Today we hear of Jeremiah being put in a muddy cistern, and being rescued by the faithful official, Ebed-melech. And we heard the terrible and painful result of Zedekiah's cowardly failure to do as repeatedly instructed by the Lord.
Today’s chapter of Proverbs has a clear theme. Here is a verse from the middle that typifies that theme:
Drink water from your own well—
share your love only with your wife.
Paul wraps up the theme about spiritual gifts that was started in chapter 12. Note that at the end he becomes vehement and insistent, signalling that he knew there would be people who would think themselves wiser and more spiritual that Paul. I want to underline: Paul was the apostle of the Lord who wrote 13 books of our New Testament. Every church and Christian fellowship should take these instructions seriously. If we don't, it just proves that we are hypocrites— play actors. Those who seek spiritual gifts in a way that is not self-glorifying will find that the Spirit of the Lord still gives authentic gifts.
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