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The person who made the idol never stops to reflect, “Why, it’s just a block of wood! I burned half of it for heat and used it to bake my bread and roast my meat. How can the rest of it be a god? Should I bow down to worship a piece of wood?”

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highlighted Isaiah 44:9-11 NLT

How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don’t know this, so they are all put to shame.

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highlighted 1 Corinthians 6:16-17 NLT

And don’t you realize that if a man joins himself to a prostitute, he becomes one body with her? For the Scriptures say, “The two are united into one.”

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highlighted Matthew 19:5-6 NLT

And he said, “‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’

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highlighted Genesis 2:23-24 NLT

“At last!” the man exclaimed. “This one is bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken from ‘man.’”

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highlighted Matthew 5:37 NLT

Just say a simple, ‘Yes, I will,’ or ‘No, I won’t.’ Anything beyond this is from the evil one.

almost 9 years ago

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highlighted Ecclesiastes 5:2-7 NLT

Don’t make rash promises, and don’t be hasty in bringing matters before God. After all, God is in heaven, and you are here on earth. So let your words be few.

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read Isaiah 43

But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine....

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read Isaiah 42

Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations....

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read Isaiah 41

Listen to me in silence, O coastlands; let the peoples renew their strength; let them approach, then let them speak; let us together draw near for judgment....

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read Isaiah 40

Comfort, comfort my people, says your God....

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highlighted Isaiah 40:13-14 NLT

Who is able to advise the Spirit of the LORD? Who knows enough to give him advice or teach him?

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read Hebrews 10

For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near....

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read Hebrews 9

Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly place of holiness....

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highlighted Hebrews 9:14 NLT

Just think how much more the blood of Christ will purify our consciences from sinful deeds so that we can worship the living God. For by the power of the eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins.

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read Hebrews 8

Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,...

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read Hebrews 7

For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,...

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highlighted Hebrews 7:24-25 NLT

But because Jesus lives forever, his priesthood lasts forever.

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