The ULTIMATE teacher

 

Matthew 16:15-17

King James Version

15 He saith unto them, 

But whom say ye that I am?

16 And Simon Peter answered and said, 

Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, 

Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: 

for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, 

but my Father which is in heaven.

Do you want to know, everything there is to know?

It's time you relied on the HOLY SPIRIT of GOD.

Only He can teach us anything, and everything about JESUS.

Only He can give us the knowledge we seek on anything.

As born again, I rely on the Holy Spirit for creating my 66 blogs.

He teaches me about Scripture.

Here's proof that the HOLY SPIRIT is "teacher of all things":

Nehemiah 9:20

King James Version

20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, 

and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, 

and gavest them water for their thirst.

Proverbs 1:23

King James Version

23 Turn you at my reproof: 

behold, 

I will pour out my spirit unto you, 

I will make known my words unto you.

Isaiah 40:13-14

King James Version

13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, 

or being his counsellor hath taught him?

14 With whom took he counsel, 

and who instructed him, 

and taught him in the path of judgment, 

and taught him knowledge, 

and shewed to him the way of understanding?

Ezekiel 36:26-27

King James Version

26 A new heart also will I give you, 

and a new spirit will I put within you: 

and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, 

and I will give you an heart of flesh.

27 And I will put my spirit within you, 

and cause you to walk in my statutes, 

and ye shall keep my judgments, 

and do them.

John 14:26 

King James Version

26 But the Comforter, 

which is the Holy Ghost, 

whom the Father will send in my name, 

he shall teach you all things, 

and bring all things to your remembrance, 

whatsoever I have said unto you.

John 16:13-15

King James Version

13 Howbeit when he, 

the Spirit of truth, is come, 

he will guide you into all truth: 

for he shall not speak of himself; 

but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: 

and he will shew you things to come.

14 He shall glorify me: 

for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

15 All things that the Father hath are mine: 

therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, 

and shall shew it unto you.

1 Corinthians 2:9-10

King James Version

9 But as it is written, 

Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, 

neither have entered into the heart of man, 

the things which God hath prepared 

for them that love him.

10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: 

for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, 

the deep things of God.

1 Corinthians 2:11

King James Version

11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, 

save the spirit of man which is in him? 

even so the things of God knoweth no man, 

but the Spirit of God.

1 Corinthians 2:12-13

King James Version

12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, 

but the spirit which is of God; 

that we might know 

the things that are freely given to us of God.

13 Which things also we speak, 

not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, 

but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; 

comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

1 Corinthians 12:7-13

King James Version

7 But the manifestation of the Spirit 

is given to every man to profit withal.

8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; 

to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

9 To another faith by the same Spirit; 

to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

10 To another the working of miracles; 

to another prophecy; 

to another discerning of spirits; 

to another divers kinds of tongues; 

to another the interpretation of tongues:

11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, 

dividing to every man severally as he will.

12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, 

and all the members of that one body, 

being many, are one body: 

so also is Christ.

13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, 

whether we be Jews or Gentiles, 

whether we be bond or free; 

and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

Ephesians 1:16-19

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16 Cease not to give thanks for you, 

making mention of you in my prayers;

17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, 

the Father of glory, 

may give unto you 

the spirit of wisdom and revelation 

in the knowledge of him:

18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; 

that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, 

and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance 

in the saints,

19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power 

to us-ward who believe, 

according to the working of his mighty power,

1 John 2:27 

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27 But the anointing 

which ye have received of him abideth in you, 

and ye need not that any man teach you: 

but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, 

and is truth, and is no lie, 

and even as it hath taught you, 

ye shall abide in him.

Why, then, settle for less?

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Some HARD sayings

 

John 6:59-60

King James Version

59 These things said he in the synagogue, 

as he taught in Capernaum.

60 Many therefore of his disciples, 

when they had heard this, said, 

This is an hard saying; who can hear it?

JESUS was a TRUE revolutionary.

He rocked many boats.

Ever heard the saying, "a rock and a hard place"?

Consider it a metaphor for what this post will reveal.

Unless you are born again, taught by SPIRIT to understand Scripture, you will not be able to comprehend His hard sayings.

Such as:

John 6:41-42

King James Version

41 The Jews then murmured at him, 

because he said, 

I am the bread which came down from heaven.

42 And they said, 

Is not this Jesus, 

the son of Joseph, 

whose father and mother we know? 

how is it then that he saith, 

I came down from heaven?

John 6:45-46

King James Version

45 It is written in the prophets, 

And they shall be all taught of God. 

Every man therefore that hath heard, 

and hath learned of the Father, 

cometh unto me.

46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, 

save he which is of God, 

he hath seen the Father.

John 6:47

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47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, 

He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

John 6:48-50

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48 I am that bread of life.

49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, 

and are dead.

50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, 

that a man may eat thereof, 

and not die.

John 6:51-52

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51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: 

if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: 

and the bread that I will give is my flesh, 

which I will give for the life of the world.

52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, 

saying, 

How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

John 6:53-56

King James Version

53 Then Jesus said unto them, 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, 

Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, 

and drink his blood, 

ye have no life in you.

54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, 

hath eternal life; 

and I will raise him up at the last day.

55 For my flesh is meat indeed, 

and my blood is drink indeed.

56 He that eateth my flesh, 

and drinketh my blood, 

dwelleth in me, 

and I in him.

John 6:57-59

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57 As the living Father hath sent me, 

and I live by the Father: 

so he that eateth me, 

even he shall live by me.

58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: 

not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: 

he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

59 These things said he in the synagogue, 

as he taught in Capernaum.

John 6:61-63

King James Version

61 When Jesus knew in himself 

that his disciples murmured at it, 

he said unto them, 

Doth this offend you?

62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up 

where he was before?

63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; 

the flesh profiteth nothing: 

the words that I speak unto you, 

they are spirit, 

and they are life.

John 6:64-65

King James Version

64 But there are some of you that believe not. 

For Jesus knew from the beginning 

who they were that believed not, 

and who should betray him.

65 And he said, 

Therefore said I unto you, 

that no man can come unto me, 

except it were given unto him of my Father.

The result?

(Note the numbers on the verse.)

John 6:66

King James Version

66 From that time many of his disciples went back, 

and walked no more with him.

Another hard saying:

John 8:58

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58 Jesus said unto them, 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, 

Before Abraham was, I am.

The result?

John 8:59

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59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: 

but Jesus hid himself, 

and went out of the temple, 

going through the midst of them, 

and so passed by.

Another hard saying:

John 10:30

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30 I and my Father are one.

The result?

John 10:31-33

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31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.

32 Jesus answered them, 

Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; 

for which of those works do ye stone me?

33 The Jews answered him, 

saying, 

For a good work we stone thee not; 

but for blasphemy; 

and because that thou, being a man, 

makest thyself God.

Another hard saying:

John 14:6

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6 Jesus saith unto him, 

I am the way, the truth, and the life: 

no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Another hard saying:

John 8:24

King James Version

24 I said therefore unto you, 

that ye shall die in your sins: 

for if ye believe not that I am he, 

ye shall die in your sins.

Another hard saying:

Luke 9:59-60

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59 And he said unto another, 

Follow me. 

But he said, 

Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

60 Jesus said unto him, 

Let the dead bury their dead: 

but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.

More hard sayings:

Matthew 5:27-47

Matthew 12:46-50

Yes, these are hard sayings.

The Bible has 66 books on it.

And then again, JESUS is the ROCK.

Deuteronomy 32:4

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4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: 

for all his ways are judgment: 

a God of truth and without iniquity, 

just and right is he.

Psalm 118:22

King James Version

22 The stone which the builders refused 

is become the head stone of the corner.

Matthew 7:24-25

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24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, 

and doeth them, 

I will liken him unto a wise man, 

which built his house upon a rock:

25 And the rain descended, 

and the floods came, 

and the winds blew, 

and beat upon that house; 

and it fell not: 

for it was founded upon a rock.

1 Corinthians 3:11

King James Version

11 For other foundation can no man lay 

than that is laid, 

which is Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 10:4

King James Version

4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: 

for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: 

and that Rock was Christ.

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EVERYTHING through JESUS

 

James 1:17

King James Version

17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, 

and cometh down from the Father of lights, 

with whom is no variableness, 

neither shadow of turning.

Everything comes from GOD.

Everything comes from heaven.

Everything was given by GOD, through JESUS.

That is the premise of this post.

And we shall find out, through these verses:

Matthew 28:18

King James Version

18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, 

saying, 

All power is given unto me 

in heaven and in earth.

John 3:13

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13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, 

but he that came down from heaven, 

even the Son of man which is in heaven.

John 3:27

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27 John answered and said, 

A man can receive nothing, 

except it be given him from heaven.

John 3:31

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31 He that cometh from above is above all: 

he that is of the earth is earthly, 

and speaketh of the earth: 

he that cometh from heaven is above all.

John 3:34

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34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: 

for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

John 3:35

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35 The Father loveth the Son, 

and hath given all things into his hand.

John 12:49-50

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49 For I have not spoken of myself; 

but the Father which sent me, 

he gave me a commandment, 

what I should say, 

and what I should speak.

50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: 

whatsoever I speak therefore, 

even as the Father said unto me, 

so I speak.

John 15:1

King James Version

15 I am the true vine, 

and my Father is the husbandman.

John 15:4

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4 Abide in me, 

and I in you. 

As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, 

except it abide in the vine; 

no more can ye, 

except ye abide in me.

John 15:5

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5 I am the vine, 

ye are the branches: 

He that abideth in me, 

and I in him, 

the same bringeth forth much fruit: 

for without me ye can do nothing.

Acts 4:12

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12 Neither is there salvation in any other: 

for there is none other name under heaven 

given among men, 

whereby we must be saved.

Acts 17:28

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28 For in him we live, 

and move, 

and have our being; 

as certain also of your own poets have said, 

For we are also his offspring.

Romans 8:3-4

King James Version

3 For what the law could not do, 

in that it was weak through the flesh, 

God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, 

and for sin, 

condemned sin in the flesh:

4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, 

who walk not after the flesh, 

but after the Spirit.

Romans 9:15-16

King James Version

15 For he saith to Moses, 

I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, 

and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

16 So then it is not of him that willeth, 

nor of him that runneth, 

but of God that sheweth mercy.

Ephesians 2:10

King James Version

10 For we are his workmanship, 

created in Christ Jesus unto good works, 

which God hath before ordained 

that we should walk in them.

Colossians 1:12-20

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12 Giving thanks unto the Father, 

which hath made us meet to be partakers 

of the inheritance of the saints in light:

13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, 

and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, 

even the forgiveness of sins:

15 Who is the image of the invisible God, 

the firstborn of every creature:

16 For by him were all things created, 

that are in heaven, 

and that are in earth, 

visible and invisible, 

whether they be thrones, 

or dominions, or principalities, or powers: 

all things were created by him, 

and for him:

17 And he is before all things, 

and by him all things consist.

18 And he is the head of the body, 

the church: 

who is the beginning, 

the firstborn from the dead; 

that in all things he might have the preeminence.

19 For it pleased the Father 

that in him should all fulness dwell;

20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, 

by him to reconcile all things unto himself; 

by him, I say, 

whether they be things in earth, 

or things in heaven.

Revelation 1:5-6

King James Version

5 And from Jesus Christ, 

who is the faithful witness, 

and the first begotten of the dead, 

and the prince of the kings of the earth. 

Unto him that loved us, 

and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

6 And hath made us kings and priests 

unto God and his Father; 

to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. 

Amen.

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What GOD delights in

 

Matthew 3:17

King James Version

17 And lo a voice from heaven, 

saying, 

This is my beloved Son, 

in whom I am well pleased.

Ever wondered what makes GOD happy?

What the LORD delights in?

I searched Scripture.

And here's what I found.

First, GOD delighted in His creation:

Genesis 1:4-5

King James Version

4 And God saw the light, 

that it was good: 

and God divided the light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light Day, 

and the darkness he called Night. 

And the evening and the morning 

were the first day.

Genesis 1:10

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10 And God called the dry land Earth; 

and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: 

and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:12

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12 And the earth brought forth grass, 

and herb yielding seed after his kind, 

and the tree yielding fruit, 

whose seed was in itself, after his kind: 

and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:16-18

King James Version

16 And God made two great lights; 

the greater light to rule the day, 

and the lesser light to rule the night: 

he made the stars also.

17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven 

to give light upon the earth,

18 And to rule over the day and over the night, 

and to divide the light from the darkness: 

and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:21

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21 And God created great whales, 

and every living creature that moveth, 

which the waters brought forth abundantly, 

after their kind, 

and every winged fowl after his kind: 

and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:25

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25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, 

and cattle after their kind, 

and every thing that creepeth upon the earth 

after his kind: 

and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:31

King James Version

31 And God saw every thing that he had made, 

and, behold, 

it was very good. 

And the evening and the morning 

were the sixth day.

GOD delighted in His Son, JESUS.

Isaiah 42:1-7

King James Version

42 Behold my servant, 

whom I uphold; 

mine elect, 

in whom my soul delighteth; 

I have put my spirit upon him: 

he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, 

nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.

3 A bruised reed shall he not break, 

and the smoking flax shall he not quench: 

he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, 

till he have set judgment in the earth: 

and the isles shall wait for his law.

5 Thus saith God the Lord, 

he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; 

he that spread forth the earth, 

and that which cometh out of it; 

he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, 

and spirit to them that walk therein:

6 I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, 

and will hold thine hand, 

and will keep thee, 

and give thee for a covenant of the people, 

for a light of the Gentiles;

7 To open the blind eyes, 

to bring out the prisoners from the prison, 

and them that sit in darkness 

out of the prison house.

Matthew 17:5

King James Version

5 While he yet spake, 

behold, 

a bright cloud overshadowed them: 

and behold a voice out of the cloud, 

which said, 

This is my beloved Son, 

in whom I am well pleased; 

hear ye him.

GOD delighted in Israel.

Deuteronomy 7:6-9

King James Version

6 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: 

the Lord thy God hath chosen thee 

to be a special people unto himself, 

above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

7 The Lord did not set his love upon you, 

nor choose you, 

because ye were more in number than any people; 

for ye were the fewest of all people:

8 But because the Lord loved you, 

and because he would keep the oath 

which he had sworn unto your fathers, 

hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, 

and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, 

from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

9 Know therefore that the Lord thy God, 

he is God, 

the faithful God, 

which keepeth covenant and mercy 

with them that love him 

and keep his commandments 

to a thousand generations;

Isaiah 62:4

King James Version

4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; 

neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: 

but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, 

and thy land Beulah: 

for the Lord delighteth in thee, 

and thy land shall be married.

Zephaniah 3:17-20

King James Version

17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee 

is mighty; 

he will save, 

he will rejoice over thee with joy; 

he will rest in his love, 

he will joy over thee with singing.

18 I will gather them that are sorrowful 

for the solemn assembly, 

who are of thee, 

to whom the reproach of it was a burden.

19 Behold, 

at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: 

and I will save her that halteth, 

and gather her that was driven out; 

and I will get them praise and fame in every land 

where they have been put to shame.

20 At that time will I bring you again, 

even in the time that I gather you: 

for I will make you a name and a praise 

among all people of the earth, 

when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, 

saith the Lord.

Romans 2:29

King James Version

29 But he is a Jew, 

which is one inwardly; 

and circumcision is that of the heart,

 in the spirit, 

and not in the letter; 

whose praise is not of men, 

but of God.

GOD delighted in us.

Psalm 18:19

King James Version

19 He brought me forth also into a large place; 

he delivered me, 

because he delighted in me.

Psalm 44:1-3

King James Version

44 We have heard with our ears, 

O God, 

our fathers have told us, 

what work thou didst in their days, 

in the times of old.

2 How thou didst drive out the heathen 

with thy hand, 

and plantedst them; 

how thou didst afflict the people, 

and cast them out.

3 For they got not the land in possession 

by their own sword, 

neither did their own arm save them: 

but thy right hand, 

and thine arm, 

and the light of thy countenance, 

because thou hadst a favour unto them.

John 3:16-17

King James Version

16 For God so loved the world, 

that he gave his only begotten Son,

that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, 

but have everlasting life.

17 For God sent not his Son into the world 

to condemn the world; 

but that the world through him 

might be saved.

John 15:16

King James Version

16 Ye have not chosen me, 

but I have chosen you, 

and ordained you, 

that ye should go and bring forth fruit, 

and that your fruit should remain: 

that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, 

he may give it you.

Other things GOD delights in:

Psalm 37:23

King James Version

23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: 

and he delighteth in his way.

Psalm 104:31

King James Version

31 The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever: 

the Lord shall rejoice in his works.

Psalm 147:11

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11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, 

in those that hope in his mercy.

Psalm 149:4

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4 For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: 

he will beautify the meek with salvation.

Proverbs 3:11-12

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11 My son, 

despise not the chastening of the Lord; 

neither be weary of his correction:

12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; 

even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

Jeremiah 9:24

King James Version

24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, 

that he understandeth and knoweth me, 

that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, 

judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: 

for in these things I delight, 

saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 31:3

King James Version

3 The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, 

saying, 

Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: 

therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

Micah 7:18

King James Version

18 Who is a God like unto thee, 

that pardoneth iniquity, 

and passeth by the transgression 

of the remnant of his heritage? 

he retaineth not his anger for ever, 

because he delighteth in mercy.

In SUMMARY, GOD delights in the following:

in His creation

in His Son, JESUS

in Israel

in us

in the steps of a good man

in His works

in those that fear Him

in those that hope in His mercy

in meek people

in us, whom He considers sons

in His exercising lovingkindness, judgment, righteousness in the earth

in His prophets

in mercy

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