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IF KNOWLEDGE BRINGS GRIEF, WHY SHOULD ANYONE BE EDUCATED?

02/15/2019Uncategorizedecclesiastes, Ecclesiastes 1:18, educated, education, fear, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, grief, harm, harmful, ignorance, Jesus Christ, knowledge, Lord, Proverbs, Proverbs 2:3-4, side effect, solomon, sorrow, student, students, teacher, teachers, wisdomabarkley8

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Solomon, the Teacher, remarks that the increase of knowledge and wisdom only brings greater grief and sorrow. The state of affairs naturally begs the question: Why be educated? Why not live out your life in happy ignorance? Continue reading IF KNOWLEDGE BRINGS GRIEF, WHY SHOULD ANYONE BE EDUCATED? →

SEVEN REASONS NOT TO WORRY

08/30/2018Uncategorized7, gentiles, glory, God, Heaven, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, kingdom, morrow, peace, seek, seven, solomon, tomorrow, worry, worryingabarkley8

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The same God who created life in you can be trusted with the details of your life. MATTHEW 6:25: Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Worrying about the future keeps you from doing your best today. MATTHEW 6:26: Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Worrying is more harmful than helpful. MATTHEW 6:27: Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
God does not ignore those who depend on him. MATTHEW 6:28-30: And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29. And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Worry shows a lack of faith and of understanding of God. MATTHEW 6:32: (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

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DOES GOD DIRECT OUR LIVES THROUGH DREAMS TODAY?

04/05/2016Uncategorized1 Kings, dreams, God, Holy, Holy Bible, Jesus Christ, Lord, solomon, speakabarkley8

1 KINGS 3:15 – And Solomon awoke; and behold it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

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MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE BIBLE (SOLOMON’S TEMPLE)

03/21/2016Uncategorized1 Kings, Bible, customs, Holy, manners, manners and customs, massive, solomon, solomon temple, templeabarkley8

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When Solomon began to build the Temple, he found it was not an easy thing to build on so steep a ridge. David has achieved construction at the southern end by erecting a series of walls and terraces, but Solomon needed to do much more than that. Solomon solved the problem by creating large terraces. These terraces were supported by arches beneath,

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