Tag: diligence
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Steady Feet – 2 Peter 1:10
2 Peter 1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall. Peter is not trying to make believers nervous here. He is trying to make them steady. Some people read a verse like this and say, “I’m afraid I’m going…
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Faith at Work — 1 Timothy 6:1
1 Timothy 6:1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. Paul now moves from church leadership to something far more ordinary but just as important. Work. Most believers do not spend their days preaching…
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Quiet Work, Clear Lines — 2 Thessalonians 3:12–14
2 Thessalonians 3:12–14 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that…
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Idle Hands and Sharp Beaks — 2 Thessalonians 3:11
2 Thessalonians 3:11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. Paul connects two things we often separate. Not working.And meddling. He does not say they were resting. He does not say they were recovering. He says they were working not at all, and…
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Study to Be Quiet – 1 Thessalonians 4:9–11
1 Thessalonians 4:9–11 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;And that ye study to…
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Work With Fire – Colossians 3:23
Colossians 3:23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men. There is no small work when it is done for the Lord. None. The issue is not the task.The issue is the heart. God uses men who know how to work. It was while Moses was tending sheep…