Joshua
24:15
"And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this
day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were
on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you
dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."
“Man is not the creature of
circumstances;
circumstances are the
creatures of men.”
Benjamin Disraeli
Ephesians
5:17
Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Titus
2:11-12 11For
the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us
that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly,
righteously, and godly in the present age,
As with Timothy He expects
us to learn His truth
2
Timothy 2:15
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be
ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
14
But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they
are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually
discerned. 15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is
rightly judged by no one.
receive
1)
to take with the hand to take hold of, to take up, to receive
Nothing can resist the human
will that will stake
even it’s existence on it’s
stated purpose.
Benjamin Disraeli
Acts
17:5-6 5 But
the Jews who were not persuaded, becoming envious, took some of the evil men
from the marketplace, and gathering a mob, set all the city in an uproar and
attacked the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. 6 But
when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers
of the city, crying out, "These who have turned the world upside down have
come here too.