Tag: hypocrite

• Excuses and God

  10So the LORD said to Moses, 11“Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the people of Israel go out of his land.”12But Moses said to the LORD, “Behold, the people of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?” 13But the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave…

  bradshawjoel

  October 15, 2023

  exodus

  bible, christian, devo, excuses, exodus 6, God, heart, hypocrite, lazy, Moses

• God Knows Your Secrets

  20If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god, 21would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.–Psalm 44 I used to be an addict and I would hide my addiction from others. I had excuses and rationalizations for my sin, but…

  bradshawjoel

  July 10, 2023

  psalms

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• Mocking Jesus

  16And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor’s headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion. 17And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. 18And they began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 19And they were striking his head with…

  bradshawjoel

  March 1, 2023

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• Jesus and the Inner Person

  6Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, 7“Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 8And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question these things in your hearts?–Mark 2 Many of us…

  bradshawjoel

  February 13, 2023

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• Social Media Worship of Self

  5They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, 6and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues 7and greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by others.–Matthew 23 Jesus accused the Pharisees of being consumed by image and…

  bradshawjoel

  January 23, 2023

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• The Best Kind of Fruit

  8Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.–Matthew 3 John the Baptist was speaking and people were coming to him. Even famous and highly respected ‘holy’ people like the Pharisees and the Sadducees. John was quick to call them on their responses. If you are truly repenting, then your life will show it. Think of repentance like…

  bradshawjoel

  January 3, 2023

  matthew

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• Hate Your Evil

  10O you who love the LORD, hate evil!…–Psalm 97 Many would read a line like this from Psalm 97 and feel justified. They look at the evil in this world and then all of a sudden feel that noble urge within them to hate it in the name of the Lord. The problem is that hatred…

  bradshawjoel

  June 9, 2022

  psalms

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