Not So Simple!
a) Mark 11:29. Jesus said to them: "I will ask you one question and you answer Me, then I will tell you by what Authority I do these things.
b) 1 Samuel 17:29. It was just a harmless question.
c) 2 Chronicles 31:9. Hezekiah questioned the Priests and Levites about the heaps.
d) Job 40:10. You question the Almighty.
e) Jeremiah 38:27. They stopped questioning Jeremiah.
f) Matthew 21:24. Jesus asked a question.
g) Matthew 22:23. The Sadducees asked Jesus a question.
h) Matthew 22:41. Jesus asked the Pharisees a question.
i) Matthew 22:46; Luke 20:40. No one was able to say a word to Him in answer, nor from that day on did anyone dare to question Him again.
j) Luke 23:9. And he questioned Him at some length, but Jesus made no reply.
k) John 8:7. They persisted in questioning Him.
l) John 18:21. Why question Me?
m) 1 Timothy 6:4. Avoid people that have a morbid interest in controversial questions.
(This QT teaches me what is Not So Simple)
PRAY: For wisdom when to answer questions and when not to answer them.
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'It Is God Who Causes The Growth.'
1 Corinthians 3:7.
a) So neither he who plants is anything
b) Nor he who waters,
c) But only God
d) Who makes it grow and become greater.
(This Second one reminds me that It Is God Who Causes The Growth)
PRAY: For our Churches to grow healthily.
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Chris.
Pride is the recipe for the downfall of any Servant of God. God tells us in His Word that He hates pride. When pride is manifested in the Church it will either break the Church or cause the Church to decrease in numbers. Pride surely negates the Promises of God, causing emptiness in lives and in Churches. We need to repent of and reject all pride.
