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We will continue to devote each Lord’s Day in 2022 at hiswordtoday.org to present a portion of the Westminster Confession of Faith (WCF). For those unfamiliar with the WCF, a brief explanation is appropriate. 

The Westminster Confession of Faith is a Reformed confession of faith. Drawn up by the 1646 Westminster Assembly as part of the Westminster Standards to be a confession of the Church of England, it became and remains the “subordinate standard” of doctrine (to Scripture) in the Church of Scotland and has been influential within Presbyterian churches worldwide.

It is to that “most precise and accurate summary of the content of biblical Christianity” that we will give our time and attention to each Lord’s Day in the year of our Lord, 2022. I trust you will be edified and encouraged each week by The Westminster Confession of Faith.

Chapter Twenty Seven. Of the Sacraments. Part One.

1. Sacraments are holy signs and seals of the covenant of grace,^a immediately instituted by God,^b to represent Christ and his benefits, and to confirm our interest in him:^c as also to put a visible difference between those that belong unto the Church and the rest of the world;^d and solemnly to engage them to the service of God in Christ, according to his Word.^e

a. Gen 17:7, 10; Rom 4:11. • b. Mat 28:19; 1 Cor 11:23. • c. 1 Cor 10:16; 11:25-26; Gal 3:27. • d. Gen 34:14; Exod 12:48; Rom 15:8. • e. Rom 6:3-4; 1 Cor 10:16, 21.

2. There is in every sacrament a spiritual relation or sacramental union, between the sign and the thing signified; whence it comes to pass that the names and the effects of the one are attributed to the other.^a

a. Gen 17:10; Mat 26:27-28; Titus 3:5.

I encourage you to read the portions of Scripture listed in this post. Have a blessed Lord’s Day.

Soli deo Gloria!

¹⁸ “On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God: ¹⁹ if you are honest men, let one of your brothers remain confined where you are in custody, and let the rest go and carry grain for the famine of your households, ²⁰ and bring your youngest brother to me. So your words will be verified, and you shall not die.” And they did so. ²¹ Then they said to one another, “In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.” ²² And Reuben answered them, “Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood.” (Genesis 42:18–22 (ESV)

A conviction of sin stirred within the souls of Joseph’s elder brothers. Though they have been falsely accused of spying, the LORD brought to their conscious awareness their true guilt. They had sinned against their brother Joseph in the past (Gen. 37:12-28) and the guilt over this sin haunted them in the present.

In the immediate aftermath of their agreement with Joseph, set forth in Genesis 42:18-20, the brothers immediately said to one another, ““In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”

How interesting that their sinful behavior against their brother over twenty years in the past is what they consider in their present situation. The brothers recall Joseph’s distress while he was in the pit and perhaps even when his brothers sold him into slavery to the Midianites (Gen. 37:25-28). This remembrance caused the brothers to consider their current distress. Why did this feeling of guilt occur?

Dr. John Walvoord writes, “A taste of retribution began to awaken feelings in the brothers, feelings that Joseph’s cries for mercy (v. 21) and Jacob’s tears (37:34–35) had failed to awaken. They sensed that having to bring Benjamin back to Egypt against the wishes of their father would be punishment for their having sold Joseph. Since Jacob was still distressed, now they were in distress.”

The eldest brother, Rueben reminded his younger brothers, ““Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood.” (See Genesis 37:21-22, 29). Though Reuben did prevent his brothers from killing Joseph and was not involved in selling him to the Midianites, he was complicit in lying to Jacob that Joseph was dead, because a fierce animal attacked and killed him (Gen.37:29-34).

Dr. R. C. Sproul writes, “As often happens when we are convicted, the Holy Spirit has used outward means of discipline while stirring the brothers’ conscience. Our Lord will use any means necessary to provoke His people to repentance and keep them in the faith.”

John Calvin comments: “God, in order to lead the sons of Jacob to repentance, impelled them, as well by the secret instinct of his Spirit as by outward chastisement, to become sensible of that sin which had been too long concealed.” 

Genuine repentance must arise from a broken and contrite heart (Psalm 51). Outward behavior of contrition must be born from a heart of genuine and godly sorrow for one’s sin. May we each see our sin as God sees it when we confess our sin to God and others (I John 1:8-10).  

Have a blessed day in the Lord.

Soli deo Gloria!

¹⁸ “On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God: ¹⁹ if you are honest men, let one of your brothers remain confined where you are in custody, and let the rest go and carry grain for the famine of your households, ²⁰ and bring your youngest brother to me. So your words will be verified, and you shall not die.” And they did so. ²¹ Then they said to one another, “In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.” ²² And Reuben answered them, “Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood.” (Genesis 42:18–22 (ESV)

Joseph placed his brothers in an Egyptian prison for three days after he accused them of being spies (Gen. 42:17). How ironic that the brothers who imprisoned Joseph into a pit and then sold him into slavery (Gen. 37:12-28) are now imprisoned and enslaved by Joseph. Joseph’s brothers presently reaped what they sowed over twenty years earlier.

Dr. R. C. Sproul explains, “Joseph’s accusations and imprisonment of his brothers are a test to see if they are now his spiritual kin. This testing comes about indirectly, for if it were obvious that Joseph was their tester, any godliness they manifested might only be for show. Joseph must see if they will repent for the right reasons; thus, he incarcerated his brothers to help them come clean regarding their sins against him (Gen. 42:17).”  

Immediately following their three days in prison, Joseph spoke to his brothers. He said, “¹⁸Do this and you will live, for I fear God: ¹⁹ if you are honest men, let one of your brothers remain confined where you are in custody, and let the rest go and carry grain for the famine of your households, ²⁰ and bring your youngest brother to me. So your words will be verified, and you shall not die.”

Joseph affirmed to them that he would deal honestly with them when he said, “For I fear God.” One brother would remain confined in the Egyptian prison. The others would return to Canaan with grain for their households. However, the final stipulation was the most significant. To eventually see their imprisoned brother freed, the remaining nine would have to bring Benjamin, their youngest brother, back with them to Egypt.  

John Calvin writes, “Joseph declares that he fears God, which expression is worthy of observation. Doubtless, he speaks from the inward feeling of his heart when he declares that he will deal well and truly with them because he fears God. Therefore, the commencement and the fountain of that good and honest conscience, whereby we cultivate fidelity and justice towards men, is the fear of God.”

What was Joseph’s brothers’ response to this scenario? The text says “And they did so.” The agreed to the conditions Joseph set forth. They really had no other choice.

However, something also stirred within the souls of Joseph’s elder brothers. Though they have been falsely accused of spying, the LORD brought to their conscious awareness their true guilt. They begin to fear God. We will examine this contrition by the brothers when next we meet.

Have a blessed day in the Lord.

Soli deo Gloria!

¹² “He said to them, “No, it is the nakedness of the land that you have come to see.” ¹³ And they said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.” ¹⁴ But Joseph said to them, “It is as I said to you. You are spies. ¹⁵ By this you shall be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here. ¹⁶ Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. Or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.” ¹⁷ And he put them all together in custody for three days.” (Genesis 42:12–17 (ESV)

Dr. R. C. Sproul writes, “Joseph’s dream of his brothers’ sheaves bowing to his has begun to come true (Gen. 37:5–8; 42:6), but it still remains for his parents and his youngest brother to come before him (37:9–11). However, he does not know if these others are still alive, and so he moves to find out about the rest of his family. Yet Joseph does not reveal his identity to his brothers when they first bow before him (42:7), probably because he assumes they will not tell him, their envied sibling, the truth.”  

Joseph accused his elder brothers a second time of being spies against Egypt. In their defense, they began to reveal details of their family who lived in Canaan. They described their family as consisting of twelve brothers, the sons of one man. They acknowledged the existence of an even younger brother, Benjamin, who we know remained with his father Jacob (Gen. 42:1-5).

Interestingly, the mention that one of their brothers “is no more.” This is a euphemism to mean that one of their brothers was dead, or perhaps missing. They did not know that Joseph, the brother they sold into slavery so many years ago and perhaps they thought was dead, was the individual who was before them.

Puritan commentator Matthew Henry writes about Joseph’s brothers that “they were very submissive. They spoke to him with all the respect imaginable: ‘Nay, my lord’ (v. 10)—a great change since they said, ‘Behold, this dreamer comes.’ They very modestly deny the charge: We are no spies. They tell him their business that they came to buy food, a justifiable errand, and the same that many strangers came to Egypt upon at this time. They undertake to give a particular account of themselves and their family (v. 13), and this was what they wanted.”

Joseph again accused them of being spies (vs. 14). Joseph initially imprisoned his brothers for three days. He also tested them by saying that they would remain prisoners until their youngest brother came to Egypt. The brothers who threw Joseph into a pit, and later sold him into slavery (Gen. 37:12-28), are now the ones in prison.

Dr. Sproul explains that, “Under pressure, they confess that Benjamin is still alive and begin to allay Joseph’s fears about his brother’s fate. But Joseph does not know whether they have come to acknowledge their guilt for the way they got rid of him. In fact, they gloss over his fate, merely saying that Joseph, before whom they unknowingly stand, is “no more” (v. 13). Joseph accuses his brothers not only to find out about the rest of his family, but also to punish them for their sins. They are put in prison, for example, just as Joseph was imprisoned by them in the pit (37:24).”  

Galatians 6:7–8 (ESV) says, “⁷ Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. ⁸ For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.”  

Take the necessary steps today to repent of your sin knowing that you will reap what you sow. The consequences of sin can be far greater than we ever thought imaginable.  

Soli deo Gloria!

⁸ “And Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him. ⁹ And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamed of them. And he said to them, “You are spies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land.” ¹⁰ They said to him, “No, my lord, your servants have come to buy food. We are all sons of one man. WE have are honest men. Your servants have never been spies.” (Genesis 42:8–11 (ESV)

Joseph recognized his brothers. However, they did not recognize Joseph. Remember, it has been over twenty years. Joseph was no longer a teenager (Gen. 37:1-2). Additionally, while Joseph’s brothers looked like the Hebrew shepherds they had always been (Gen. 37:1-12), Joseph looked and dressed like an Egyptian (Gen. 41:14, 42). Not only did Joseph appear as an Egyptian, but also an Egyptian ruler.

Joseph not only recognized his brothers but he also remembered his dreams from when he was but a teenager (Gen. 37:5-11). Twenty plus years had passed and Joseph experienced many difficulties, but God providentially brought Joseph’s dreams to reality.

Dr. Don Carson writes, “No sooner had Joseph said, ‘God has made me forget … all my father’s household’ (41:51) than his brothers turned up in Egypt. And what was more surprising, considering the many visitors who came to Egypt at that time, Joseph saw them there. He recognized them but, of course, they failed to recognize him.”

Joseph began testing his brothers by immediately accusing them of being spies. He would do this four times (Gen. 42:9, 12, 14, 16). Why did he do this? The most probable answer was to see if his elder brothers had changed. God led Joseph to confront his brothers’ sin and to see if there was true repentance for what they had done to him.

Joseph devised a series of circumstances to test them. His accusations against his brothers would eventually result in Joseph reuniting with the rest of his Hebrew family. This would include not only with his younger brother Benjamin, but also his father Jacob.

Have you ever confronted someone because of their sin? It may have been their sinful behavior in general, or a sin committed against you in particular. Whenever confrontation concerning sin occurs, God commands the more spiritual person to handle the situation in a humble and gracious manner (Galatians 6:1).

Dr. R. C. Sproul explains, “Confronting someone in sin is always difficult. Perhaps you are a parent who must discipline a child. Maybe you are an elder tasked with confronting a church member engaged in unrepentant sin. Whatever the case, it is hard to speak the truth in love when hard truths must be told. But God often uses our confronting of others to lead them to repentance. Do not be afraid to confront sinners, but always do it with compassion and the hope it will produce repentance.”

Have a blessed day in the Lord.

Soli deo Gloria!

⁶ “Now Joseph was governor over the land. He was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground. ⁷ Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke roughly to them. “Where do you come from?” he said. They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.” (Genesis 42:6–7 (ESV)

One author writes, “Every long separation is a test: A test to see how powerful or how weak the will of reuniting is.”

Today’s text makes it quite clear that Joseph was in charge of the world-wide food distribution during the seven-year famine (Gen. 41:25-36). This was because the LORD providentially appointed him, through the Pharaoh of Egypt, to be governor over the land (Gen. 41:37-45).

Jacob directed his ten older sons to go to Egypt and buy grain (Gen. 42:1-5). Joseph’s elder brothers came to Egypt along with many others to purchase food. This was because the famine not only affected Egypt, but also the land of Canaan.

Moses writes, “And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.” The irony here is striking. Joseph’s dreams as a youth (Gen. 37:5-11) become a reality when he is a man. It has taken over twenty years, but the LORD fulfilled His providential plans for Joseph.

Joseph recognized his brothers. However, they did not recognize Joseph. Remember, it has been over twenty years. Joseph is no longer a teenager (Gen. 37:1-2). Additionally, while Joseph’s brothers looked like the Hebrew shepherds they had always been (Gen. 37:1-12), Joseph looked and dressed like an Egyptian (Gen. 41:14, 42). Not only did Joseph appear as an Egyptian, but also an Egyptian ruler.

Dr. R. C. Sproul writes, “Pharaoh’s dreams have come to pass (chap. 41), but Joseph is still waiting to see his family again, which would fulfill the dreams of his youth (37:5–11). This fulfillment begins today when his brothers, out of the innumerable multitude of foreigners looking for food, “happen” to come before their once-hated brother instead of one of the numerous officials Joseph would have had under him to help distribute the grain. Yet we know this is no coincidence. God has orchestrated events to make Joseph lord over his brothers (42:6)”

Events unite to bring about the Lord’s plan for His people. They always do.

Dr. Sproul concludes, “A famine “happens” to occur in Canaan and Egypt. Joseph’s brothers “happen” to come before him instead of some other nameless official. Indeed, God is sovereign over all history. Even when things seem out of control and those who hate the church are in power, nothing happens that God cannot use for good. We should therefore be comforted in these troubled times.”  

Soli deo Gloria!   

“When Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?” ² And he said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down and buy grain for us there, that we may live and not die.” ³ So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt. ⁴ But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers, for he feared that harm might happen to him. ⁵ Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.” (Genesis 42:1–5 (ESV)

Twenty plus years had passed since Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery and then told their father Jacob that his favored son was dead (Gen. 37). However, the LORD has a providential way of working through the events in our lives; not only for His glory but also for our benefit (Rom. 8:28-30).

Joseph was unaware how a devastating famine would reunite him with his elder brothers. It would be by God’s providence that the dreams of Joseph as a teenage shepherd in Canaan (Gen. 37:5-11) would be fulfilled as a man who governed the land of Egypt.

Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt. The text does not say how long the famine had been in effect. Moses did write that the famine spread over all the land (Gen. 41:56). This would include Canaan.

Jacob criticized his ten elder sons for their inaction. “Why do you look at one another?” ² And he said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down and buy grain for us there, that we may live and not die.”

However, Jacob did not let his youngest son Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, travel with them. Jacob feared that Benjamin might be hurt and harmed. Jacob’s thinking was probably affected not only by his age, his love for Benjamin, but also by his memory of Joseph’s reported death twenty years before.

Therefore, Joseph’s ten elder brothers came to Egypt to buy grain. They were among many others who came from Canaan for the same reason. The famine was that extensive.

Dr. R.C. Sproul explains, “We see in today’s passage, the hunger present in the land of the Nile (41:55) was also found in Palestine. Learning that food was available in Egypt, Jacob tells his sons to straighten up and go there to buy grain (42:1–2, 5). Unbeknownst to him, the availability of food is due to the wisdom of his son Joseph, and a worldwide famine has occurred, in God’s providence, in order to bless and protect God’s people by bringing them into Egypt (46:1–4).”

We see in today’s text, and the unfolding narrative, that there are no coincidences. God remains in complete control of all the circumstances of life. This was not only true in Joseph’s life, but also in our own. May each of us rest in that biblical truth.

Soli deo Gloria!  

We will continue to devote each Lord’s Day weekend in 2022 at hiswordtoday.org to present a portion of the Westminster Confession of Faith (WCF). For those unfamiliar with the WCF, a brief explanation is appropriate. 

The Westminster Confession of Faith is a Reformed confession of faith. Drawn up by the 1646 Westminster Assembly as part of the Westminster Standards to be a confession of the Church of England, it became and remains the “subordinate standard” of doctrine (to Scripture) in the Church of Scotland and has been influential within Presbyterian churches worldwide.

It is to that “most precise and accurate summary of the content of biblical Christianity” that we will give our time and attention to each Lord’s Day in the year of our Lord, 2022. I trust you will be edified and encouraged each week by The Westminster Confession of Faith.

Chapter Twenty Six. Of the Communion of Saints.

1. All saints that are united to Jesus Christ their head, by his Spirit and by faith, have fellowship with him in his graces, sufferings, death, resurrection, and glory:^a and being united to one another in love, they have communion in each other’s gifts and graces,^b and are obliged to the performance of such duties, public and private, as do conduce to their mutual good, both in the inward and outward man.^c

a. John 1:16; Rom 6:5-6; Eph 2:5-6; 3:16-19; Phil 3:10; 2 Tim 2:12; 1 John 1:3. • b. 1 Cor 3:21-23; 12:7; Eph 4:15-16; Col 2:19. • c. Rom 1:11-12, 14; Gal 6:10; 1 Thes 5:11, 14; 1 John 3:16-18.

2. Saints, by profession, are bound to maintain an holy fellowship and communion in the worship of God, and in performing such other spiritual services as tend to their mutual edification;^a as also in relieving each other in outward things, according to their several abilities and necessities. Which communion, as God offers opportunity, is to be extended unto all those who, in every place, call upon the name of the Lord Jesus.^b

a. Isa 2:3; Acts 2:42, 46; 1 Cor 11:20; Heb 10:24-25. • b. Acts 2:44-45; 11:29-30; 2 Cor 8-9 throughout; 1 John 3:17.

3. This communion which the saints have with Christ, doth not make them in any wise partakers of the substance of his Godhead, or to be equal with Christ in any respect: either of which to affirm is impious and blasphemous.^a Nor doth their communion one with another, as saints, take away or infringe the title or propriety which each man hath in his goods and possessions.^b

a. Psa 45:7 with Heb 1:8-9; Isa 42:8; 1 Cor 8:6; Col 1:18-19; 1 Tim 6:15-16. • b. Exod 20:15; Acts 5:4; Eph 4:28.

I encourage you to read the portions of Scripture listed in this post. Have a blessed Lord’s Day.

Soli deo Gloria!

We will continue to devote each Lord’s Day weekend in 2022 at hiswordtoday.org to present a portion of the Westminster Confession of Faith (WCF). For those unfamiliar with the WCF, a brief explanation is appropriate. 

The Westminster Confession of Faith is a Reformed confession of faith. Drawn up by the 1646 Westminster Assembly as part of the Westminster Standards to be a confession of the Church of England, it became and remains the “subordinate standard” of doctrine (to Scripture) in the Church of Scotland and has been influential within Presbyterian churches worldwide.

It is to that “most precise and accurate summary of the content of biblical Christianity” that we will give our time and attention to each Lord’s Day in the year of our Lord, 2021. I trust you will be edified and encouraged each week by The Westminster Confession of Faith.

Chapter Twenty Five: Of the Church. Part 3.

5. The purest churches under heaven are subject both to mixture and error;^a and some have so degenerated as to become no churches of Christ, but synagogues of Satan.^b Nevertheless, there shall be always a Church on earth to worship God according to his will.^c

a. Mat 13:24-30, 47; 1 Cor 13:12; Rev 2-3 throughout. • b. Rom 11:18-22; Rev 18:2. • c. Psa 72:17; 102:28; Mat 16:18; 28:19-20.

6. There is no other Head of the Church but the Lord Jesus Christ:^a nor can the Pope of Rome, in any sense be head thereof; but is that Antichrist, that man of sin and son of perdition, that exalteth himself in the Church against Christ, and all that is called God.^b

a. Eph 1:22; Col 1:18. • b. Mat 23:8-10; 2 Thes 2:3-4, 8-9; Rev 13:6.

I encourage you to read the portions of Scripture listed in this post. Have a blessed Lord’s Day.

Soli deo Gloria!

There is a biblical reason for the rise of totalitarian and autonomous state control in the world and particularly in the United States of America. American citizens have witnessed an increase in the sheer size of the federal government and its increasing efforts to control the lives of its citizens. What that biblical reason is, and how Christians are to respond to a rising secular government, is our subject for today.

First, the biblical reason for the rise of state control begins when a nation at large rejects God. This rejection of God not only involves a rejection of His authority in the lives of a nation’s citizens, but also a rejection of God’s very existence. This scenario is set forth in Romans 1:18-23.

Romans 1:18–23 (ESV) says, “¹⁸ For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. ¹⁹ For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. ²⁰ For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. ²¹ For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. ²² Claiming to be wise, they became fools, ²³ and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.”

A society’s rejection of God, which then accords with the rise of the state, involves four distinct but related behaviors according to Romans 1:18-23. First, there is the systematic rejection and suppression of the truth of God’s existence. Second, there then follows a refusal to honor and worship God. This is a natural consequence for if a society denies God’s existence, there is then no reason to worship and honor a nonexistent God. Third, a refusal to give thanks to God. Why, society reasons, should we be grateful to a God who does not exist? Finally, the rise of idolatry, which seeks to replace God with another object of worship. Make no mistake, people have an inherent desire to worship an object greater than themselves.

When a society and culture commits the sins set forth in Romans 1:18-23, then the state will rise to take God’s place. This scenario has been repeated throughout history, but is often forgotten. As 20^th century philosopher wrote in 1905, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

What ought to be the perspective and responsible, biblical behavior to the rise of state by believers in Christ? The Bible sets forth several. Here are seven.

• Be obedient to and seek to fulfill The Great Commission. Matthew 28:16-20.
• Be Salt and Light in a morally corrupt and dark world. Matthew 5:13-16.
• Do not conform to the world’s immoral ethics and values. Romans 12:1-2; I John 2:15-17.
• Pray for government leaders. I Timothy 2:1-3; I Peter 3:13-17; 4:12-19; 5:6-11.
• Be a good citizen and submit to government as along as doing so does not violate Scripture and conscience. Acts 4:13-22; Romans 13:1; 14:1-15:13; Titus 3:1-2; I Peter 2:13-17;
• Be prepared to suffer persecution for your faith in Christ. 2 Timothy 3:12-13.
• Always remember that Jesus Christ is King of kings and Lord of lords. He is forever in control. Psalm 2; Acts 17:16-31; 1 Timothy 6:13-16.

Have a blessed day.

Soli deo Gloria!