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Priesthood is that I may behave well;
Advocacy is when I do not behave well.
Priesthood keeps my heart in constant dependence in my
walk—its exercise is that I may not go wrong.
Advocacy is when I have gone wrong.
(Habakkuk 2:4) I want you to notice these words, “The just shall live by faith.” If you want to know what it was for a Jew in those days to live by faith, read Habakkuk 3:17–19. That is a fine example of it. This verse is quoted three times in the New Testament, and I believe each time the emphasis1
"And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself" (Genesis 3:10). Fear is the first effect of sin. Man is born with a dread of God, whom conscience regards now only as a judge. Sin produces fear and distance. The heart of man is alienated from G1
2 Corinthians 3 I would like to speak to you about letters and what we may understand by the use of the word in Scripture. We may, perhaps, group our thoughts around four or five headings. A letter is sent by someone. A letter is sent to someone. A letter is a message about something. A letter is1
In the Scriptures we often find God speaking to men in dreams, even as Elihu said to Job, “For God speaketh…in a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men” (Job 33:14, 15), and it was in this way that the Lord spoke to Jacob. This seems to have been Jacob’s first personal de1