⁴ It is not […] for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
⁵ Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
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⁸ Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
— Proverbs 31:4-5, 8; KJV
“God never leaves you, but sometimes (God forbid), in states of confusion, you may have to go through ‘God’ to get to God”
— @ReignsoundREHAB (via P.JRK-A)
“God never leaves you, but sometimes (God forbid), in states of confusion, you may have to go through ‘God’ to get to God”
— @ReignsoundREHAB (via P.JRK-A)
“He was always available to those that the world would throw away.”
— Pastor John Gray, of Relentless / Love Story Church, on Jesus Christ, in his sermon, “The Storm Before The Calm.”
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¹ Blessed [are those] that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
² But […] delight […] in the law of [God]; and in [God’s] law doth [they] meditate day and night.
— Psalm 1:1-2, KJV
¹⁷ Because the Law was given through Moses, the underserved kindness and the truth came to be through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No man has seen God at any time; the only-begotten god who is at [God’s] side is the one who has explained [God].
— John 1:17-18, New World Translation
¹⁵ (John bore witness about him, yes, he cried out: “This was the one of whom I said, ‘The one coming behind me has advanced in front of me, for he existed before me.’”)
— John 1:15, New World Translation
¹⁴ So the Word became flesh and resided among us, and we had a view of his glory, a glory such as belongs to an only-begotten son from a father; and he was full of divine favor and truth.
— John 1:14, New World Translation
¹¹ He, [the true light,] came to his own home, but his own people did not accept him. ¹² However, to all who did receive him, he gave authority to become God’s children, because they were exercising faith in his name.
— John 1:11-12, New World Translation
¹⁰ He, [the true light that gives light to every sort of man,] was in the world, and the world came into existence through him, but the world did not know him.
— John 1:10, New World Translation
⁸ He, [John,] was not that light, but he was meant to bear witness about that light.
⁹ The true light that gives light to every sort of man was about to come into the world.
— John 1:8-9, New World Translation
⁶ There came a man who was sent as a representative of God; his name was John. ⁷ This man came as a witness, in order to bear witness about the light, so that people of all sorts might believe through him.
— John 1:6-7, New World Translation