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The Word of God from Scripture preached at the Venice church of Christ, Los Angeles, California.

All lessons by Ethan R. Longhenry unless otherwise noted.
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Serving Jesus in His Church

Venice church of ChristOct 06, 2019

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Judges
Mar 24, 202424:56
Finding Our Roots
Mar 03, 202424:48
Joshua
Feb 25, 202421:21
Disability and Faith
Feb 18, 202420:03
Theology and Disability
Feb 11, 202419:38
The Prosperity Gospel
Feb 04, 202425:17
Deuteronomy
Jan 28, 202420:55
Grief
Jan 21, 202419:26
Death
Jan 14, 202426:02
The Promise in Christ
Dec 24, 202317:14
The Promise to Israel
Dec 17, 202327:02
The Promise to David
Dec 10, 202322:40
The Promise to Abraham
Dec 03, 202323:24
Numbers
Nov 26, 202320:06
Responding to God's Call
Nov 19, 202321:24
Conversion
Nov 05, 202322:50
Leviticus
Oct 22, 202318:57
Nineveh the Prostitute | Nahum 3:1-19

Nineveh the Prostitute | Nahum 3:1-19

What happened to Nineveh, Assyria, and Nahum?

How was Nineveh a prostitute, and how would later cities imitate her?

Nineveh the Prostitute | Nahum 3:1-19 | The Vision of Nahum
Outline | Conversation

Woe to the city guilty of bloodshed! She is full of lies; she is filled with plunder; she has hoarded her spoil!
The chariot drivers will crack their whips; the chariot wheels will shake the ground; the chariot horses will gallop; the war chariots will bolt forward! The charioteers will charge ahead; their swords will flash and their spears will glimmer! There will be many people slain; there will be piles of the dead, and countless casualties – so many that people will stumble over the corpses.
"Because you have acted like a wanton prostitute – a seductive mistress who practices sorcery, who enslaves nations by her harlotry, and entices peoples by her sorcery – I am against you," declares YHWH of Heaven's Armies. "I will strip off your clothes! I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms; I will pelt you with filth; I will treat you with contempt; I will make you a public spectacle.
Everyone who sees you will turn away from you in disgust; they will say, 'Nineveh has been devastated! Who will lament for her?'
There will be no one to comfort you!"

You are no more secure than Thebes – she was located on the banks of the Nile; the waters surrounded her, her rampart was the sea, the water was her wall. Cush and Egypt had limitless strength; Put and the Libyans were among her allies. Yet she went into captivity as an exile; even her infants were smashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her nobility; all her dignitaries were bound with chains.
You too will act like drunkards; you will go into hiding; you too will seek refuge from the enemy.
All your fortifications will be like fig trees with first-ripe fruit: If they are shaken, their figs will fall into the mouth of the eater! Your warriors will be like women in your midst; the gates of your land will be wide open to your enemies; fire will consume the bars of your gates.
Draw yourselves water for a siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Trample the mud and tread the clay! Make mud bricks to strengthen your walls! There the fire will consume you; the sword will cut you down; it will devour you like the young locust would.

Multiply yourself like the young locust; multiply yourself like the flying locust! Increase your merchants more than the stars of heaven! They are like the young locust which sheds its skin and flies away. Your courtiers are like locusts, your officials are like a swarm of locusts! They encamp in the walls on a cold day, yet when the sun rises, they fly away; and no one knows where they are.
Your shepherds are sleeping, O king of Assyria! Your officers are slumbering! Your people are scattered like sheep on the mountains and there is no one to regather them! Your destruction is like an incurable wound; your demise is like a fatal injury!
All who hear what has happened to you will clap their hands for joy, for no one ever escaped your endless cruelty! (Nahum 3:1-19)

Oct 15, 202327:08
Nineveh's Downfall | Nahum 2:1-13

Nineveh's Downfall | Nahum 2:1-13

How was Nineveh's fall just deserts for Assyria?

How does Nahum provide assurance regarding the prophetic word?

Nineveh's Downfall | Nahum 2:1-13 | The Vision of Nahum
Outline | Conversation

“An enemy who will scatter you, Nineveh, has advanced against you!”
“Guard the rampart! Watch the road! Prepare yourselves for battle! Muster your mighty strength!”
For YHWH is about to restore the majesty of Jacob, as well as the majesty of Israel, though their enemies have plundered them and have destroyed their fields.
The shields of his warriors are dyed red; the mighty soldiers are dressed in scarlet garments. The chariots are in flashing metal fittings on the day of battle; the soldiers brandish their spears. The chariots race madly through the streets, they rush back and forth in the broad plazas; they look like lightning bolts, they dash here and there like flashes of lightning. The commander orders his officers; they stumble as they advance; they rush to the city wall and they set up the covered siege tower. The sluice gates are opened; the royal palace is deluged and dissolves.
Nineveh is taken into exile and is led away; her slave girls moan like doves while they beat their breasts. Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, but now her people are running away; she cries out: “Stop! Stop!” – but no one turns back.
Her conquerors cry out: “Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!”
There is no end to the treasure; riches of every kind of precious thing. Destruction, devastation, and desolation! Hearts faint; knees tremble; every stomach churns, all their faces have turned pale!

Where now is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, lioness, and lion cub once prowled and no one disturbed them? The lion tore apart as much prey as his cubs needed and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his lairs with prey and his dens with torn flesh.
"I am against you!" declares YHWH of Heaven's Armies: "I will burn your chariots with fire; the sword will devour your young lions; you will no longer prey upon the land; the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard" (Nahum 2:1-13).

Oct 08, 202318:19
YHWH the Avenger | Nahum 1:1-15

YHWH the Avenger | Nahum 1:1-15

What is Nahum about?

How could the God of Jonah speak thus about Nineveh?

Why should we grapple with YHWH the Avenger?

YHWH the Avenger | Nahum 1:1-15 | The Vision of Nahum
Outline | Conversation

This is an oracle about Nineveh; the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:

YHWH is a zealous and avenging God; YHWH is avenging and very angry. YHWH takes vengeance against his foes; he sustains his rage against his enemies. YHWH is slow to anger but great in power; YHWH will certainly not allow the wicked to go unpunished. He marches out in the whirlwind and the raging storm; dark storm clouds billow like dust under his feet. He shouts a battle cry against the sea and makes it dry up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; the blossom of Lebanon withers. The mountains tremble before him, the hills convulse; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all its inhabitants are laid waste. No one can withstand his indignation! No one can resist his fierce anger! His wrath is poured out like volcanic fire, boulders are broken up as he approaches. YHWH is good – indeed, he is a fortress in time of distress, and he protects those who seek refuge in him. But with an overwhelming flood he will make a complete end of Nineveh; he will drive his enemies into darkness. Whatever you plot against YHWH, he will completely destroy! Distress will not arise a second time. Surely they will be totally consumed like entangled thorn bushes, like the drink of drunkards, like very dry stubble.
From you, O Nineveh, one has marched forth who plots evil against YHWH, a wicked military strategist. This is what YHWH says: "Even though they are powerful - and what is more, even though their army is numerous - nevertheless, they will be destroyed and trickle away! Although I afflicted you, I will afflict you no more. And now, I will break Assyria's yoke bar from your neck; I will tear apart the shackles that are on you."
YHWH has issued a decree against you: "Your dynasty will come to an end. I will destroy the idols and images in the temples of your gods. I will desecrate your grave - because you are accursed!"
Look! A herald is running on the mountains! A messenger is proclaiming deliverance: "Celebrate your sacred festivals, O Judah! Fulfill your sacred vows to praise God! For never again will the wicked Assyrians invade you, they have been completely destroyed" (Nahum 1:1-15).

Oct 01, 202320:46
Exodus
Sep 24, 202318:40
Extrasensory Perception
Sep 17, 202324:06
Touch
Sep 10, 202331:35
Taste
Sep 03, 202318:51
Genesis
Aug 27, 202318:49
Smell
Aug 20, 202329:56
Hearing
Aug 13, 202331:42
Sight
Aug 06, 202329:23
Stand Firm | 1 Peter 5:6-14

Stand Firm | 1 Peter 5:6-14

What did Peter emphasize as he concluded his first letter?

How can we stand firm in the grace of God?

Stand Firm | 1 Peter 5:6-14 | The First Letter of Peter
Outline | Conversation

And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand by casting all your cares on him because he cares for you.
Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour. Resist him, strong in your faith, because you know that your brothers and sisters throughout the world are enduring the same kinds of suffering.
And, after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. To him belongs the power forever. Amen.

Through Silvanus, whom I know to be a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, in order to encourage you and testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.
The church in Babylon, chosen together with you, greets you, and so does Mark, my son.
Greet one another with a loving kiss.
Peace to all of you who are in Christ (1 Peter 5:6-14).

Jul 23, 202330:17
Aspiring to Be a Deacon
Jul 16, 202326:23
Aspiring to Be an Elder
Jul 09, 202326:01
Blameless on the Day of the Lord | 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Blameless on the Day of the Lord | 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

What would Paul say to exhort Christians who had no need to be reminded of how to serve God and love one another? Paul's answer is 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28.

Blameless on the Day of the Lord | 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 | Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians
Outline | Conversation

Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who labor among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them most highly in love because of their work.
Be at peace among yourselves.
And we urge you, brothers and sisters, admonish the undisciplined, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient toward all.
See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

Always rejoice, constantly pray, in everything give thanks. For this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Do not extinguish the Spirit. Do not treat prophecies with contempt. But examine all things; hold fast to what is good. Stay away from every form of evil.

Now may the God of peace himself make you completely holy and may your spirit and soul and body be kept entirely blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
He who calls you is trustworthy, and he will in fact do this.

Brothers and sisters, pray for us too.
Greet all the brothers and sisters with a holy kiss.
I call on you solemnly in the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers and sisters.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you (1 Thessalonians 5:12-28).

Jul 02, 202328:20
Elders and Youth | 1 Peter 5:1-5

Elders and Youth | 1 Peter 5:1-5

Who are these "elders" Peter addressed? What should they be doing?

What should the youth do? In what would Peter have all Christians "dress"?

Elders and Youth | 1 Peter 5:1-5 | The First Letter of Peter | Outline | Conversation

So as your fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings and as one who shares in the glory that will be revealed, I urge the elders among you: Give a shepherd’s care to God’s flock among you, exercising oversight not merely as a duty but willingly under God’s direction, not for shameful profit but eagerly. And do not lord it over those entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock. Then when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that never fades away. In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble (1 Peter 5:1-5).

Jun 25, 202329:03
The Awake | 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

The Awake | 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

What is known about the "times and seasons" of the Day of the Lord?

How should Christians live between now and the end?

The Awake | 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 | Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians
Outline | Conversation

Now on the topic of times and seasons, brothers and sisters, you have no need for anything to be written to you. For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come in the same way as a thief in the night. Now when they are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.
But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would. For you all are sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of the darkness. So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night. But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation.
For God did not destine us for wrath but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. He died for us so that whether we are alert or asleep we will come to life together with him. Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as you are in fact doing (1 Thessalonians 5:1-11).

Jun 18, 202324:02
The Asleep | 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

The Asleep | 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

What was causing consternation among the Christians of Thessalonica?

How did Paul comfort them in their grief?

What is the ultimate hope of the Christian?

The Asleep | 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 | Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians | Outline | Conversation

Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians. For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep.
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be suddenly caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
Therefore encourage one another with these words (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18).

Jun 11, 202327:53
Do So More and More | 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12

Do So More and More | 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12

What did Paul want reinforced for the Thessalonian Christians?

How can we best follow Jesus' commands, love one another, and aspire to live quietly?

Do So More and More | 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 | Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians | Outline | Conversation

Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God (as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more. For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
For this is God’s will: that you become holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality, that each of you know how to possess his own body in holiness and honor, not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God. In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly. For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness. Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
Now on the topic of brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another. And indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers and sisters in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you. In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need (1 Thessalonians 4:1-12).

Jun 04, 202328:08
Good News of Your Faith | 1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:13

Good News of Your Faith | 1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:13

How was Paul encouraged by the news he received about the Thessalonian Christians?

What did Paul pray for Jesus to do for the Thessalonian Christians?

Good News of Your Faith | 1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:13 | Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians | Outline | Conversation

But when we were separated from you, brothers and sisters, for a short time (in presence, not in affection) we became all the more fervent in our great desire to see you in person. For we wanted to come to you (I, Paul, in fact tried again and again) but Satan thwarted us.
For who is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not of course you? For you are our glory and joy!
So when we could bear it no longer, we decided to stay on in Athens alone. We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen you and encourage you about your faith, so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this. For in fact when we were with you, we were telling you in advance that we would suffer affliction, and so it has happened, as you well know.
So when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter somehow tempted you and our toil had proven useless.
But now Timothy has come to us from you and given us the good news of your faith and love and that you always think of us with affection and long to see us just as we also long to see you! So in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, through your faith. For now we are alive again, if you stand firm in the Lord.
For how can we thank God enough for you, for all the joy we feel because of you before our God? We pray earnestly night and day to see you in person and make up what may be lacking in your faith.
Now may God our Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you.
And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you, so that your hearts are strengthened in holiness to be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints (1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:13).

May 21, 202329:17
A Nursing Mother of Children | 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

A Nursing Mother of Children | 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

How could Paul consider himself as an infant, a nursing mother of children, and a father toward the Thessalonian Christians?

How can we imitate Paul in these ways?

A Nursing Mother of Children | 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16 | Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians
Outline | Conversation

For you yourselves know, brothers and sisters, about our coming to you – it has not proven to be purposeless. But although we suffered earlier and were mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of much opposition. For the appeal we make does not come from error or impurity or with deceit, but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we declare it, not to please people but God, who examines our hearts. For we never appeared with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed – God is our witness – nor to seek glory from people, either from you or from others, although we could have imposed our weight as apostles of Christ; instead we became little children among you. Like a nursing mother caring for her own children, with such affection for you we were happy to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.
For you recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God. You are witnesses, and so is God, as to how holy and righteous and blameless our conduct was toward you who believe. As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his own children, exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory.
And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God’s message, which is at work among you who believe. For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews, who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people, because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins, but wrath has come upon them completely (1 Thessalonians 2:1-16).

May 14, 202328:02
Turning to God From Idols | 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Turning to God From Idols | 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Why did Paul write to the Thessalonians?

Do we have any kind of similar witness to the Thessalonians?

Turning to God from Idols | 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 | Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians | Outline | Conversation

From Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace and peace to you!
We thank God always for all of you as we mention you constantly in our prayers, because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
We know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you, in that our gospel did not come to you merely in words, but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction (surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you). And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.
As a result you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. For from you the message of the Lord has echoed forth not just in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place reports of your faith in God have spread, so that we do not need to say anything. For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath (1 Thessalonians 1:1-10).

May 07, 202323:58
Time for Judgment | 1 Peter 4:12-19

Time for Judgment | 1 Peter 4:12-19

Should Christians expect persecution?

Is every difficulty or trial evidence of persecution?

What should Christians do when persecuted?

Time for Judgment | 1 Peter 4:12-19 | The First Letter of Peter | Outline | Conversation

Dear friends, do not be astonished that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice and be glad. If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, who is the Spirit of God, rests on you. But let none of you suffer as a murderer or thief or criminal or as a troublemaker. But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear such a name.
For it is time for judgment to begin, starting with the house of God. And if it starts with us, what will be the fate of those who are disobedient to the gospel of God? And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of the ungodly and sinners?
So then let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator as they do good (1 Peter 4:12-19).

Apr 23, 202336:20
Junia, Phoebe, and Priscilla

Junia, Phoebe, and Priscilla

What can we know, and what remains ambiguous or unrevealed, about Junia, Phoebe, and Priscilla?

How should we grapple with Paul's affection for and commendation of Junia, Phoebe, and Priscilla?

Junia, Phoebe, and Priscilla | The Cloud of Witnesses | Outline | Conversation

Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea, so that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints and provide her with whatever help she may need from you, for she has been a great help to many, including me.
Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, who risked their own necks for my life. Not only I, but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them. Also greet the church in their house....
Greet Andronicus and Junia, my compatriots and my fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles, and they were in Christ before me (Romans 16:1-3a, 7).

Apr 16, 202335:15
Bathsheba
Apr 09, 202343:44
Leah and Rachel
Apr 02, 202334:09
Rebekah
Mar 19, 202324:30
Hagar
Mar 12, 202329:45
Sarah
Mar 05, 202328:40
Working in the Kingdom | 1 Peter 4:7-11

Working in the Kingdom | 1 Peter 4:7-11

How should Christians live in light of Jesus' imminent return?

How can Christians glorify God in Christ in their lives?

Working in the Kingdom | 1 Peter 4:7-11 | The First Letter of Peter | Outline | Conversation

For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer. Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without complaining. Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God. Whoever speaks, let it be with God’s words. Whoever serves, do so with the strength that God supplies, so that in everything God will be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen (1 Peter 4:7-11).

Feb 26, 202336:57
Reconstruction
Feb 19, 202330:51
The Experience and Peril of Deconstruction
Feb 12, 202328:18
The Necessity of Deconstruction

The Necessity of Deconstruction

What is "deconstruction," and why are so many critical of it?

Why does deconstruction prove necessary?

How might we prove guilty of hearing but not doing what Jesus said?

The Necessity of Deconstruction | Deconstruction and Reconstruction | Outline | Conversation

"Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because its foundation had been laid on rock. Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed – it was utterly destroyed!” (Matthew 7:24-27)

Feb 05, 202337:03