That's exactly how God wanted them to live in order for Him to have protected from their enemies; however, they have chosen to rebel against God. As Christians, we have to live a God-fearing life in the sense that because we love Him so much, we don't want to do anything that can hurt Him.
This Scripture verse makes me think about how people have used God's grace as an excuse to continue to live in sin while it was given as a means by which people can walk away from their sins. The way (Romans 2:4) actually puts it, when we're deliberately living in sin, we're disrespecting God's...
This verse clearly shows that how a person behaves is just a clear reflection of who they really are on the inside. The bottom line is that if the inside is both clean and pure, it's going to reflect on the outside. Because our behavior is controlled by what's going on on the inside of us. On...
Fasting should not be done only on special occasion. That's the tendency of many in the body of Christ. We should always do our best to draw close to God by sacrificing things or activities that have no eternal significance.
First, we're living into such a crazy world where you have no idea about what people have in their minds. I think hugging a complete stranger as someone that you had close relationship with is kind of strange. As someone mentioned, a conversation after shaking hands would be the best way to...