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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! slaying the prophets and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often I would fain have gathered your children as a fowl gathers her brood under her wings! But you would not have it!
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So they were repelled by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet never goes without honour except in his native place and in his home."
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Religious » General references to
But Crispus the president of the synagogue believed in the Lord, as did all his household, and many of the Corinthians listened, believed, and were baptized.
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the strong hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number believed and turned to the Lord.
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So those who accepted what he said were baptized; about three thousand souls were brought in, that day.
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The crowds asked him, "Then what are we to do?"
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Now many Samaritans belonging to that town believed in him on account of the woman's testimony, "He told me everything I ever did."
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And the crowds attended like one man to what was said by Philip, listening to him and watching the miracles he performed.
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And all the inhabitants of Lydda and Saron saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
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When the Gentiles heard this they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord and believed, that is, all who had been ordained to eternal life;
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Many believers would also come to confess and disclose their magic spells;
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Religious » FALSE » Called seers
Religious » Dues of » Food of
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » Corrupt priests
Now when the high priests and their attendants saw him, they yelled, "Crucify him, crucify him!" Pilate said, "Take him and crucify him yourselves! I find nothing wrong about him."
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So, too, the high priests made fun of him with the scribes and the elders of the people.
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But the high priests stirred up the crowd to get him to release Bar-Abbas for them instead.
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But the high priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask Bar-Abbas and to have Jesus killed.
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Religious » Heal persecution of » Divinely appointed
Hence, as I hold this ministry by God's mercy to me, I never lose heart in it;
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Such is the gospel which I was called to serve by the endowment of God's grace which was vouchsafed me, by the energy of his power;
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and he has further qualified me to be the minister of a new covenant ??a covenant not of written law but of spirit; for the written law kills but the Spirit makes alive.
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Of that gospel I have been appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher,
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I render thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has made me able for this; he considered me trustworthy and appointed me to the ministry,
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It is all the doing of the God who has reconciled me to himself through Christ and has permitted me to be a minister of his reconciliation.
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Religious » Support of unfaithful » Affliction of
(for this was why the gospel was preached to the dead as well, that while they are judged in the flesh as men, they may live as God lives in the spirit).
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he preached the Reign of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ quite openly and unmolested.
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while they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the miracles that endorsed it. (b) But they gave Peter and his companions a brief account of all these injunctions. And, after that, Jesus himself sent out by means of them from east to west the sacred and imperishable message of eternal salvation.
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In those days John the Baptist came on the scene, preaching in the desert of Judaea,
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Then I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven with an eternal gospel for the inhabitants of the earth, for every nation and tribe and tongue and people;
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(It was in the Spirit that Enoch also went and preached to the imprisoned spirits
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Then Jesus made a tour through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the Reign, and healing every disease and complaint.
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So they went out from village to village preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.
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he came with a gospel of peace for those far away (that is, for you) and for those who were near,
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Religious » Elders » Governmental
Religious » Corrupt condemned » Idolatrous, examples of
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » False teachers, warnings against
Still, false prophets did appear among the People, as among you also there will be false teachers, men who will insinuate destructive heresies, even disowning the Lord who ransomed them; they bring rapid destruction on themselves,
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Anyone who teaches novelties and refuses to fall in with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the doctrine that tallies with piety,
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through plausible sophists who are seared in conscience ??3 men who prohibit marriage and insist on abstinence from foods which God created for believing men, who understand the Truth, to partake of with thanksgiving.
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doctors of the Law is what they want to be, but they have no idea either of the meaning of the words they use or of the themes on which they harp.
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for the time will come when people will decline to be taught sound doctrine and will accumulate teachers to suit themselves and tickle their own fancies;
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they must be silenced, for they are undermining whole families by teaching objectionable doctrine for the base end of making money.
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Therefore whoever relaxes a single one of these commands, were it even one of the least, and teaches men so, he will be ranked least in the Realm of heaven; but whoever obeys them and teaches them, he will be ranked great in the Realm of heaven.)
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vain is their worship of me, for the doctrines they teach are but human precepts."
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Religious » Men of God » Sent as divine messengers
He sent his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they would not come.
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The angel replied, "I am Gabriel, I stand before God; I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news.
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A man appeared, sent by God, whose name was John:
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Religious » Support of » Unfaithful ministers, general references to
Some of them, it is true, are actually preaching Christ from envy and rivalry, others from goodwill;
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Religious » priests » Should be holy
Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Idols put away
Religious » Support of unfaithful » Christ the theme of
who were annoyed at them teaching the people and proclaiming Jesus as an instance of resurrection from the dead.
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Philip travelled down to a town in Samaria, where he preached Christ to the people.
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Then Philip opened his lips, and starting from this scripture preached the gospel of Jesus to him.
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He lost no time in preaching throughout the synagogues that Jesus was the Son of God ??21 to the amazement of all his hearers, who said, "Is this not the man who in Jerusalem harried those who invoke this Name, the man who came here for the express purpose of carrying them all in chains to the high priests?"
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You know the message he sent to the sons of Israel when he preached the gospel of peace by Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all);
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explaining and quoting passages to prove that the messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead, and that "the Jesus I proclaim to you is the messiah."
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but our message is Christ the crucified ??a stumbling-block to the Jews, 'sheer folly' to the Gentiles,
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(It is Christ Jesus as Lord, not myself, that I proclaim; I am simply a servant of yours for Jesus' sake.)
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Religious » Support of » Self-support as practised by paul
and as he belonged to the same trade he stayed with them and they all worked together. (They were workers in leather by trade.)
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Brothers, you recollect our hard labour and toil, how we worked at our trade night and day, when we preached the gospel to you, so as not to be a burden to any of you.
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you know yourselves how these hands of mine provided everything for my own needs and for my companions.
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we did not take free meals from anyone; no, toiling hard at our trade, we worked night and day, so as not to be a burden to any of you.
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For two full years he remained in his private lodging, welcoming anyone who came to visit him;
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Only, I have not availed myself of any of these rights, and I am not writing in order to secure any such provision for myself. I would die sooner than let anyone deprive me of this, my source of pride.
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Religious » Men of God » Men raised up as deliverers of israel
Religious » priests » General references to
Religious » Support of unfaithful » Encouraged
And he said to them, "Go to all the world and preach the gospel to every creature:
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what I tell you in the dark, you must utter in the open, what you hear in a whisper you must proclaim on the housetop.
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And preach as you go, tell men, 'The Reign of heaven is near.'
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I adjure you to preach the word; keep at it in season and out of season, refuting, checking, and exhorting men; never lose patience with them, and never give up your teaching,
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Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead; you go and spread the news of the Reign of God."
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He sent them out to preach the Reign of God and to cure the sick.
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"Go and stand in the temple, telling the people all about this Life."
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Religious » priests » Laws in regard to
Religious » Support of » In the Christian church
Scripture says, You must not muzzle an ox when he is treading the grain, and A workman deserves his wages.
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nor a wallet for the road, nor two shirts, nor sandals, nor stick ??the workman deserves his rations.
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so the Lord's instructions were that those who proclaim the gospel are to get their living by the gospel?
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Those who are taught must share all the blessings of life with those who teach them the Word.
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But you were kind enough to take your share in my trouble.
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Religious » Support of unfaithful » As shepherds to feed the flock
Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock of which the holy Spirit has appointed you guardians; shepherd the church of the Lord which he has purchased with his own blood.
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For the third time he asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Now Peter was vexed at being asked a third time, "Do you love me?" So he replied; "Lord, you know everything, you can see I love you." Jesus said, "Then feed my sheep.
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be shepherds to your flock of God; take charge of them willingly instead of being pressed to it, not to make a base profit from it but freely,
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Religious » FALSE » Prophets in the Christian church
Now in the local church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Symeon (called Niger) and Lucius the Cyrenian, besides Manaen (a foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch) and Saul.
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That is to say, God has set people within the church to be first of all apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then workers of miracles, then healers, helpers, administrators, and speakers in 'tongues' of various kinds.
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he granted some men to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to shepherd and teach,
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During these days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch,
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Let only two or three prophets speak, while the rest exercise their judgment upon what is said.
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Religious » Support of unfaithful » As teachers of the word
and teach them to obey all the commands I have laid on you. And I will be with you all the time, to the very end of the world."
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Well, for the office of a bishop a man must be above reproach; he must be only married once, he must be temperate, master of himself, unruffled, hospitable, a skilled teacher,
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Those who have Christian believers as their masters must not take liberties with them because they are brothers; they must be all the better servants because those who get the good of their service are believers and beloved. This is what you are to teach and preach.
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Give these orders and teach these lessons.
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he must be gentle in his admonitions to the opposition ??God may perhaps let them change their mind and admit the Truth;
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Religious » Responsibility of » Select reading
Obey your leaders, submit to them; for they are alive to the interests of your souls, as men who will have to account for their trust. Let their work be a joy to them and not a grief ??which would be a loss to yourselves.
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to the one a deadly fragrance that makes for death, to the other a vital fragrance that makes for life. And who is qualified for this career?
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My brothers, do not swell the ranks of the teachers; remember, we teachers will be judged with special strictness.
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Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » The temple cleansed
Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all who were buying and selling inside the temple; he upset the tables of the money-changers and the stalls of those who sold doves,
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Making a scourge of cords, he drove them all, sheep and cattle together, out of the temple, scattered the coins of the brokers and upset their tables,
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Religious » Dues of » High priests
but the second tent is entered only once a year by the high priest alone ??and it must not be without blood, which he presents on behalf of himself and the errors of the People.
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Similarly Christ was not raised to the glory of the high priesthood by himself but by Him who declared to him, Thou art my son, to-day have I become thy father.
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Religious » FALSE » Schools of
Religious » Apostles » Call of to special work
As he passed along he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax-office; he said to him, "Follow me," and he rose and followed him.
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so Jesus said to them, "Come, follow me and I will make you fish for men."
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he called them at once, and they left their father Zebedaeus in the boat with the crew and went to follow him.
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and when day broke he summoned his disciples, choosing twelve of them, to whom he gave the name of 'apostles':
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Next day Jesus determined to leave for Galilee; there he met Philip and told him, "Follow me."
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But he said to me, 'Go; I will send you afar to the Gentiles ????'"
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Religious » Elders » Jewish
but those who had seized Jesus took him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and elders had gathered.
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"Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands when they take their food."
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When he entered the temple, the high priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, "What authority have you for acting in this way? Who gave you this authority?"
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Immediately morning came, the high priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and all the Sanhedrin, and after binding Jesus they led him off and handed him over to Pilate.
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as the high priest and all the council of elders can testify. It was from them that I got letters to the brotherhood at Damascus, and then journeyed thither to bind those who had gathered there and bring them back to Jerusalem for punishment.
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Religious » Support of unfaithful » Spiritual watchmen
Obey your leaders, submit to them; for they are alive to the interests of your souls, as men who will have to account for their trust. Let their work be a joy to them and not a grief ??which would be a loss to yourselves.
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Religious » FALSE » Incognito
Religious » Solemn charges given » Paul to timothy
In the presence of God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels, I adjure you to be unprejudiced in carrying out these orders; be absolutely impartial.
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In the presence of God who is the Life of all, and of Christ Jesus who testified to the good confession before Pontius Pilate, I charge you
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In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus who will judge the living and the dead, in the light of his appearance and his reign,
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Religious » Apostles » Names of
On entering the city they went to the upper room where they were in the habit of meeting; there were Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James (the son of Alphaeus) and Simon who had been a Zealot, with Judas the son of James.
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These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedaeus and John his brother,
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Simon (to whom he gave the name of Peter), Andrew his brother, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,
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there was Simon, whom he surnamed Peter,
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Religious » Reformers courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » The incorruptibility of, in refusing gifts
Religious » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » The incorruptibility of, in refusing gifts
Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Manasseh
Religious » Solemn charges given » Moses to joshua
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » Prey upon the flock instead of feeding it
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Iddo
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Shemaiah
Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Jehoshaphat
Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » hezekiah
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » moses
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Obed
Religious » Solemn charges given » Jehoshaphat to leaders of judah
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » Insentiate and pleasure-loving
Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Nehemiah
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Hananiah
Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Asa
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » Lead the sheep astray
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » Scatter the flock
Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Jehoiada
Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Jehu
Religious » Reformers courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Micaiah before king ahab
Religious » Reformers courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Nathan before king david
Religious » Reformers courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Elijah before king ahab
Religious » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Micaiah before king ahab
Religious » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Nathan before king david
Religious » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Elijah before king ahab
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Zechariah
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Ahijah
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Joshua
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Elijah
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Elisha
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » samuel
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Daniel
So when you see the appalling Horror spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing erect in the holy place (let the reader note this),
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Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » David
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Eldad
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Medad
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Gad
Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Josiah
Religious » Reformers courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Peter and john before the sanhedrin
So they called the men in and ordered them not to speak or teach a single sentence about the Name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, "Decide for yourselves whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God. Certainly we cannot give up speaking of what we have seen and heard."
Religious » Reformers courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » John the baptist before herod
since John had told him, "You have no right to her."
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Religious » Reformers courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Elisha before king jehoram
Religious » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Peter and john before the sanhedrin
So they called the men in and ordered them not to speak or teach a single sentence about the Name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, "Decide for yourselves whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God. Certainly we cannot give up speaking of what we have seen and heard."
Religious » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » John the baptist before herod
since John had told him, "You have no right to her."
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Religious » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Elisha before king jehoram
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Jeremiah
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Micaiah
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Abraham
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Isaiah
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Nathan
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » balaam
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Jehu
Religious » Solemn charges given » Christ to the disciples
These twelve men Jesus despatched with the following instructions, "Do not go among the Gentiles, and do not enter a Samaritan town,
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Religious » Reformers courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Daniel before king belshazzar
Religious » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Daniel before king belshazzar
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Ezekiel
Religious » Solemn charges given » David to solomon
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » Hirelings forsake the sheep
The hired man, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, deserts them when he sees the wolf coming; he runs away, leaving the wolf to tear and scatter them,
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Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Agabus
While we remained there for a number of days, a prophet called Agabus came down from Judaea.
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Religious » Solemn charges given » Paul to the ephesian elders
Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock of which the holy Spirit has appointed you guardians; shepherd the church of the Lord which he has purchased with his own blood.
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Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » -ezra
Religious » Reformers courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Stephen before the council
Stiff-necked, uncircumcised in heart and ear, you are always resisting the holy Spirit! As with your fathers, so with you!
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Religious » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Stephen before the council
Stiff-necked, uncircumcised in heart and ear, you are always resisting the holy Spirit! As with your fathers, so with you!
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Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » John the baptist
I tell you, among the sons of women there is none greater than John, and yet the least in the Realm of God is greater than he is."
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Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Zacharias
And Zechariah his father was filled with the holy Spirit; he prophesied in these words,
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Revivals » Religious » Prophecies concerning
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Revivals » Religious » Prayer for
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