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Does Your Master Pay Tribute? "For this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing" (Rom_13:6). In these days of diverse and divergent ideas, it becomes us to consider well our duties toward the authorities and powers under which we dwell. Children of God have a citizenship … Continue reading “1300. Does Your Master Pay Tribute?”

Lest We Should Offend Them "It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak" (Rom_14:21). The Lord Jesus contended that they did not rightfully owe these taxes because they were sons, and not aliens. He said, however, "Notwithstanding: lest … Continue reading “1301. Lest We Should Offend Them”

A Piece of Money Mat_17:24-27 Does Your Master Pay Tribute? (Rom_13:6). Lest We Should Offend Them (Rom_14:21). That Take, and Give (Mat_10:8). Me and Thee (Hos_3:3). Me and Thee for It (Php_4:13). For Me and Thee (Luk_15:31). We have before us, today only four verses, but they are full of blessed truth. Sometimes the simpler … Continue reading “1299. A Piece of Money”

Some Pitched Toward Sodom, and Some Pitched Not "Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed East: and they separated themselves the one from the other" (Gen_13:11). Our sixth study has to do with a contrast between believers. There are some among us who are saved, but are carnal; there are … Continue reading “1297. Some Pitched Toward Sodom, and Some Pitched Not”

Some Fell in the Wilderness, and Some Fell Not "For they were overthrown in the wilderness" (1Co_10:5). Our final consideration is a sad one for the many; and yet, glorious on the part of a few. There were many who came out of Egypt with Moses, but of all the multitude of fighting men, only … Continue reading “1298. Some Fell in the Wilderness, and Some Fell Not”

Some Confessed, and Some Confessed Not "Whosoever therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in Heaven; "But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in Heaven" (Mat_10:32-33). We are climbing an ascending ladder. There were some who … Continue reading “1295. Some Confessed, and Some Confessed Not”

Some Left All, and Some Left Not "And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for My name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. "But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first" … Continue reading “1296. Some Left All, and Some Left Not”

Some Received, and Some Received Not "He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own, and they that were His own received Him not. But as many as received Him, to them gave He the right to become children of God, … Continue reading “1294. Some Received, and Some Received Not”

Some Were Sheltered, and Some Were Not "And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt" (Exo_12:13). If there … Continue reading “1292. Some Were Sheltered, and Some Were Not”

Some Believed, and Some Believed Not "And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds. "Many of them also which used curious, arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver" (Act_19:18-19). Paul had been holding … Continue reading “1293. Some Believed, and Some Believed Not”