Scripture Reading: Genesis 37:1-36 For no reason, we at times show hidden and open hatred to others. Even if there are reasons, Christ eschewed hatred but He embraced love. The passage is about the wickedness of the brothers of Joseph against him and how he was sold into slavery. Irrespective of what led to us […]
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Scripture Reading: 1 Samuel 25:2-12 The passage is about Nabal, whom the Bible described as churlish, filled with evil characteristics (1 Samuel 25:3), and also called a son of Belial (vs 17). In contrast, he had a wife, named Abigail, a woman of good understanding and beautiful countenance (vs 3). Without having to go deeper
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Scripture Reading: Exodus 20:17 Covetousness is as dangerous as lack of contentment and it is the product of the latter. When ambition becomes inordinate and uncontrollable, it will wilfully encourage covetousness. A biblical example was Absalom. He coveted for the throne of his father (David), leading him to commit murder and eventually paid with death
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Scripture Reading: Exodus 20:16 Most times, false witnesses emanate from our bitterness against the victims and they are always infected with innuendos. It was bitterness that made the rulers to raise false witnesses against Jesus Christ (Matthew 26:59-61). The allegation that the Messiah boasted that He would destroy the temple and rebuild in three days
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Scripture Reading: Exodus 20:15 God instructed as one of the Ten Commandments that we should not lie. Whilst this has been a subject of discourse at different times among Christians, several lies have been brought into our daily activities without any recourse to the eternal implications. Biblically, Ananias and Sapphira suffered spiritual capital punishment for
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Scripture Reading: Exodus 20:14 Adultery is not just one of the expressed iniquities that God commanded against in the Ten Commandments, but it is mentioned several times in the bible (Leviticus 20:10, Deuteronomy 5:18, Judges 8:33, Proverbs 30:20, Matthew 5:32, Matthew 19:19, Romans 13:9, Galatians 5:19, Hebrews 13:4, Revelation 2:22). It has a brotherhood fraternity
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Scripture Reading: Exodus 20:13 Killing is simply a direct attack on man and could lead to the extermination of mankind. Thus, man is commanded never to murder his fellow human. In the bible, Cain murdered Abel, his younger sibling, as a result of unbridled envy (Genesis 4). This, brought to fore the primary causes for
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Scripture Reading: Exodus 20:12 After God, our parents must be the next in line to be respected and honored. They are the instruments of our earthly existence. Thus, their values and places in our lives must never be undermined.Irrespective of the level of our attainment, we must avoid exhibiting puffy attitude, and should not be
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Scripture Reading: Exodus 20:8 God demonstrated the need to preserve the Sabbath day, when He rested on the 7th day after six days of creation. The preserved day is expected to be kept aside for things that are glorifying God’s Kingdom. Without any doubt, everyday for children of God is to advance things of heaven,
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Scripture Reading: Exodus 20:7 In most cases, we trivialize things that we ought not to. We also sometimes take for granted the things of God in a way to suggest that ‘He will understand’. We do this through careless usage of His name to substantiate our actions. This we do, so as to convince people
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