Words from a Branch

  For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Romans 3:23 ESV                 There are some verses in our Bibles which we know, but yet do not truly know. We have read them, heard them, perhaps memorized them, but we have not meditated on them, understood them, and applied them in our thinking and in our actions. Romans 3:23 is a good example of this. It tells us that no one has escaped the effects of sin. Still we are often surprised when sin appears in the lives of public officials, or church leaders, or celebrities, or children, etc. We should expect sin to show itself everywhere and in every situation.             The world is often surprised by sin, not because it went away for awhile and suddenly came back; but because they refuse to acknowledge the evidences. Christians, or so called Christians, follow along with this nonsense e...

My son, if sinners entice you,   do not consent.   If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood   let us ambush the innocent without reason;   like Sheol let us swallow them alive, and whole, like those who go down to the pit; we shall find all precious goods,   we shall fill our houses with plunder; throw in your lot among us; we will all have one purse” my son, do not walk in the way with them;   hold back your foot from their paths, for their feet run to evil,   and they make haste to shed blood.   For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird, but these men lie in wait for their own blood;   they set an ambush for their own lives. Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain;   it takes away the life of its possessors. Proverbs 1:10-18 ESV                 Peer pressure is nothing new; sinners love company and a...