Never trust a man who abuses his animals.
Proverbs 12:10 KJV A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
The pursuit of truth and the exercise thereof should be our daily goal, for this pleases the Lord.
Proverbs 12:22 KJV Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
The righteousness of Christ is life, for He defeated death.
Proverbs 12:28 KJV In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
Many churches have turned the things Paul rebuked the Corinthians for into church doctrine and practice—some out of ignorance, others out of malice. Due to the lack of repentance in these churches, Paul urges believers to examine themselves to determine if they have true faith.
2 Corinthians 13:1 KJV This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
2 Corinthians 13:5 KJV Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
Truth will always prevail because Christ always prevails. A man can fight against this truth, but he will always lose.
2 Corinthians 13:8 KJV For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
The goal of a sharp rebuke is not to destroy a man, but to build him back up.
2 Corinthians 13:10 KJV Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
Paul understood the unity and distinct personhood within the Godhead of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, commonly referred to as the Trinity.
2 Corinthians 13:14 KJV The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. The second epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi, a city of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas.
A fist bump is cool with me.
2 Corinthians 13:12 KJV Greet one another with an holy kiss.
2 Corinthians 13:11 KJV Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
Fences to heaven for a people great and tall. Yeah, these are giants.
Deuteronomy 9:1 KJV Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,
Deuteronomy 9:2 KJV A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!
There's not a giant of anything on this planet that God won't fight on our behalf if we trust in Him.
Deuteronomy 9:3 KJV Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.
The stiffnecked squatters called Israel today will not possess the land for much longer without the righteousness of Christ.
Deuteronomy 9:6 KJV Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
People argue about when a child in the womb is formed, but God knows the life of a child before they're ever born.
Jeremiah 1:5 KJV Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Preaching isn't difficult; the Word of God speaks for itself.
Jeremiah 1:7 KJV But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
Jeremiah 1:8 KJV Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 1:9 KJV Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
Jeremiah was commanded by God to confront the Jews and deliver His word of judgment against them. And yes, they opposed Jeremiah with more than calling him an antisemite because of it, but the Lord had Jeremiah's back. If you're going to take on the Jews, do it with the Word of God.
Jeremiah 1:17 KJV Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
Jeremiah 1:18 KJV For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
Jeremiah 1:19 KJV And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
Father, thank You for all the little ones You have formed in the womb. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
