. WITH POWER AND IN THE HOLY SPIRIT / 1 THESSALONIANS 1:5
  22. HE HAS CHOSEN YOU / 1 THESSALONIANS 1:4
  23. DO NOT PUT OUT THE SPIRIT’S FIRE / 1 THESSALONIANS 5:19-20
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JUDAH WENT UP TO HIM / GENESIS 44:18-24

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(KJV) Genesis 44:18-34

JUDAH WENT UP TO HIM / GENESIS 44:18-24

The fact that the brothers were willing to become slaves for Benjamin’s sake (Genesis 44:13-16) proved that their attitude and character had greatly changed since they sold Joseph into slavery. Judah’s plea for Benjamin (Genesis 44: 18-34) was particularly sincere. Their willingness to pay any price to save Benjamin and prevent overwhelming grief to their father (Genesis 44:16, 32-33) showed that the brothers were finally ready to bear the blame for the evil they had done in the past.

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  1. TORE THEIR CLOTHES / GENESIS 44:13
  2. USES FOR DIVINATION / GENESIS 44:5
  3. IF I AM BEREAVED / GENESIS 43:14
  4. I WILL BEAR THE BLAME / GENESIS 43:9
  5. PUT BOTH OF MY SONS TO DEATH / GENESIS 42:37
  6. WE ARE BEING PUNISHED / GENESIS 42:21
  7. YOU ARE SPIES! / GENESIS 42:9
  8. JOSEPH RECOGNIZED HIS BROTHERS / GENESIS 42:8
  9. BENJAMIN / GENESIS 42:4
  10. JOSEPH WAS THIRTY YEARS OLD / GENESIS 41:46
  11. GOD WILL GIVE PHARAOH THE ANSWER / GENESIS 41:16
  12. THE MAGICIANS OF EGYPT / GENESIS 41:8
  13. WHEN TWO FULL YEARS HAD PASSED PHARAOH HAD A DREAM / GENESIS 41:1
  14. PHARAOH / GENESIS 40:2
  15. SOME TIME LATER / GENESIS 40:1
  16. THE LORD WAS WITH HIM / GENESIS 39:21
  17. PUT HIM IN PRISON / GENESIS 39:20
  18. HE RAN / GENESIS 39:12
  19. SIN AGAINST GOD / GENESIS 39:9
  20. THE LORD WAS WITH JOEPH / GENESIS 39:2
  21. JOSEPH HAD BEEN TAKEN DOWN TO EGYPT / GENESIS 39:1
  22. THOUGHT SHE WAS A PROSTITUTE / GENEIS 38:15
  23. ONAN / GENESIS 38:9
  24. TAMAR / GENESIS 38:6
  25. DAUGHTER OF A CANAANITE / GENESIS 28:2
  26. DOWN TO THE GRAVE / GENESIS 37:35
  27. TOOK HIM TO EGYPT / GENESIS 37:28
  28. REUBEN / GENESIS 37:21
  29. BOWED DOWN / GENESIS 37:7
  30. LISTEN TO THIS DREAM / GENEIS 37:6
  31. A DREAM / GENESIS 37:5
  32. RICHLY ORNAMENTED ROBE / GENESIS 37:3
  33. JOSEPH / GENESIS 37:2
  34. ESAU POSSESSIONS / GENESIS 36:6-7
  35. REUBEN / GENESIS 35:22
  36. NAMED HER SON BEN-ONI … FATHER NAMED HIM BENJAMIN / GENESIS 35:18
  37. GOD APPEARED TO HIM AGAIN / GENESIS 35:9-13
  38. GET RID OF THE FOREIGN GODS / GENESIS 35:2
  39. SIMEON AND LEVI ATTACKED THE UNSUSPECTING CITY / GENESIS 34:25
  40. CIRCUMCISING ALL YOUR MALES / GENESIS 34:15
  41. JACOB’S SONS WERE FILLED WITH GRIEF / GENESIS 34:7
  42. HE TOOK HER AND VIOLATED HER / GENESIS 34:2
  43. DINAH … THE WOMEN OF THE LAND / GENESIS 34:1
  44. ESAU KISSED HIM AND THEY WEPT / GENESIS 33:4
  45. HE BLESSED HIM THERE / GENESIS 32:29
  46. YOUR NAME … ISRAEL / GENESIS 32:28
  47. A MAN WRESTLED WITH HIM / GENESIS 32:24
  48. O GOD OF MY FATHER / GENESIS 32:9
  49. THE ANGELS OF GOD MET HIM / GENESIS 32:1
  50. RACHEL STOLE HER FATHER’S HOUSEHOLD GODS / GENESIS 31:19
  51. BORE YOUNG THAT WERE STREAKED OR SPECKLED OR SPOTTED / GENESIS 30:38-39
  52. GOD HAS REWARDED ME / GENESIS 30:18
  53. OR I’LL DIE! / GENESIS 30:1
  54. GIVE ME CHILDREN / GENESIS 30:1-24
  55. THE LORD SAW THAT LEAH WAS NOT LOVED / GENESIS 29:31
  56. LABAN GAVE HIM HIS DAUGHTER RACHEL TO BE HIS WIFE / GENESIS 29:28
  57. WHY HAVE YOU DECEIVED ME? / GENESIS 29:25
  58. LABAN / GENESISS 29:5
  59. BETHEL / GENESIS 28:18-19
  60. ABOVE IT STOOD THE LORD / GENESIS 28:13-15
  61. THE ANGELS OF GOD / GENESIS 28:12
  62. THE BLESSING GIVEN TO ABRAHAM / GENESIS 28:4
  63. ESAU WEPT ALOUD / GENESIS 27:38
  64. JACOB SAID TO HIS FATHER / GENESIS 27:19
  65. REBEKAH SAID TO HER SON JACOB / GENESIS 27:6-17
  66. I MAY GIVE YOU MY BLESSING / GENESIS 27:4
  67. WHEN ISAAC WAS OLD / GENESIS 27:1
  68. A SOURCE OF GRIEF TO ISAAC AND REBEKAH / GENESIS 26:34-35
  69. THE LORD BLESSED HIM / GENESIS 26:12
  70. BECAUSE ABRAHAM OBEYED / GENESIS 26:5
  71. I WILL BE WITH YOU / GENESIS 26:2-4
  72. BIRTHRIGHT / GENESIS 25:31
  73. ISAAC WAS SIXTY YEARS OLD / GENESIS 25:26
  74. TWO NATIONS – OLDER WILL SEVE THE YOUNGER / GENESIS 25:23
  75. ISAAC PRAYED TO THE LORD / GENESIS 25:21
  76. THEN ABRAHAM … WAS GATHERED TO HIS PEOPLE / GENESIS 25:8
  77. GIFTS / GENESIS 25:6
  78. ABRAHAM LEFT EVERYTHING HE OWNED TO ISAAC / GENESIS 25:5
  79. WILL SEND HIS ANGEL WITH YOU AND MAKE YOUR JOURNEY A SUCCESS / GENESIS 24:40
  80. THE LORD HAD LED ME / GENESIS 24:26-27
  81. I’LL WATER YOUR CAMELS TOO / GENESIS 24:13-14
  82. HE PRAYED O LORD / GENESIS 24:12
  83. NOT GET A WIFE / GENESIS 24:3
  84. THE FIELD … AS A BURIAL SITE / GENESIS 23:20
  85. BECAUSE YOU HAVE OBEYED ME / GENESIS 22:15-18
  86. YAHWEH-YIREH / GENESIS 22:14
  87. NOW I KNOW THAT YOU FEAR GOD / GENESIS 22:11-13
  88. HE REACHED OUT HIS HAND / GENESIS 22:10
  89. BOUND HIS SON ISAAC / GENESIS 22:9
  90. GOD HIMSELF WILL PROVIDE / GENESIS 22:8
  91. I AND THE BOY … WILL COME BACK / GENESIS 22:5
  92. TAKE YOUR SON / GENESIS 22:2
  93. GOD TESTED ABRAHAM / GENESIS 22:1
  94. GOD HAS HEARD / GENESIS 21:17
  95. HIS SON ISAAC WAS BORN / GENESIS 21:5
  96. SAID OF HIS WIFE SARAH SHE IS MY SISTER / GENESIS 20:1-2
  97. THEY GOT THEIR FATHER TO DRINK WINE / GENESIS 19:13
  98. SMOKE FROM A FURNACE / GENESIS 19:28
  99. LOT’S WIFE LOOKED BACK, AND SHE BECAME A PILLAR OF SALET / GENESIS 19:26
  100. I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS / GENESIS 19:8
  101. HAVE SEX WITH THEM / GENESIS 19:5
  102. LOT WAS SITTING IN THE GATEWAY / GENESIS 19:1-2
  103. ABRAHAM REMAINED STANDING BEFORE THE LORD / GENESIS 18:22
  104. THEIR SIN IS SO GRIEVOUS / GENESIS 18:20-21
  105. HE WILL DIRECT HIS CHILDREN … KEEP THE WAY OF THE LORD / GENESIS 18:19
  106. IS ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD? / GENESIS 18:13-14
  107. THREE MEN / GENESIS 18:2
  108. LAUGHED / GENESIS 17:17
  109. SARAH /GENESIS 17:15
  110. CIRCUMCISION / GENESIS 17:11
  111. EVERLASTING POSSESSION / GENESIS 17:8
  112. TO BE YOUR GOD / GENESIS 17:6-7
  113. ABRAM … ABRAHAM / GENESIS 17:5
  114. MY COVENANT / GENESIS 17:2
  115. NINETY-NINE YEARS OLD / GENESIS 17:1
  116. AGAINST EVERYONE / GENESIS 16:12
  117. ISHMAEL / GENESIS 16:11
  118. THE ANGEL OF THE LORD / GENESIS 16:7
  119. THE LORD HAS KEPT ME FROM HAVING CHILDREN / GENESIS 16:2
  120. THE LORD MADE A COVENANT WITH ABRAM / GENESIS 15:17-21
  121. A COUNTRY NOT THEIR OWN / GENESIS 15:13
  122. HE BELIEVED … HE CREDITED IT TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS /GENESIS 15:6
  123. YOUR SHIELD, YOUR VERY GREAT REWARD / GENESIS 15:1
  124. I WILL ACCEPT NOTHING BELONGING TO YOU /GENESIS 14:22-23
  125. GAVE HIM A TENTH OF EVERYTHING / GENESIS 14:20
  126. MELCHIZEDEK KING OF SALEM / GENESIS 14:18
  127. CALLED OUT THE 318 TRAINED MEN / GENESIS 14:14
  128. PITCHED HIS TENTS NEAR SODOM / GENESIS 13:12
  129. LOT LOOKED UP AND SAW / GENESIS 13:10
  130. SAY YOU ARE MY SISTER / GENESIS 12:13
  131. A FAMINE IN THE LAND / GENESIS 12:10
  132. THE LORD APPEARED TO ABRAM / GENESIS 12:7
  133. ABRAM LEFT, AS THE LORD HAD TOLD HIM / GENESIS 12:4
  134. ALL PEOPLES ON EARTH WILL BE BLESSED THROUGH YOU / GENESIS 12:3
  135. LEAVE YOUR COUNTRY / GENESIS 12:1
  136. HIS SON ABRAM / GENESIS 11:31
  137. UR OF THE CHALDEANS / GENESIS 11:28
  138. LET US BUILD … THAT WE MAY MAKE A NAME / GENESIS 11:4
  139. A PLAIN IN SHINAR / GENESIS 11:1-2
  140. BORN TO SHEM / GENESIS 10:21-31
  141. THE SONS OF HAM / GENESIS 10:6-20
  142. THE SONS OF JEPHETH / GENESIS 10:2-5
  143. THE ACCOUNT OF SHEM, HAM AND JAPHETH / GENESIS 10:1
  144. CURSED BE CANAAN / GENESIS 9:25
  145. HAM / GENESIS 9:22
  146. DRANK SOME OF ITS WINE, HE BECAME DRUNK / GENESIS 9:21
  147. MY RAINBOW IN THE CLOUDS / GENESIS 9:13
  148. I NOW ESTABLISH MY COVENANT / GENESIS 9:9-17
  149. WHOEVER SHEDS THE BLOOD OF MAN, BY MAN SHALL HIS BLOOD BE SHED / GENESIS 9:6
  150. BUT GOD REMEMBERED NOAH / GENESIS 8:1
  151. EVERY LIVING THING … WAS WIPED OUT … ONLY NOAH WAS LEFT / GENESIS 7:23
  152. THE GREAT DEEP BURST FORTH / GENESIS 7:11-12
  153. THE FLOODWATERS CAME ON THE EARTH / GENESIS 7:6
  154. I WILL ESTABLISH MY COVENANT WITH YOU / GENESIS 6:18
  155. AN ARK / GENESIS 6:14
  156. NOAH WAS A RIGHTEOUS MAN, BLAMELESS AMONG THE PEOPLE / GENESIS 6:9
  157. THE LORD WAS GRIEVED / GENESIS 6:6
  158. GOD TOOK HIM/ GENESIS 5:24
  159. ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD / GENESIS 5:22
  160. SETH … FATHER OF ENOSH / GENESIS 5:6
  161. CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD / GENESIS 4:26
  162. MARRIED TWO WOMEN / GENESIS 4:19
  163. CAIN … HIS WIFE / GENESIS 4:17
  164. CAIN WENT OUT FROM THE LORD’S PRESENCE / GENESIS 4:16
  165. A MARK ON CAIN / GENESIS 4:15
  166. NOW YOU ARE UNDER A CURSE / GENENSIS 4:11
  167. YOUR BROTHER’S BLOOD CRIES OUT TO ME / GENESIS 4:10
  168. IT DESIRES TO HAVE YOU / GENESIS 4:7
  169. AN OFFERING TO THE LORD / GENESIS 4:3-5
  170. ADAM LAY WITH HIS WIFE / GENESIS 4:1
  171. HE DROVE THE MAN OUT / GENESIS 3:24
  172. HE WILL CRUSH YOUR HEAD, AND YOU WILL STRIKE HIS HEEL / GENESIS 3:15
  173. THE SERPENT DECEIVED ME / GENESIS 3:13
  174. THEY HID / GENESIS 3:8
  175. THEY REALIZED THEY WERE NAKED / GENEIS 3:7
  176. LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER / GENESIS 2:24
  177. HELPER SUITABLE FOR HIM / GENESIS 2:18
  178. THE LORD GOD COMMANDED THE MAN / GENESIS 2:16
  179. PUT HIM IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN / GENESIS 2:15
  180. TREE OF LIFE / GENESIS 2:9
  181. GARDEN IN THE EAST, IN EDEN / GENESIS 2:8
  182. A LIVING BEING / GENESIS 2:7
  183. THE ACCOUNT – THE LORD GOD / GENESIS 2:4
  184. GOD BLESSED THE SEVENTH DAY / GENESIS 2:3
  185. BE FRUITFUL AND INCREASE / GENESIS 1:28
  186. THERE WAS EVENING, AND THERE WAS MORNING – THE FIRST DAY / GENESIS 1:5
  187. IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED / GENESIS 1:1
  188. IT WAS GOOD / GENESIS 1:10
  189. HEART IS EVIL FROM CHILDHOOD / GENESIS 8:21
  190. THE SONS OF GOD / GENESIS 6:2
  191. HOW GREAT MAN’S WICKEDNESS /GENESIS 6:5
  192. ADAM LIVED 930 YEARS / GENESIS 5:5
  193. WRITTEN ACCOUNT OF ADAM’S LINE / GENESIS 5:1
  194. KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL / GENESIS 3:22
  195. GOD SAID LET US – LET US MAKE MAN / GENESIS 1:26
  196. I WILL GREATLY INCREASE YOUR PAINS / GENESIS 3:16-19
  197. SERVE AS SIGNS / GENESIS 1:14-15
  198. LET THERE BE LIGHT / GENESIS 1:8
  199. THE WOMAN … ATE IT … HER HUSBAND … WITH HER / GENESIS 3:6
  200. YOU WILL BE LIKE GOD / GENESIS 3:5
  201. YOU WILL NOT SURELY DIE / GENESIS 3:4
  202. THE SERPENT / GENESIS 3:1
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TORE THEIR CLOTHES / GENESIS 44:13

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(KJV) Genesis 44:13

Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.

TORE THEIR CLOTHES / GENESIS 44:13

This was a clear sign of grief and distress. The brothers could have gone on without Benjamin, but their determination to return and face the consequences showed that their character had changed and that they were truly concerned about their brother and father (Genesis 44:18-24).

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  1. USES FOR DIVINATION / GENESIS 44:5
  2. IF I AM BEREAVED / GENESIS 43:14
  3. I WILL BEAR THE BLAME / GENESIS 43:9
  4. PUT BOTH OF MY SONS TO DEATH / GENESIS 42:37
  5. WE ARE BEING PUNISHED / GENESIS 42:21
  6. YOU ARE SPIES! / GENESIS 42:9
  7. JOSEPH RECOGNIZED HIS BROTHERS / GENESIS 42:8
  8. BENJAMIN / GENESIS 42:4
  9. JOSEPH WAS THIRTY YEARS OLD / GENESIS 41:46
  10. GOD WILL GIVE PHARAOH THE ANSWER / GENESIS 41:16
  11. THE MAGICIANS OF EGYPT / GENESIS 41:8
  12. WHEN TWO FULL YEARS HAD PASSED PHARAOH HAD A DREAM / GENESIS 41:1
  13. PHARAOH / GENESIS 40:2
  14. SOME TIME LATER / GENESIS 40:1
  15. THE LORD WAS WITH HIM / GENESIS 39:21
  16. PUT HIM IN PRISON / GENESIS 39:20
  17. HE RAN / GENESIS 39:12
  18. SIN AGAINST GOD / GENESIS 39:9
  19. THE LORD WAS WITH JOEPH / GENESIS 39:2
  20. JOSEPH HAD BEEN TAKEN DOWN TO EGYPT / GENESIS 39:1
  21. THOUGHT SHE WAS A PROSTITUTE / GENEIS 38:15
  22. ONAN / GENESIS 38:9
  23. TAMAR / GENESIS 38:6
  24. DAUGHTER OF A CANAANITE / GENESIS 28:2
  25. DOWN TO THE GRAVE / GENESIS 37:35
  26. TOOK HIM TO EGYPT / GENESIS 37:28
  27. REUBEN / GENESIS 37:21
  28. BOWED DOWN / GENESIS 37:7
  29. LISTEN TO THIS DREAM / GENEIS 37:6
  30. A DREAM / GENESIS 37:5
  31. RICHLY ORNAMENTED ROBE / GENESIS 37:3
  32. JOSEPH / GENESIS 37:2
  33. ESAU POSSESSIONS / GENESIS 36:6-7
  34. REUBEN / GENESIS 35:22
  35. NAMED HER SON BEN-ONI … FATHER NAMED HIM BENJAMIN / GENESIS 35:18
  36. GOD APPEARED TO HIM AGAIN / GENESIS 35:9-13
  37. GET RID OF THE FOREIGN GODS / GENESIS 35:2
  38. SIMEON AND LEVI ATTACKED THE UNSUSPECTING CITY / GENESIS 34:25
  39. CIRCUMCISING ALL YOUR MALES / GENESIS 34:15
  40. JACOB’S SONS WERE FILLED WITH GRIEF / GENESIS 34:7
  41. HE TOOK HER AND VIOLATED HER / GENESIS 34:2
  42. DINAH … THE WOMEN OF THE LAND / GENESIS 34:1
  43. ESAU KISSED HIM AND THEY WEPT / GENESIS 33:4
  44. HE BLESSED HIM THERE / GENESIS 32:29
  45. YOUR NAME … ISRAEL / GENESIS 32:28
  46. A MAN WRESTLED WITH HIM / GENESIS 32:24
  47. O GOD OF MY FATHER / GENESIS 32:9
  48. THE ANGELS OF GOD MET HIM / GENESIS 32:1
  49. RACHEL STOLE HER FATHER’S HOUSEHOLD GODS / GENESIS 31:19
  50. BORE YOUNG THAT WERE STREAKED OR SPECKLED OR SPOTTED / GENESIS 30:38-39
  51. GOD HAS REWARDED ME / GENESIS 30:18
  52. OR I’LL DIE! / GENESIS 30:1
  53. GIVE ME CHILDREN / GENESIS 30:1-24
  54. THE LORD SAW THAT LEAH WAS NOT LOVED / GENESIS 29:31
  55. LABAN GAVE HIM HIS DAUGHTER RACHEL TO BE HIS WIFE / GENESIS 29:28
  56. WHY HAVE YOU DECEIVED ME? / GENESIS 29:25
  57. LABAN / GENESISS 29:5
  58. BETHEL / GENESIS 28:18-19
  59. ABOVE IT STOOD THE LORD / GENESIS 28:13-15
  60. THE ANGELS OF GOD / GENESIS 28:12
  61. THE BLESSING GIVEN TO ABRAHAM / GENESIS 28:4
  62. ESAU WEPT ALOUD / GENESIS 27:38
  63. JACOB SAID TO HIS FATHER / GENESIS 27:19
  64. REBEKAH SAID TO HER SON JACOB / GENESIS 27:6-17
  65. I MAY GIVE YOU MY BLESSING / GENESIS 27:4
  66. WHEN ISAAC WAS OLD / GENESIS 27:1
  67. A SOURCE OF GRIEF TO ISAAC AND REBEKAH / GENESIS 26:34-35
  68. THE LORD BLESSED HIM / GENESIS 26:12
  69. BECAUSE ABRAHAM OBEYED / GENESIS 26:5
  70. I WILL BE WITH YOU / GENESIS 26:2-4
  71. BIRTHRIGHT / GENESIS 25:31
  72. ISAAC WAS SIXTY YEARS OLD / GENESIS 25:26
  73. TWO NATIONS – OLDER WILL SEVE THE YOUNGER / GENESIS 25:23
  74. ISAAC PRAYED TO THE LORD / GENESIS 25:21
  75. THEN ABRAHAM … WAS GATHERED TO HIS PEOPLE / GENESIS 25:8
  76. GIFTS / GENESIS 25:6
  77. ABRAHAM LEFT EVERYTHING HE OWNED TO ISAAC / GENESIS 25:5
  78. WILL SEND HIS ANGEL WITH YOU AND MAKE YOUR JOURNEY A SUCCESS / GENESIS 24:40
  79. THE LORD HAD LED ME / GENESIS 24:26-27
  80. I’LL WATER YOUR CAMELS TOO / GENESIS 24:13-14
  81. HE PRAYED O LORD / GENESIS 24:12
  82. NOT GET A WIFE / GENESIS 24:3
  83. THE FIELD … AS A BURIAL SITE / GENESIS 23:20
  84. BECAUSE YOU HAVE OBEYED ME / GENESIS 22:15-18
  85. YAHWEH-YIREH / GENESIS 22:14
  86. NOW I KNOW THAT YOU FEAR GOD / GENESIS 22:11-13
  87. HE REACHED OUT HIS HAND / GENESIS 22:10
  88. BOUND HIS SON ISAAC / GENESIS 22:9
  89. GOD HIMSELF WILL PROVIDE / GENESIS 22:8
  90. I AND THE BOY … WILL COME BACK / GENESIS 22:5
  91. TAKE YOUR SON / GENESIS 22:2
  92. GOD TESTED ABRAHAM / GENESIS 22:1
  93. GOD HAS HEARD / GENESIS 21:17
  94. HIS SON ISAAC WAS BORN / GENESIS 21:5
  95. SAID OF HIS WIFE SARAH SHE IS MY SISTER / GENESIS 20:1-2
  96. THEY GOT THEIR FATHER TO DRINK WINE / GENESIS 19:13
  97. SMOKE FROM A FURNACE / GENESIS 19:28
  98. LOT’S WIFE LOOKED BACK, AND SHE BECAME A PILLAR OF SALET / GENESIS 19:26
  99. I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS / GENESIS 19:8
  100. HAVE SEX WITH THEM / GENESIS 19:5
  101. LOT WAS SITTING IN THE GATEWAY / GENESIS 19:1-2
  102. ABRAHAM REMAINED STANDING BEFORE THE LORD / GENESIS 18:22
  103. THEIR SIN IS SO GRIEVOUS / GENESIS 18:20-21
  104. HE WILL DIRECT HIS CHILDREN … KEEP THE WAY OF THE LORD / GENESIS 18:19
  105. IS ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD? / GENESIS 18:13-14
  106. THREE MEN / GENESIS 18:2
  107. LAUGHED / GENESIS 17:17
  108. SARAH /GENESIS 17:15
  109. CIRCUMCISION / GENESIS 17:11
  110. EVERLASTING POSSESSION / GENESIS 17:8
  111. TO BE YOUR GOD / GENESIS 17:6-7
  112. ABRAM … ABRAHAM / GENESIS 17:5
  113. MY COVENANT / GENESIS 17:2
  114. NINETY-NINE YEARS OLD / GENESIS 17:1
  115. AGAINST EVERYONE / GENESIS 16:12
  116. ISHMAEL / GENESIS 16:11
  117. THE ANGEL OF THE LORD / GENESIS 16:7
  118. THE LORD HAS KEPT ME FROM HAVING CHILDREN / GENESIS 16:2
  119. THE LORD MADE A COVENANT WITH ABRAM / GENESIS 15:17-21
  120. A COUNTRY NOT THEIR OWN / GENESIS 15:13
  121. HE BELIEVED … HE CREDITED IT TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS /GENESIS 15:6
  122. YOUR SHIELD, YOUR VERY GREAT REWARD / GENESIS 15:1
  123. I WILL ACCEPT NOTHING BELONGING TO YOU /GENESIS 14:22-23
  124. GAVE HIM A TENTH OF EVERYTHING / GENESIS 14:20
  125. MELCHIZEDEK KING OF SALEM / GENESIS 14:18
  126. CALLED OUT THE 318 TRAINED MEN / GENESIS 14:14
  127. PITCHED HIS TENTS NEAR SODOM / GENESIS 13:12
  128. LOT LOOKED UP AND SAW / GENESIS 13:10
  129. SAY YOU ARE MY SISTER / GENESIS 12:13
  130. A FAMINE IN THE LAND / GENESIS 12:10
  131. THE LORD APPEARED TO ABRAM / GENESIS 12:7
  132. ABRAM LEFT, AS THE LORD HAD TOLD HIM / GENESIS 12:4
  133. ALL PEOPLES ON EARTH WILL BE BLESSED THROUGH YOU / GENESIS 12:3
  134. LEAVE YOUR COUNTRY / GENESIS 12:1
  135. HIS SON ABRAM / GENESIS 11:31
  136. UR OF THE CHALDEANS / GENESIS 11:28
  137. LET US BUILD … THAT WE MAY MAKE A NAME / GENESIS 11:4
  138. A PLAIN IN SHINAR / GENESIS 11:1-2
  139. BORN TO SHEM / GENESIS 10:21-31
  140. THE SONS OF HAM / GENESIS 10:6-20
  141. THE SONS OF JEPHETH / GENESIS 10:2-5
  142. THE ACCOUNT OF SHEM, HAM AND JAPHETH / GENESIS 10:1
  143. CURSED BE CANAAN / GENESIS 9:25
  144. HAM / GENESIS 9:22
  145. DRANK SOME OF ITS WINE, HE BECAME DRUNK / GENESIS 9:21
  146. MY RAINBOW IN THE CLOUDS / GENESIS 9:13
  147. I NOW ESTABLISH MY COVENANT / GENESIS 9:9-17
  148. WHOEVER SHEDS THE BLOOD OF MAN, BY MAN SHALL HIS BLOOD BE SHED / GENESIS 9:6
  149. BUT GOD REMEMBERED NOAH / GENESIS 8:1
  150. EVERY LIVING THING … WAS WIPED OUT … ONLY NOAH WAS LEFT / GENESIS 7:23
  151. THE GREAT DEEP BURST FORTH / GENESIS 7:11-12
  152. THE FLOODWATERS CAME ON THE EARTH / GENESIS 7:6
  153. I WILL ESTABLISH MY COVENANT WITH YOU / GENESIS 6:18
  154. AN ARK / GENESIS 6:14
  155. NOAH WAS A RIGHTEOUS MAN, BLAMELESS AMONG THE PEOPLE / GENESIS 6:9
  156. THE LORD WAS GRIEVED / GENESIS 6:6
  157. GOD TOOK HIM/ GENESIS 5:24
  158. ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD / GENESIS 5:22
  159. SETH … FATHER OF ENOSH / GENESIS 5:6
  160. CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD / GENESIS 4:26
  161. MARRIED TWO WOMEN / GENESIS 4:19
  162. CAIN … HIS WIFE / GENESIS 4:17
  163. CAIN WENT OUT FROM THE LORD’S PRESENCE / GENESIS 4:16
  164. A MARK ON CAIN / GENESIS 4:15
  165. NOW YOU ARE UNDER A CURSE / GENENSIS 4:11
  166. YOUR BROTHER’S BLOOD CRIES OUT TO ME / GENESIS 4:10
  167. IT DESIRES TO HAVE YOU / GENESIS 4:7
  168. AN OFFERING TO THE LORD / GENESIS 4:3-5
  169. ADAM LAY WITH HIS WIFE / GENESIS 4:1
  170. HE DROVE THE MAN OUT / GENESIS 3:24
  171. HE WILL CRUSH YOUR HEAD, AND YOU WILL STRIKE HIS HEEL / GENESIS 3:15
  172. THE SERPENT DECEIVED ME / GENESIS 3:13
  173. THEY HID / GENESIS 3:8
  174. THEY REALIZED THEY WERE NAKED / GENEIS 3:7
  175. LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER / GENESIS 2:24
  176. HELPER SUITABLE FOR HIM / GENESIS 2:18
  177. THE LORD GOD COMMANDED THE MAN / GENESIS 2:16
  178. PUT HIM IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN / GENESIS 2:15
  179. TREE OF LIFE / GENESIS 2:9
  180. GARDEN IN THE EAST, IN EDEN / GENESIS 2:8
  181. A LIVING BEING / GENESIS 2:7
  182. THE ACCOUNT – THE LORD GOD / GENESIS 2:4
  183. GOD BLESSED THE SEVENTH DAY / GENESIS 2:3
  184. BE FRUITFUL AND INCREASE / GENESIS 1:28
  185. THERE WAS EVENING, AND THERE WAS MORNING – THE FIRST DAY / GENESIS 1:5
  186. IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED / GENESIS 1:1
  187. IT WAS GOOD / GENESIS 1:10
  188. HEART IS EVIL FROM CHILDHOOD / GENESIS 8:21
  189. THE SONS OF GOD / GENESIS 6:2
  190. HOW GREAT MAN’S WICKEDNESS /GENESIS 6:5
  191. ADAM LIVED 930 YEARS / GENESIS 5:5
  192. WRITTEN ACCOUNT OF ADAM’S LINE / GENESIS 5:1
  193. KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL / GENESIS 3:22
  194. GOD SAID LET US – LET US MAKE MAN / GENESIS 1:26
  195. I WILL GREATLY INCREASE YOUR PAINS / GENESIS 3:16-19
  196. SERVE AS SIGNS / GENESIS 1:14-15
  197. LET THERE BE LIGHT / GENESIS 1:8
  198. THE WOMAN … ATE IT … HER HUSBAND … WITH HER / GENESIS 3:6
  199. YOU WILL BE LIKE GOD / GENESIS 3:5
  200. YOU WILL NOT SURELY DIE / GENESIS 3:4
  201. THE SERPENT / GENESIS 3:1
  202. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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USES FOR DIVINATION / GENESIS 44:5

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(KJV) Genesis 44:5

Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.

USES FOR DIVINATION / GENESIS 44:5

Joseph certainly did not practice divination (the act of seeking the advice or help of spirits). This was absolutely forbidden by God. So there are two possible reasons why this passage is included in Joseph’s story.

  1. The Hebrew term for “divination” can also be translated “be sure to notice.” In this case, the steward would be saying to the brothers, “Did you think that my master would not notice that the cup was missing?” 
  2. It could also be that because Joseph was trying to keep his identity a secret from his brothers, he would be better able to fool them if he pretended to practice divination (Genesis 44:15).

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. IF I AM BEREAVED / GENESIS 43:14
  2. I WILL BEAR THE BLAME / GENESIS 43:9
  3. PUT BOTH OF MY SONS TO DEATH / GENESIS 42:37
  4. WE ARE BEING PUNISHED / GENESIS 42:21
  5. YOU ARE SPIES! / GENESIS 42:9
  6. JOSEPH RECOGNIZED HIS BROTHERS / GENESIS 42:8
  7. BENJAMIN / GENESIS 42:4
  8. JOSEPH WAS THIRTY YEARS OLD / GENESIS 41:46
  9. GOD WILL GIVE PHARAOH THE ANSWER / GENESIS 41:16
  10. THE MAGICIANS OF EGYPT / GENESIS 41:8
  11. WHEN TWO FULL YEARS HAD PASSED PHARAOH HAD A DREAM / GENESIS 41:1
  12. PHARAOH / GENESIS 40:2
  13. SOME TIME LATER / GENESIS 40:1
  14. THE LORD WAS WITH HIM / GENESIS 39:21
  15. PUT HIM IN PRISON / GENESIS 39:20
  16. HE RAN / GENESIS 39:12
  17. SIN AGAINST GOD / GENESIS 39:9
  18. THE LORD WAS WITH JOEPH / GENESIS 39:2
  19. JOSEPH HAD BEEN TAKEN DOWN TO EGYPT / GENESIS 39:1
  20. THOUGHT SHE WAS A PROSTITUTE / GENEIS 38:15
  21. ONAN / GENESIS 38:9
  22. TAMAR / GENESIS 38:6
  23. DAUGHTER OF A CANAANITE / GENESIS 28:2
  24. DOWN TO THE GRAVE / GENESIS 37:35
  25. TOOK HIM TO EGYPT / GENESIS 37:28
  26. REUBEN / GENESIS 37:21
  27. BOWED DOWN / GENESIS 37:7
  28. LISTEN TO THIS DREAM / GENEIS 37:6
  29. A DREAM / GENESIS 37:5
  30. RICHLY ORNAMENTED ROBE / GENESIS 37:3
  31. JOSEPH / GENESIS 37:2
  32. ESAU POSSESSIONS / GENESIS 36:6-7
  33. REUBEN / GENESIS 35:22
  34. NAMED HER SON BEN-ONI … FATHER NAMED HIM BENJAMIN / GENESIS 35:18
  35. GOD APPEARED TO HIM AGAIN / GENESIS 35:9-13
  36. GET RID OF THE FOREIGN GODS / GENESIS 35:2
  37. SIMEON AND LEVI ATTACKED THE UNSUSPECTING CITY / GENESIS 34:25
  38. CIRCUMCISING ALL YOUR MALES / GENESIS 34:15
  39. JACOB’S SONS WERE FILLED WITH GRIEF / GENESIS 34:7
  40. HE TOOK HER AND VIOLATED HER / GENESIS 34:2
  41. DINAH … THE WOMEN OF THE LAND / GENESIS 34:1
  42. ESAU KISSED HIM AND THEY WEPT / GENESIS 33:4
  43. HE BLESSED HIM THERE / GENESIS 32:29
  44. YOUR NAME … ISRAEL / GENESIS 32:28
  45. A MAN WRESTLED WITH HIM / GENESIS 32:24
  46. O GOD OF MY FATHER / GENESIS 32:9
  47. THE ANGELS OF GOD MET HIM / GENESIS 32:1
  48. RACHEL STOLE HER FATHER’S HOUSEHOLD GODS / GENESIS 31:19
  49. BORE YOUNG THAT WERE STREAKED OR SPECKLED OR SPOTTED / GENESIS 30:38-39
  50. GOD HAS REWARDED ME / GENESIS 30:18
  51. OR I’LL DIE! / GENESIS 30:1
  52. GIVE ME CHILDREN / GENESIS 30:1-24
  53. THE LORD SAW THAT LEAH WAS NOT LOVED / GENESIS 29:31
  54. LABAN GAVE HIM HIS DAUGHTER RACHEL TO BE HIS WIFE / GENESIS 29:28
  55. WHY HAVE YOU DECEIVED ME? / GENESIS 29:25
  56. LABAN / GENESISS 29:5
  57. BETHEL / GENESIS 28:18-19
  58. ABOVE IT STOOD THE LORD / GENESIS 28:13-15
  59. THE ANGELS OF GOD / GENESIS 28:12
  60. THE BLESSING GIVEN TO ABRAHAM / GENESIS 28:4
  61. ESAU WEPT ALOUD / GENESIS 27:38
  62. JACOB SAID TO HIS FATHER / GENESIS 27:19
  63. REBEKAH SAID TO HER SON JACOB / GENESIS 27:6-17
  64. I MAY GIVE YOU MY BLESSING / GENESIS 27:4
  65. WHEN ISAAC WAS OLD / GENESIS 27:1
  66. A SOURCE OF GRIEF TO ISAAC AND REBEKAH / GENESIS 26:34-35
  67. THE LORD BLESSED HIM / GENESIS 26:12
  68. BECAUSE ABRAHAM OBEYED / GENESIS 26:5
  69. I WILL BE WITH YOU / GENESIS 26:2-4
  70. BIRTHRIGHT / GENESIS 25:31
  71. ISAAC WAS SIXTY YEARS OLD / GENESIS 25:26
  72. TWO NATIONS – OLDER WILL SEVE THE YOUNGER / GENESIS 25:23
  73. ISAAC PRAYED TO THE LORD / GENESIS 25:21
  74. THEN ABRAHAM … WAS GATHERED TO HIS PEOPLE / GENESIS 25:8
  75. GIFTS / GENESIS 25:6
  76. ABRAHAM LEFT EVERYTHING HE OWNED TO ISAAC / GENESIS 25:5
  77. WILL SEND HIS ANGEL WITH YOU AND MAKE YOUR JOURNEY A SUCCESS / GENESIS 24:40
  78. THE LORD HAD LED ME / GENESIS 24:26-27
  79. I’LL WATER YOUR CAMELS TOO / GENESIS 24:13-14
  80. HE PRAYED O LORD / GENESIS 24:12
  81. NOT GET A WIFE / GENESIS 24:3
  82. THE FIELD … AS A BURIAL SITE / GENESIS 23:20
  83. BECAUSE YOU HAVE OBEYED ME / GENESIS 22:15-18
  84. YAHWEH-YIREH / GENESIS 22:14
  85. NOW I KNOW THAT YOU FEAR GOD / GENESIS 22:11-13
  86. HE REACHED OUT HIS HAND / GENESIS 22:10
  87. BOUND HIS SON ISAAC / GENESIS 22:9
  88. GOD HIMSELF WILL PROVIDE / GENESIS 22:8
  89. I AND THE BOY … WILL COME BACK / GENESIS 22:5
  90. TAKE YOUR SON / GENESIS 22:2
  91. GOD TESTED ABRAHAM / GENESIS 22:1
  92. GOD HAS HEARD / GENESIS 21:17
  93. HIS SON ISAAC WAS BORN / GENESIS 21:5
  94. SAID OF HIS WIFE SARAH SHE IS MY SISTER / GENESIS 20:1-2
  95. THEY GOT THEIR FATHER TO DRINK WINE / GENESIS 19:13
  96. SMOKE FROM A FURNACE / GENESIS 19:28
  97. LOT’S WIFE LOOKED BACK, AND SHE BECAME A PILLAR OF SALET / GENESIS 19:26
  98. I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS / GENESIS 19:8
  99. HAVE SEX WITH THEM / GENESIS 19:5
  100. LOT WAS SITTING IN THE GATEWAY / GENESIS 19:1-2
  101. ABRAHAM REMAINED STANDING BEFORE THE LORD / GENESIS 18:22
  102. THEIR SIN IS SO GRIEVOUS / GENESIS 18:20-21
  103. HE WILL DIRECT HIS CHILDREN … KEEP THE WAY OF THE LORD / GENESIS 18:19
  104. IS ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD? / GENESIS 18:13-14
  105. THREE MEN / GENESIS 18:2
  106. LAUGHED / GENESIS 17:17
  107. SARAH /GENESIS 17:15
  108. CIRCUMCISION / GENESIS 17:11
  109. EVERLASTING POSSESSION / GENESIS 17:8
  110. TO BE YOUR GOD / GENESIS 17:6-7
  111. ABRAM … ABRAHAM / GENESIS 17:5
  112. MY COVENANT / GENESIS 17:2
  113. NINETY-NINE YEARS OLD / GENESIS 17:1
  114. AGAINST EVERYONE / GENESIS 16:12
  115. ISHMAEL / GENESIS 16:11
  116. THE ANGEL OF THE LORD / GENESIS 16:7
  117. THE LORD HAS KEPT ME FROM HAVING CHILDREN / GENESIS 16:2
  118. THE LORD MADE A COVENANT WITH ABRAM / GENESIS 15:17-21
  119. A COUNTRY NOT THEIR OWN / GENESIS 15:13
  120. HE BELIEVED … HE CREDITED IT TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS /GENESIS 15:6
  121. YOUR SHIELD, YOUR VERY GREAT REWARD / GENESIS 15:1
  122. I WILL ACCEPT NOTHING BELONGING TO YOU /GENESIS 14:22-23
  123. GAVE HIM A TENTH OF EVERYTHING / GENESIS 14:20
  124. MELCHIZEDEK KING OF SALEM / GENESIS 14:18
  125. CALLED OUT THE 318 TRAINED MEN / GENESIS 14:14
  126. PITCHED HIS TENTS NEAR SODOM / GENESIS 13:12
  127. LOT LOOKED UP AND SAW / GENESIS 13:10
  128. SAY YOU ARE MY SISTER / GENESIS 12:13
  129. A FAMINE IN THE LAND / GENESIS 12:10
  130. THE LORD APPEARED TO ABRAM / GENESIS 12:7
  131. ABRAM LEFT, AS THE LORD HAD TOLD HIM / GENESIS 12:4
  132. ALL PEOPLES ON EARTH WILL BE BLESSED THROUGH YOU / GENESIS 12:3
  133. LEAVE YOUR COUNTRY / GENESIS 12:1
  134. HIS SON ABRAM / GENESIS 11:31
  135. UR OF THE CHALDEANS / GENESIS 11:28
  136. LET US BUILD … THAT WE MAY MAKE A NAME / GENESIS 11:4
  137. A PLAIN IN SHINAR / GENESIS 11:1-2
  138. BORN TO SHEM / GENESIS 10:21-31
  139. THE SONS OF HAM / GENESIS 10:6-20
  140. THE SONS OF JEPHETH / GENESIS 10:2-5
  141. THE ACCOUNT OF SHEM, HAM AND JAPHETH / GENESIS 10:1
  142. CURSED BE CANAAN / GENESIS 9:25
  143. HAM / GENESIS 9:22
  144. DRANK SOME OF ITS WINE, HE BECAME DRUNK / GENESIS 9:21
  145. MY RAINBOW IN THE CLOUDS / GENESIS 9:13
  146. I NOW ESTABLISH MY COVENANT / GENESIS 9:9-17
  147. WHOEVER SHEDS THE BLOOD OF MAN, BY MAN SHALL HIS BLOOD BE SHED / GENESIS 9:6
  148. BUT GOD REMEMBERED NOAH / GENESIS 8:1
  149. EVERY LIVING THING … WAS WIPED OUT … ONLY NOAH WAS LEFT / GENESIS 7:23
  150. THE GREAT DEEP BURST FORTH / GENESIS 7:11-12
  151. THE FLOODWATERS CAME ON THE EARTH / GENESIS 7:6
  152. I WILL ESTABLISH MY COVENANT WITH YOU / GENESIS 6:18
  153. AN ARK / GENESIS 6:14
  154. NOAH WAS A RIGHTEOUS MAN, BLAMELESS AMONG THE PEOPLE / GENESIS 6:9
  155. THE LORD WAS GRIEVED / GENESIS 6:6
  156. GOD TOOK HIM/ GENESIS 5:24
  157. ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD / GENESIS 5:22
  158. SETH … FATHER OF ENOSH / GENESIS 5:6
  159. CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD / GENESIS 4:26
  160. MARRIED TWO WOMEN / GENESIS 4:19
  161. CAIN … HIS WIFE / GENESIS 4:17
  162. CAIN WENT OUT FROM THE LORD’S PRESENCE / GENESIS 4:16
  163. A MARK ON CAIN / GENESIS 4:15
  164. NOW YOU ARE UNDER A CURSE / GENENSIS 4:11
  165. YOUR BROTHER’S BLOOD CRIES OUT TO ME / GENESIS 4:10
  166. IT DESIRES TO HAVE YOU / GENESIS 4:7
  167. AN OFFERING TO THE LORD / GENESIS 4:3-5
  168. ADAM LAY WITH HIS WIFE / GENESIS 4:1
  169. HE DROVE THE MAN OUT / GENESIS 3:24
  170. HE WILL CRUSH YOUR HEAD, AND YOU WILL STRIKE HIS HEEL / GENESIS 3:15
  171. THE SERPENT DECEIVED ME / GENESIS 3:13
  172. THEY HID / GENESIS 3:8
  173. THEY REALIZED THEY WERE NAKED / GENEIS 3:7
  174. LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER / GENESIS 2:24
  175. HELPER SUITABLE FOR HIM / GENESIS 2:18
  176. THE LORD GOD COMMANDED THE MAN / GENESIS 2:16
  177. PUT HIM IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN / GENESIS 2:15
  178. TREE OF LIFE / GENESIS 2:9
  179. GARDEN IN THE EAST, IN EDEN / GENESIS 2:8
  180. A LIVING BEING / GENESIS 2:7
  181. THE ACCOUNT – THE LORD GOD / GENESIS 2:4
  182. GOD BLESSED THE SEVENTH DAY / GENESIS 2:3
  183. BE FRUITFUL AND INCREASE / GENESIS 1:28
  184. THERE WAS EVENING, AND THERE WAS MORNING – THE FIRST DAY / GENESIS 1:5
  185. IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED / GENESIS 1:1
  186. IT WAS GOOD / GENESIS 1:10
  187. HEART IS EVIL FROM CHILDHOOD / GENESIS 8:21
  188. THE SONS OF GOD / GENESIS 6:2
  189. HOW GREAT MAN’S WICKEDNESS /GENESIS 6:5
  190. ADAM LIVED 930 YEARS / GENESIS 5:5
  191. WRITTEN ACCOUNT OF ADAM’S LINE / GENESIS 5:1
  192. KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL / GENESIS 3:22
  193. GOD SAID LET US – LET US MAKE MAN / GENESIS 1:26
  194. I WILL GREATLY INCREASE YOUR PAINS / GENESIS 3:16-19
  195. SERVE AS SIGNS / GENESIS 1:14-15
  196. LET THERE BE LIGHT / GENESIS 1:8
  197. THE WOMAN … ATE IT … HER HUSBAND … WITH HER / GENESIS 3:6
  198. YOU WILL BE LIKE GOD / GENESIS 3:5
  199. YOU WILL NOT SURELY DIE / GENESIS 3:4
  200. THE SERPENT / GENESIS 3:1
  201. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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I NEVER KNEW YOU / MATTHEW 7:23

START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION

(KJV) Matthew 7:23

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

I NEVER KNEW YOU / MATTHEW 7:23

Christ makes it unmistakably clear that people may speak about Him and even be involved in powerful, supernatural activity, such as diving out demons and performing miracles, though in their hearts they have no genuine personal relationship with Christ. 

  1. Scripture teaches that what seems to be great preaching, strong belief, enthusiasm for God and the working of miracles can be performed even under the influence and power of Satan. Unlike us, Satan obviously has supernatural abilities and will use them to deceive people inside and outside the church. Paul warns that “Satan himself masquerades [walks about in disguise] as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, that many of his servants’ masquerade as servants of righteousness” (2 Corinthians 11:14-15; Matthew 24:24). Paul makes it clear that what might appear to be a powerful gift of ministry can be “the work of Satan” (2 Thessalonians 2:9-10; Revelation 13:3, 12). 

Many times, God overrides Satan’s activity in false preachers in order to bring genuine spiritual salvation or healing to those who truly respond to God’s Word (Philippians 1:15-18). This means that if the message is true – even when the minister is not – it can still have the proper godly effect on people’s lives. It is always God’s desire that those who proclaim His message are in a right relationship with Him (1Timothy 3:1-7). Yet, when an evil or immoral person preaches God’s Word, God can still work in the hearts of those who receive the Word and trust Christ. God does not give His approval on any unrighteous minister or teacher, but He does honor the truth of the message and will save all who accept it in faith.

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  1. MANY WILL SAY LORD, LORD / MATTHEW 7:22
  2. DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER / MATTHEW 7:21
  3. BY THEIR FRUIT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM / MATTHEW 7:16
  4. SMALL IS THE GATE … AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT / MATTHEW 7:14
  5. YOUR FATHER … GIVE GOOD GIFTS / MATTHEW 7:11
  6. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / MATTHEW 7:7-8
  7. DO NOT JUDGE / MATTHEW 7:1
  8. SEEK … KINGDOM … RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 6:33
  9. IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES / MATTHEW 6:30
  10. DO NOT WORRY / MATTHEW 6:25
  11. EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY / MATTHEW 6:22
  12. WHEN YOU FAST / MATTHEW 6:16
  13. IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:15
  14. IF YOU FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:14
  15. DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE / MATTHEW 6:13
  16. FORGIVE AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN / MATTHEW 6:12
  17. DAILY BREAD / MATTHEW 6:11
  18. YOUR KINGDOM COME – YOUR WILL BE DONE / MATTHEW 6:10
  19. THIS THEN IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY / MATTHEW 6:9
  20. PRAY IN SECRET / MATTHEW 6:6
  21. ‘ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’ BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 6:1
  22. DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON / MATTHEW 5:39
  23. LOOKS LUSTFULLY / MATTHEW 5:28
  24. ANGRY … RACA … FOOL / MATTHEW 5:22
  25. UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:20
  26. GREAT IN THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 5:19
  27. THE LAW TO FULFILL / MATTHEW 5:17
  28. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS / MATTHEW 5:14-16
  29. PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:10
  30. THE PEACEMAKERS / MATTHEW 5:9
  31. THE PURE IN HEART / MATTHEW 5:8
  32. THE MERCIFUL / MATTHEW 5:7
  33. HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:6
  34. THE MEEK / MATTHEW 5:5
  35. THOSE WHO MOURN / MATTHEW 5:4
  36. BLESSED POOR IN SPIRIT / MATTHEW 5:3
  37. SERMON ON THE MONT / MATTHEW 5-7
  38. THE KINGDOM AND HEALING / MATTHEW 4:23
  39. FISHERS OF MEN / MATTHEW 4:19
  40. IT IS WRITTEN / MATTHEW 4:6
  41. FASTING FORTY DAYS / MATTHEW 4:2
  42. JESUS … TEMPTED / MATTHEW 4:1-11
  43. THE TRINITY IN EXAMPLE / MATTHEW 3:17
  44. SPIRIT … ON HIM / MATTHEW 3:16
  45. JESUS … BAPTIZED / MATTHEW 3:13
  46. WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MATTHEW 3:11
  47. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / MATTHEW 3:8
  48. PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES / MATTHEW 3:7
  49. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – REPENT / MATTHEW 3:2
  50. WARNED IN A DREAM / MATTHEW 2:22-23
  51. ESCAPE TO EGYPT / MATTHEW 2:13
  52. CHIEF PRIESTS AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW / MATTHEW 2:4
  53. HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
  54. NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
  55. VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
  56. JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
  57. MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
  58. CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
  59. GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
  60. I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
  61. KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
  62. FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
  63. SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
  64. DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
  65. MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
  66. GO … MAKE DISCIPLES … BAPTIZING / MATTHEW 28:19
  67. SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
  68. YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
  69. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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MANY WILL SAY LORD, LORD / MATTHEW 7:22

START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION

(KJV) Matthew 7:22

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?

MANY WILL SAY LORD, LORD / MATTHEW 7:22

Jesus clearly states that there will be “many” who believe they are serving Him and who appear to do great works for Him, yet in reality they never had a true personal relationship with Christ (Matthew 7:23). To escape the temptation and deceit that will be very common in the end times, church leaders (or any follower of Christ) must be totally committed to the truth revealed in God’s Word (Revelation 22:19). We must never consider outward “success” or results from ministry as the standard by which to determine our relationship with Christ. Each of us must strive to know Him deeply and to live by the instructions and guidelines in God’s Word.

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  1. DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER / MATTHEW 7:21
  2. BY THEIR FRUIT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM / MATTHEW 7:16
  3. SMALL IS THE GATE … AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT / MATTHEW 7:14
  4. YOUR FATHER … GIVE GOOD GIFTS / MATTHEW 7:11
  5. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / MATTHEW 7:7-8
  6. DO NOT JUDGE / MATTHEW 7:1
  7. SEEK … KINGDOM … RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 6:33
  8. IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES / MATTHEW 6:30
  9. DO NOT WORRY / MATTHEW 6:25
  10. EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY / MATTHEW 6:22
  11. WHEN YOU FAST / MATTHEW 6:16
  12. IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:15
  13. IF YOU FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:14
  14. DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE / MATTHEW 6:13
  15. FORGIVE AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN / MATTHEW 6:12
  16. DAILY BREAD / MATTHEW 6:11
  17. YOUR KINGDOM COME – YOUR WILL BE DONE / MATTHEW 6:10
  18. THIS THEN IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY / MATTHEW 6:9
  19. PRAY IN SECRET / MATTHEW 6:6
  20. ‘ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’ BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 6:1
  21. DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON / MATTHEW 5:39
  22. LOOKS LUSTFULLY / MATTHEW 5:28
  23. ANGRY … RACA … FOOL / MATTHEW 5:22
  24. UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:20
  25. GREAT IN THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 5:19
  26. THE LAW TO FULFILL / MATTHEW 5:17
  27. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS / MATTHEW 5:14-16
  28. PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:10
  29. THE PEACEMAKERS / MATTHEW 5:9
  30. THE PURE IN HEART / MATTHEW 5:8
  31. THE MERCIFUL / MATTHEW 5:7
  32. HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:6
  33. THE MEEK / MATTHEW 5:5
  34. THOSE WHO MOURN / MATTHEW 5:4
  35. BLESSED POOR IN SPIRIT / MATTHEW 5:3
  36. SERMON ON THE MONT / MATTHEW 5-7
  37. THE KINGDOM AND HEALING / MATTHEW 4:23
  38. FISHERS OF MEN / MATTHEW 4:19
  39. IT IS WRITTEN / MATTHEW 4:6
  40. FASTING FORTY DAYS / MATTHEW 4:2
  41. JESUS … TEMPTED / MATTHEW 4:1-11
  42. THE TRINITY IN EXAMPLE / MATTHEW 3:17
  43. SPIRIT … ON HIM / MATTHEW 3:16
  44. JESUS … BAPTIZED / MATTHEW 3:13
  45. WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MATTHEW 3:11
  46. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / MATTHEW 3:8
  47. PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES / MATTHEW 3:7
  48. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – REPENT / MATTHEW 3:2
  49. WARNED IN A DREAM / MATTHEW 2:22-23
  50. ESCAPE TO EGYPT / MATTHEW 2:13
  51. CHIEF PRIESTS AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW / MATTHEW 2:4
  52. HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
  53. NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
  54. VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
  55. JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
  56. MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
  57. CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
  58. GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
  59. I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
  60. KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
  61. FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
  62. SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
  63. DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
  64. MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
  65. GO … MAKE DISCIPLES … BAPTIZING / MATTHEW 28:19
  66. SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
  67. YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
  68. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER / MATTHEW 7:21

START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION

(KJV) Matthew 7:21

Not every one 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.

DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER / MATTHEW 7:21

Jesus emphatically taught that carrying out God’s purposes and desires was a condition for entering the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 7:22-27; 19:16-26; 25:31-46). This certainly does not mean that we can earn spiritual salvation by our own efforts or works. This is true for the following reasons:

  1. God’s forgiveness comes to us through faith and repentance (admitting our sin, turning from our own way, submitting to God and following His purposes). It is made possible by the grace and sacrificial death of Christ, who gave His perfect life to pay the ultimate penalty for our sins (Matthew 26:28; Luke 15:11-32; 18:9-14).
  2. The obedience of God’s will demanded by Christ is an ongoing condition for salvation; it does not save us, but it is a response and a result of true salvation. Yet, it is still God’s power and grace (undeserved favor, love and help) that enable us to live by His standards. This means that we must continually pray for that grace, receive it and put it into action by true faith and devotion to Christ. Note the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10; Matthew 6:11; Matthew 6:12; Matthew 6:13) and the many challenges and warnings directed toward Christians, telling them to put sin to death (to rid their lives of sin and not respond to its appeal) and to present themselves to God as living sacrifices (Romans 6:1-23; 8:1-17; 12:1-2; Matthew 5:6).
  3. Because of the gift of God’s power and grace, we are capable of doing God’s power and grace, we are capable of doing God’s will and living right as we follow Christ with all of our heart (Ephesians 2:5). God’s Word says that “by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God…For we are God’s workmanship” (Ephesians 2:8-10).
  4. God always gives us the strength and ability to obey Him and overcome sin. That is part of the full salvation He works out through those who have entrusted their lives to Him and have been restored to a personal relationship with Jesus. “For it is God who works out through those who have entrusted their lives to him and have been restored to a personal relationship with Jesus. “For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to His good purpose” (Philippians 2:13). Yet God’s gift of grace – His favor, help and mercy that we do not deserve – does not cancel the need for action on our part. We must respond positively to God’s gift of obedience (Ephesians 4:22-32; Jude 1:20-21; Jude 1:24-25; Philippians 2:12). We are always free to reject God’s grace, refuse to depend on Christ (Hebrews 7:25) and refuse to pray for and accept the life of obedience (Matthew 5:6).

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. BY THEIR FRUIT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM / MATTHEW 7:16
  2. SMALL IS THE GATE … AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT / MATTHEW 7:14
  3. YOUR FATHER … GIVE GOOD GIFTS / MATTHEW 7:11
  4. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / MATTHEW 7:7-8
  5. DO NOT JUDGE / MATTHEW 7:1
  6. SEEK … KINGDOM … RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 6:33
  7. IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES / MATTHEW 6:30
  8. DO NOT WORRY / MATTHEW 6:25
  9. EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY / MATTHEW 6:22
  10. WHEN YOU FAST / MATTHEW 6:16
  11. IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:15
  12. IF YOU FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:14
  13. DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE / MATTHEW 6:13
  14. FORGIVE AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN / MATTHEW 6:12
  15. DAILY BREAD / MATTHEW 6:11
  16. YOUR KINGDOM COME – YOUR WILL BE DONE / MATTHEW 6:10
  17. THIS THEN IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY / MATTHEW 6:9
  18. PRAY IN SECRET / MATTHEW 6:6
  19. ‘ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’ BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 6:1
  20. DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON / MATTHEW 5:39
  21. LOOKS LUSTFULLY / MATTHEW 5:28
  22. ANGRY … RACA … FOOL / MATTHEW 5:22
  23. UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:20
  24. GREAT IN THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 5:19
  25. THE LAW TO FULFILL / MATTHEW 5:17
  26. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS / MATTHEW 5:14-16
  27. PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:10
  28. THE PEACEMAKERS / MATTHEW 5:9
  29. THE PURE IN HEART / MATTHEW 5:8
  30. THE MERCIFUL / MATTHEW 5:7
  31. HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:6
  32. THE MEEK / MATTHEW 5:5
  33. THOSE WHO MOURN / MATTHEW 5:4
  34. BLESSED POOR IN SPIRIT / MATTHEW 5:3
  35. SERMON ON THE MONT / MATTHEW 5-7
  36. THE KINGDOM AND HEALING / MATTHEW 4:23
  37. FISHERS OF MEN / MATTHEW 4:19
  38. IT IS WRITTEN / MATTHEW 4:6
  39. FASTING FORTY DAYS / MATTHEW 4:2
  40. JESUS … TEMPTED / MATTHEW 4:1-11
  41. THE TRINITY IN EXAMPLE / MATTHEW 3:17
  42. SPIRIT … ON HIM / MATTHEW 3:16
  43. JESUS … BAPTIZED / MATTHEW 3:13
  44. WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MATTHEW 3:11
  45. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / MATTHEW 3:8
  46. PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES / MATTHEW 3:7
  47. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – REPENT / MATTHEW 3:2
  48. WARNED IN A DREAM / MATTHEW 2:22-23
  49. ESCAPE TO EGYPT / MATTHEW 2:13
  50. CHIEF PRIESTS AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW / MATTHEW 2:4
  51. HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
  52. NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
  53. VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
  54. JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
  55. MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
  56. CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
  57. GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
  58. I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
  59. KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
  60. FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
  61. SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
  62. DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
  63. MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
  64. GO … MAKE DISCIPLES … BAPTIZING / MATTHEW 28:19
  65. SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
  66. YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
  67. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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BY THEIR FRUIT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM / MATTHEW 7:16

START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION

(KJV) Matthew 7:16

Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

BY THEIR FRUIT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM / MATTHEW 7:16

False teachers who outwardly appear to be godly but “inwardly…are ferocious wolves” (Matthew 7:5) can be identified by their “fruit” – their true spiritual character and their effect on others. With time, their fruit always shows what is really in their hearts. The fruit shows what is really in their hearts. The fruit of false teachers will be spiritually unhealthy, and they will produce ungodly fruit in the lives of their followers (1 John 4:5-6), such as those listed below. 

  1. They will claim to follow Christ but will be more loyal to the personalities of men than to God’s Word (Matthew 7:21). That is to say, they worship the creature more than the Creator (Romans 1:25). 
  2. They will be more concerned with their own desires than with God’s glory and honor. Their beliefs and teachings will be self-centered rather than God-centered (Matthew 7:21-23; 2 Timothy 4:3). 
  3. They will accept human teachings and traditions even when those teachings contradict God’s Word (Matthew 7:24-27; 1 John 4:6). 
  4. They will seek and respond to religious experiences and supernatural activity as their final authority in determining “truth” (Matthew 7:22-23), rather than spiritually growing up in the instruction of God’s entire Word. 

They will not accept the true and authoritative teaching of God’s Word but will instead look for and listen only to teachers who say what they want to hear, as if the road to salvation is “wide” and permissive (Matthew 7:14). Jesus says they want only to respond to messages that accept and approve of their selfish interests and ungodly behavior (Matthew 7:13-14, 23; 2 Timothy 4:3).

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. SMALL IS THE GATE … AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT / MATTHEW 7:14
  2. YOUR FATHER … GIVE GOOD GIFTS / MATTHEW 7:11
  3. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / MATTHEW 7:7-8
  4. DO NOT JUDGE / MATTHEW 7:1
  5. SEEK … KINGDOM … RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 6:33
  6. IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES / MATTHEW 6:30
  7. DO NOT WORRY / MATTHEW 6:25
  8. EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY / MATTHEW 6:22
  9. WHEN YOU FAST / MATTHEW 6:16
  10. IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:15
  11. IF YOU FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:14
  12. DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE / MATTHEW 6:13
  13. FORGIVE AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN / MATTHEW 6:12
  14. DAILY BREAD / MATTHEW 6:11
  15. YOUR KINGDOM COME – YOUR WILL BE DONE / MATTHEW 6:10
  16. THIS THEN IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY / MATTHEW 6:9
  17. PRAY IN SECRET / MATTHEW 6:6
  18. ‘ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’ BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 6:1
  19. DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON / MATTHEW 5:39
  20. LOOKS LUSTFULLY / MATTHEW 5:28
  21. ANGRY … RACA … FOOL / MATTHEW 5:22
  22. UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:20
  23. GREAT IN THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 5:19
  24. THE LAW TO FULFILL / MATTHEW 5:17
  25. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS / MATTHEW 5:14-16
  26. PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:10
  27. THE PEACEMAKERS / MATTHEW 5:9
  28. THE PURE IN HEART / MATTHEW 5:8
  29. THE MERCIFUL / MATTHEW 5:7
  30. HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:6
  31. THE MEEK / MATTHEW 5:5
  32. THOSE WHO MOURN / MATTHEW 5:4
  33. BLESSED POOR IN SPIRIT / MATTHEW 5:3
  34. SERMON ON THE MONT / MATTHEW 5-7
  35. THE KINGDOM AND HEALING / MATTHEW 4:23
  36. FISHERS OF MEN / MATTHEW 4:19
  37. IT IS WRITTEN / MATTHEW 4:6
  38. FASTING FORTY DAYS / MATTHEW 4:2
  39. JESUS … TEMPTED / MATTHEW 4:1-11
  40. THE TRINITY IN EXAMPLE / MATTHEW 3:17
  41. SPIRIT … ON HIM / MATTHEW 3:16
  42. JESUS … BAPTIZED / MATTHEW 3:13
  43. WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MATTHEW 3:11
  44. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / MATTHEW 3:8
  45. PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES / MATTHEW 3:7
  46. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – REPENT / MATTHEW 3:2
  47. WARNED IN A DREAM / MATTHEW 2:22-23
  48. ESCAPE TO EGYPT / MATTHEW 2:13
  49. CHIEF PRIESTS AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW / MATTHEW 2:4
  50. HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
  51. NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
  52. VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
  53. JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
  54. MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
  55. CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
  56. GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
  57. I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
  58. KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
  59. FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
  60. SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
  61. DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
  62. MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
  63. GO … MAKE DISCIPLES … BAPTIZING / MATTHEW 28:19
  64. SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
  65. YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
  66. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

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SMALL IS THE GATE … AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT / MATTHEW 7:14

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(KJV) Matthew 7:14

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

SMALL IS THE GATE … AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT / MATTHEW 7:14

Christ taught that we are not to expect a majority of people to follow Him on the road that leads to eternal life with God. 

  1. Comparatively few will pass through the gate of godly humility and true repentance (Matthew 3:2) – turning from and denying their own way in order to follow Jesus. This means doing all that we can to obey His commands, pursuing His purposes and standards and pressing on through the difficulties of life with true faith, purity and love. 

In His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus describes the great benefits and blessings that go along with being His disciple (a disciplined follower, learner, Matthew 5:3-12). Jesus taught that following Him is costly. It involves making difficult choices and going through difficult situations at times. There are obligations concerning right living, pressing on in faith through persecution, love for our enemies and self-denial. The initial step of surrendering to Christ and accepting His forgiveness for sin may not be difficult but trusting Him to make the necessary life changes and continuing to follow Him, no matter what, is not an easy path to follow and will test our faith extremely.

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  1. YOUR FATHER … GIVE GOOD GIFTS / MATTHEW 7:11
  2. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / MATTHEW 7:7-8
  3. DO NOT JUDGE / MATTHEW 7:1
  4. SEEK … KINGDOM … RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 6:33
  5. IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES / MATTHEW 6:30
  6. DO NOT WORRY / MATTHEW 6:25
  7. EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY / MATTHEW 6:22
  8. WHEN YOU FAST / MATTHEW 6:16
  9. IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:15
  10. IF YOU FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:14
  11. DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE / MATTHEW 6:13
  12. FORGIVE AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN / MATTHEW 6:12
  13. DAILY BREAD / MATTHEW 6:11
  14. YOUR KINGDOM COME – YOUR WILL BE DONE / MATTHEW 6:10
  15. THIS THEN IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY / MATTHEW 6:9
  16. PRAY IN SECRET / MATTHEW 6:6
  17. ‘ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’ BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 6:1
  18. DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON / MATTHEW 5:39
  19. LOOKS LUSTFULLY / MATTHEW 5:28
  20. ANGRY … RACA … FOOL / MATTHEW 5:22
  21. UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:20
  22. GREAT IN THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 5:19
  23. THE LAW TO FULFILL / MATTHEW 5:17
  24. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS / MATTHEW 5:14-16
  25. PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:10
  26. THE PEACEMAKERS / MATTHEW 5:9
  27. THE PURE IN HEART / MATTHEW 5:8
  28. THE MERCIFUL / MATTHEW 5:7
  29. HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:6
  30. THE MEEK / MATTHEW 5:5
  31. THOSE WHO MOURN / MATTHEW 5:4
  32. BLESSED POOR IN SPIRIT / MATTHEW 5:3
  33. SERMON ON THE MONT / MATTHEW 5-7
  34. THE KINGDOM AND HEALING / MATTHEW 4:23
  35. FISHERS OF MEN / MATTHEW 4:19
  36. IT IS WRITTEN / MATTHEW 4:6
  37. FASTING FORTY DAYS / MATTHEW 4:2
  38. JESUS … TEMPTED / MATTHEW 4:1-11
  39. THE TRINITY IN EXAMPLE / MATTHEW 3:17
  40. SPIRIT … ON HIM / MATTHEW 3:16
  41. JESUS … BAPTIZED / MATTHEW 3:13
  42. WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MATTHEW 3:11
  43. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / MATTHEW 3:8
  44. PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES / MATTHEW 3:7
  45. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – REPENT / MATTHEW 3:2
  46. WARNED IN A DREAM / MATTHEW 2:22-23
  47. ESCAPE TO EGYPT / MATTHEW 2:13
  48. CHIEF PRIESTS AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW / MATTHEW 2:4
  49. HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
  50. NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
  51. VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
  52. JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
  53. MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
  54. CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
  55. GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
  56. I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
  57. KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
  58. FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
  59. SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
  60. DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
  61. MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
  62. GO … MAKE DISCIPLES … BAPTIZING / MATTHEW 28:19
  63. SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
  64. YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
  65. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

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