Smart or Stupid

Text Proverbs 17:10 “A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.” “You can’t tell me anything!” That’s true; not because you’re smart, but because you’re stupid! This is the truth magnified in Proverbs 17:10. A wise man responds better to scolding than a...

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A Sure Sign of Intelligence

Proverbs 17:27-28 “He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.” Text “He that hath knowledge spareth his words...

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The Fatal Exception

Acts 4:32-5:5 “And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection...

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Fooled By Appearances

I Samuel 16:1-13 “And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons....

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Tried In the Fire

I Peter 4:12-16 “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy....

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