Tag: james
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For you will always have the poor – 3
For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’ – Deuteronomy 15:11 Certainly Jesus could have been referring to this command of Moses. Thus far we have examined two of the…
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Reflections: Knowledge vs. Life
Man – adam, and woman made from man to be one with man and with God – Eve: now have knowledge of good and evil. NO more Paradise on earth – NO more Eden; no more garden of pleasure hedged in by the boundaries of righteousness. We must judge good and evil for ourselves (rather…
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Esau I Hated
Malachi 1:2 “I have loved you,” says the Lord. But you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob 3 but Esau I have hated. We pray to God: ‘Give me a blessing.’ ‘I cannot do this alone?’ ‘Please help me, Lord.’ We acknowledge God as our Father and as our…