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𝗕𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗝𝗼𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗹
(Blessed hope Chapel's Sunday Morning Service 05/24/2020)

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵, “𝘐𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘚𝘢𝘯 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰, 𝘏𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘩.” 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘏𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦.

Ezekiel 13:19
you have profaned Me to My people to put to death some who should not die (like babies) and to keep others alive who should not live (like serial murderers)

Psalm 9:17
The wicked will return to Sheol [Hades], Even all the nations who forget God.

𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙤𝙡/𝙃𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙚 (𝙇𝙪𝙠𝙚 16:19-31).

𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙂𝙤𝙙. 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚, 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮.

𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙬𝙖𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮. 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚'𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨. 𝙊𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝘿𝙞𝙖𝙯. 𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙨. 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮, 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚. 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙙𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨, 𝙞𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙂𝙤𝙙'𝙨 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙙, 𝙣𝙚𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙢𝙞𝙭𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙖𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨. 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝. 𝙒𝙚'𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢.

𝙒𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙖𝙮.
𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜.

𝘈𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘮 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.

𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, "𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘯𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘶𝘴! 𝘐𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴."

𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙮 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨!

𝐎𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐲-𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲-𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐈𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐒𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭.

𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟕𝟖𝟐.

𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘑𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 1813 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦... 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺. ...𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥."

𝘈𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘮 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, "𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦. 𝘐𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯."

𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥, "𝘈𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳? 𝘉𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘵?-- 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘸? 𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳!--𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦, 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 (𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥) 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵; 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘉𝘶𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘩𝘪𝘰, 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦, 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. [...]

𝘐𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘈𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯, 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦."

𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙂𝙤𝙙.
𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚. 𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙤𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙥 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙜𝙚. 𝘼𝙡𝙨𝙤, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙖 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙪𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙖.

𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙀𝙜𝙮𝙥𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙. 𝙃𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙃𝙞𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙃𝙞𝙢.

Deuteronomy 6:10-12
“Then it shall come about when the LORD your God brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you, great and splendid cities which you did not build, and houses full of all good things which you did not fill, and hewn cisterns which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant, and you eat and are satisfied, then watch yourself, that you do not forget the LORD who brought you from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

𝘽𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙀𝙜𝙮𝙥𝙩. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙋𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙝, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙎𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛. 𝙒𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚. 𝙒𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙣𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙡 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙨𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨.

John 8:36
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

𝙒𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚.
𝙒𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙜𝙤 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙀𝙜𝙮𝙥𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨.
𝙒𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙨.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒇𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝑬𝒈𝒚𝒑𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 400+ 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔. 𝑵𝒐𝒘, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚, 𝒇𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒗𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒚𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒈. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅. 𝑩𝒖𝒕, 𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎, 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒋𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈.

2 Peter 2:20-21
If after they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing (𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮: 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘴, 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦) our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them.

𝘿𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙜𝙤 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙀𝙜𝙮𝙥𝙩.
𝘿𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙂𝙤𝙙.
𝘿𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪.

𝘼 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨.

Deuteronomy 8:7
For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;

Deuteronomy 8:11
“Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping His commandments and His ordinances and His statutes which I am commanding you today;

𝘿𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝. 𝙉𝙤, 𝙃𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙.

𝘼𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙝𝙖𝙢 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙣, 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙪𝙢𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙮 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙂𝙤𝙙. 𝙍𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙃𝙞𝙢. 𝘿𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙂𝙤𝙙.

𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄𝙨𝙧𝙖𝙚𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙥𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙩. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧, 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙙.

𝑰𝒏 𝑱𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒂𝒉 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 18, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝑰𝒔𝒓𝒂𝒆𝒍. 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑰𝒔𝒓𝒂𝒆𝒍. 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒚.

𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝑱𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒂𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆. 𝑱𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒂𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍. 𝑯𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒍, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒋𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒕𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔. 𝑰𝒇 𝑯𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒕. 𝑰𝒇 𝑯𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒋𝒖𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒂 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒕.

Jeremiah 18:5-10
Then the word of the Lord came to me saying, “Can I not, O house of Israel, deal with you as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Behold, like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel. At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot, to pull down, or to destroy it; if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the calamity I planned to bring on it. Or at another moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to build up or to plant it; if it does evil in My sight by not obeying My voice, then I will think better of the good with which I had promised to bless it.

𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩. 𝙃𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙃𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙃𝙞𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨.

𝘽𝙪𝙩, 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙗𝙞𝙜 𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙚. 𝙒𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙨. 𝙄𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙘𝙧𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙮. 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙, 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚. 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚. 𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙫𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙨. 𝙒𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚. 𝙒𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚. 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚.

Romans 1:28
And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper,

Ezekiel 16:49
Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

Genesis 13:8-10
So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers. “Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me; if to the left, then I will go to the right; or if to the right, then I will go to the left.” Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the valley of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere—this wasbefore the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar

2 Peter 2:6-7
and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly lives thereafter; and if He rescued righteous Lot, oppressed by the sensual conduct of unprincipled men

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒐𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒊𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒐𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒙𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒙 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆𝒏. 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒑𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝑺𝒐𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑮𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒉. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒎𝒐𝒌𝒆.

Jude 1:7
just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙤, 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙭 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙡. 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙙. 𝙄𝙛 𝙬𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙪𝙥 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢. 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙭𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙭𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖𝙙𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙮, 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙚𝙩𝙘.

𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙪𝙥 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩. 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝙬𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙙𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙟𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩. 𝘼𝙛𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨. 𝘼 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨, 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙛𝙪𝙡.

Matthew 19:24
Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙂𝙤𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙃𝙞𝙢 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙮 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨.

Amos 6:1
Woe to those who are at ease in Zion
And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria,
The distinguished men of the foremost of nations,
To whom the house of Israel comes.

Amos 6:4-7
Those who recline on beds of ivory
And sprawl on their couches,
And eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall,
Who improvise to the sound of the harp,
And like David have composed songs for themselves,
Who drink wine from sacrificial bowls
While they anoint themselves with the finest of oils,
Yet they have not grieved over the ruin of Joseph.
Therefore, they will now go into exile at the head of the exiles,
And the sprawlers’ banqueting will pass away.

𝙒𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮, 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨, 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨.

Deuteronomy 9:4-5
“Do not say in your heart when the LORD your God has driven them out before you, ‘Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land,’ but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is dispossessing them before you. “It is not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart that you are going to possess their land, but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD your God is driving them out before you, in order to confirm the oath which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

𝙒𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨. 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙛 𝙬𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙞𝙣, 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙮 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣. 𝙒𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙩. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙃𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙖𝙡𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.

𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜?
𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙤𝙙. 𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙙.

𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘮 𝘔𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦, 𝘢 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯: '𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺, 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘺... 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯.'

𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙘𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩. 𝙎𝙩𝙪𝙛𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖. 𝙈𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚.

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝟏𝟎𝟔 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟎𝟖 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡? 𝐁𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟎, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝟐𝟒𝟔 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧, 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐘𝐚𝐥𝐞, 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬.

𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧. 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙙'𝙨 𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 “𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙢, 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙎𝙚𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙙𝙤𝙢, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧, 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩, 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙙𝙤𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙢.”

𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙩𝙤𝙣'𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝘿𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙣, 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙩𝙤𝙣. 𝙃𝙚 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚, "𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩."

𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙡𝙙 𝘿𝙚𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙣 𝘼𝙘𝙩 𝙞𝙣 1647, 𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖. 𝙄𝙣 1642 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣’𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙘𝙩, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝘼𝙘𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙩: 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙩 “𝙮𝙚 𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙧, 𝙎𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙣” 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙖𝙡 “𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙚 𝙎𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨.” 𝙏𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙣𝙙, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙬 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 50 𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙏𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 100 𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙧 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙚. 𝙎𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩 𝙍𝙝𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝙄𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙.

2 Timothy 4:3-4
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.

𝙉𝙤𝙬, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙟𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙂𝙤𝙙, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧, 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙃𝙞𝙢. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙂𝙤𝙙'𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙬. 𝙉𝙤𝙬, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙢. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙜𝙤𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙.

𝘽𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙎𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨. 𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨.

𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧'𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙨𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧'𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙞𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙡. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙣𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜.

Psalm 14:1
The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God."

Proverbs 14:34
Righteousness exalts a nation,
But sin is a disgrace to any people.

𝘈𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘮 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥, "𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘯, 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸, 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘰𝘯; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥."

𝘐𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 80𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 40𝘴. "𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 1940𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 80𝘴, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨 𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘧𝘵."

𝐈𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟎, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝟓𝟔𝟎% 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝟒𝟎𝟎% 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐬. 𝐀 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞. 𝐀 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬. 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝟐𝟎𝟎% 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞. 𝐀 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝟕𝟓 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐒𝐀𝐓 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬.

𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝟔% 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝'𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝟕𝟎-𝟖𝟎% 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬.

𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘺𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴, 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘛𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘴 𝘈&𝘔 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 1990 -- 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 -- 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯. 𝘖𝘯 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 1.8 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 60 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴. 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 23 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘺, 6.7 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 6.4 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳, 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯.

𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙤𝙙, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙤𝙠. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙮 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚. 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩. 𝙒𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩, 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙡, 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙄'𝙢 𝙞𝙣, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨. 𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙃𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡.

Jeremiah 17:5
Thus says the LORD, "Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind And makes flesh his strength, And whose heart turns away from the LORD.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙.
𝘿𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩. 𝙒𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙣𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙚. 𝘼 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙂𝙤𝙙.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙚𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙥. 𝙇𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙡𝙮, 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙. 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚, 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙣. 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙙.

Matthew 6:24
No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙜𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙖𝙮.

Revelation 2:2-3
‘I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and you found them to befalse; and you have perseverance and have endured for My name’s sake, and have not grown weary.

Revelation 2:6
‘Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

Revelation 2:4-5
‘But I have this against you, that you have left your first love. ‘Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first;

𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙪𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛𝙛. 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙨. 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙞𝙜 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚. 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙮 𝙃𝙞𝙢 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙.

Proverbs 31:4-5
It is not for kings, O Lemuel,
It is not for kings to drink wine,
Or for rulers to desire strong drink,
For they will drink and forget what is decreed, and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.

𝘽𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝘿𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣, 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙮𝙡𝙚 𝙪𝙥.

Isaiah 28:1
Woe to that wreath, the pride of Ephraim's drunkards, to the fading flower, his glorious beauty, set on the head of a fertile valley-- to that city, the pride of those laid low by wine!

Isaiah 28:3
That wreath, the pride of Ephraim’s drunkards, will be trampled underfoot.

Isaiah 28:7-8
And these also stagger from wine and reel from beer: Priests and prophets stagger from beer and are befuddled with wine; they reel from beer, they stagger when seeing visions, they stumble when rendering decisions. All the tables are covered with vomit and there is not a spot without filth.

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒇𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆.

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦, 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜.𝘚., 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴, "𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘋.𝘊., 𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜.𝘚..𝘕𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺'𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘋.𝘊. 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘢 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 25 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦."

𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙠 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮'𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙠𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮. 𝙉𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙩 𝙪𝙥 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙗𝙤𝙬. 𝙉𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 60 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙘𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙄𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨.

2 Timothy 3:1-2
But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self

2 Timothy 3:7
always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

𝙒𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙂𝙤𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙖 𝙢𝙞𝙭𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙃𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚-𝙨𝙚𝙭 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨. 𝘿𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙝. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙝. 𝙒𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨. 𝙒𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙃𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙄𝙨𝙧𝙖𝙚𝙡.

2 Chronicles 7:14
and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

𝙒𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚'𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨. 𝘼𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 25 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙤, 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙮 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙣𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚. 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚. 𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣. 𝙒𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙟𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜.

Psalm 34:18
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted
And saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Ezekiel 9:4-6
The LORD said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, even through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark(𝘢 𝘛𝘢𝘷 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴) on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst.” But to the others He said in my hearing, “Go through the city after him and strike; do not let your eye have pity and do not spare. “Utterly slay old men, young men, maidens, little children, and women, but do not touch any man on whom is the mark; and you shall start from My sanctuary.”

𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙃𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙃𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙨. 𝙍𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚, 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩.

John 17:3
This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

𝙊𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙜𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮, 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨.

1 Corinthians 11:23-26
For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

𝙒𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚. ... See MoreSee Less

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The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
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