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Aug 22, 2024 · Here are 12 passages that discuss how Christians should treat immigrants, refugees and those in need of help. When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt.
- Jesse Carey
Good News Translation. 43 “Foreigners who live in your land will gain more and more power, while you gradually lose yours. 44 They will have money to lend you, but you will have none to lend them. In the end they will be your rulers. 45 “All these disasters will come on you, and they will be with you until you are destroyed, because you did ...
- He forgives our transgression (Ps. 32:1,5). David sought and received God’s forgiveness. The Hebrew word for forgiven literally means “lifted off.” The image was portrayed in John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress.
- He covers our sin (Ps. 32:1; Rom. 4:7). This imagery is taken from the Day of Atonement. On this day the high priest took blood from a sacrificial animal, carried it into the Most Holy Place, and sprinkled it on the mercy seat of the ark of the covenant (a chest that contained the Ten Commandments).
- He does not charge us with iniquity (Ps. 32:2; Rom. 4:8). This is what God does not do with our sin —He no longer counts our sin against us. “Charge” is a bookkeeping term.
- He removes our sins from us (Ps. 103:12; John 1:29). How far does God remove our sin from us? “As far as the east is from the west” (Ps. 103:12)—an immeasurable distance.
Daniel 7:4 - The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it. 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9 - And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his ...
Mar 12, 2024 · Paul Ham does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
People from Every Nation. 9 After this, I saw a large crowd with more people than could be counted. They were from every race, tribe, nation, and language, and they stood before the throne and before the Lamb. They wore white robes and held palm branches in their hands, 10 as they shouted, “Our God, who sits. upon the throne, has the power.
Dec 14, 2022 · You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea” (NKJV). This verse is rich in meaning, which conveys God’s love and mercy. The word translated as “subdue” comes from the Hebrew word kabash, which carries the meaning “to conquer, to subjugate, to bring into bondage.”. Thus, God treats our sins as the enemies they are!
