So the last shall be first, and the first last. – Matthew 20:16. Another warning parable in addition to that of yesterday. – “The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early …

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Likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. – Luke 15:7. Today we will continue the parable of Jesus which we did not conclude yesterday. …

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  Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed, lest he fall.  — I Corinthians 10:12 Many who were once confirmed at the Lord’s altar forsook Him and His Word and now worship the idols of this present world.  The …

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Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.  If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.  For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and …

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And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with Me from the beginning.  —John 15:27 The apostles were to be witnesses or testifiers of their Lord “in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the …

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Whosoever shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven.  — Matthew 10:32  It is our solemn duty and privilege as His disciples to confess Christ before men as long as we live in …

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Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another.   —Colossians 3:16 “as the head of the family should teach it in a simple way to his household.”  This directive of Dr. Luther stands …

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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. —Matthew 7:21 Luther once complained of the “great crowd which listens …

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Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. – 1 Corinthians 15:58. What hope and what blessedness are …

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Death is swallowed up in victory. – 1 Corinthians 15:54. When the dead will rise, and those will have been changed who will be living when Christ will appear on Judgment Day, “when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, …

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