• Jesus gave them permission

    From Thiago Williams@eli@yxqil.center to alt.privacy.anon-server on Wed Sep 16 19:19:13 2026
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    Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. Is not destruction to the
    wicked? It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. He putteth his mouth
    in the dust; if so be there may be hope. And every man went unto his
    own house. For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an
    abomination to my lips. Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so
    doth the grave those which have sinned. Do ye indeed speak
    righteousness, O congregation? Then said Saul to his servant, But,
    behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? Then said he unto
    them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise
    his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and
    buy one.

    As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. Then said
    he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to
    the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O
    breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. I done?
    But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye
    may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. And
    the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou
    prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb. For our
    rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in
    simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the
    grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more
    abundantly to you-ward. And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her
    eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon
    Jacob her younger son: And she put the skins of the kids of the
    goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck: And she gave
    the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the
    hand of her son Jacob. And she said, The Philistines be upon thee,
    Samson. So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that
    is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.

    Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a
    destruction from the Almighty. And Samuel heard all the words of the
    people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. He divideth
    the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through
    the proud. And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the
    houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall. And Jesus, when he
    was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the
    heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God
    descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from
    heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
    How many are mine iniquities and sins? So he called every one of his
    lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest
    thou unto my lord? They make the king glad with their wickedness,
    and the princes with their lies.

    Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and
    in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make
    great, and to give strength unto all. Henceforth I call you not
    servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I
    have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my
    Father I have made known unto you. And when the Syrians saw that
    they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together.
    And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly
    reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the
    gleanings of thy harvest.
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