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Jealousy is an evil spirit that seeks to enter all hearts Who can resist jealousy? Dr. Bill Edgar, Former Chairman of the Geneva College Board of Trustees, Past President of the Geneva College, and longtime pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPNCA) Proverbs 27:4 – Anger is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can resist jealousy? I recently heard a seminary professor's warning to his students: “It is not the success of the retired pastor of your church that you should fear. He wants you to succeed. He's the failed pastor you need to beware of. When a man who has failed in your job sees Lady Success looking favorably upon you after despising him, jealousy can possess him and make him an enemy. Likewise, before playing with another man's wife, remember Jealousy, Shakespeare's green-eyed monster (Othello, Acts 3, Scene 3, 165-171). “He who commits adultery lacks common sense; whoever does it destroys himself. He will be hurt and dishonored, an...

King Solomon and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord. And king Solomon sacrificed twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. Then the king and all the people consecrated the temple of God. The priests took the position, as well as the Levites with the musical instruments of the Lord, which King David had made to praise the Lord and which served to give thanks by saying: "His love lasts forever". In front of the Levites, the priests sounded the trumpets, and all the Israelites stood. Solomon consecrated the middle part of the court before the temple of the Lord, and there he offered burnt offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings, for the brazen altar which he had made could not contain the burnt offerings, the and the fatty parts. So Solomon observed the feast at this time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a vast assembly, peopled from Lebo Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt. On the eighth day, they held to...

The world becomes a place of sufferings and trials, a time of heartaches and problems, a life of difficulties and sickness, and a season of disappointments and death. Afflictions and anguish stalk our path like a hungry pack of jackals, and they are no respecter of persons or position, clime, or creed, wise or foolish, young, or old, believer or unbeliever. And if this were all that life offered to humanity, we would indeed be the most miserable of species, for we would remain dead in trespasses and sins, without God and any hope in the world And Romans, Chapter 8 is one of many passages that remind us that as Christians, we will not escape the sufferings of this age. Indeed, Paul writes to Timothy: "All who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution." But Romans 8:18 is a verse of contrasts. Suffering is placed alongside great glory, sadness is contrasted with lasting joy, despair is put in contradistinction with the glorious hope that is set before us, whi...