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Swords Into Plowshares
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February 22—Morning Devotion
"Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."—2 Corinthians 3:17 What liberty, my soul! art thou brought into by thine adoption into the family of God in Christ? Not from the assaults of sin; for thou still carriest about with thee a body of sin, under which thou groanest. Not from the temptations of Satan; for he is…
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143 Sorcery
SORCERY Magic, conjuration.
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2 Thessalonians: Chapter 2, Verse 8
“And then shall that wicked be revealed, &c.” That lawless one, who sets himself above the laws of God and man, and dispenses with them at pleasure, who judges all men, but is judged by no man; as he was in his ecclesiastical power, when Phocas, who murdered the Emperor Mauritius, granted to Boniface III. to be called universal bishop;…
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Swords Into Plowshares
When Isaiah wrote his prophecy the coming of the Lord Jesus was still many centuries away. Isaiah prophesised of ‘the last days’ when Messiah would appear, and when Christ would be revealed to the world. He comforted the Lord’s people of his own age and the ages following as they waited and watched for the fulfilment of God’s promise of…
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February 21—Morning Devotion
"Saw ye him whom my soul loveth."—Solomon 3:3 Is Jesus still the object of my soul's warmest affection; the subject of all my thoughts, all my discourse, all my inquiry? Oh, yes, my scul; whom else, in heaven or in earth, wilt thou seek after but him? Tell me, ye ministers of Jesus, ye watchmen upon the walls of Zion—"Saw…
