Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Watch out, it's getting controversial in here!

Sometimes, okay oftentimes, politics disgusts me.

Thankfully we can focus, instead, on The Word, The Truth:

Leviticus 19:33
When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.

Leviticus 19:34
You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

Exodus 23:9
You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 22:21
You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 12:49
There shall be one law for the native and for the stranger who sojourns among you.

Numbers 15:15
For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you, a statute forever throughout your generations. You and the sojourner shall be alike before the Lord.

Jeremiah 22:3
This is what the LORD says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of his oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the alien, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.

Matthew 25:35
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,

Malachi 3:5
So I will come near to you for judgment. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive aliens of justice, but do not fear me," says the LORD Almighty.

Hebrews 13:2
Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.

Mark 13:10
And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all nations.

Matthew 28:19
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Micah 6:8
He has showed you, O man, what is good.
And what does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God.


Find more Thankful Thursday and Thursday Thirteen.

7 comments:

  1. Sojourners...that's what we are! To think we may even be entertaining Angels...sets me in AWE!
    Thanks for reminding us!
    Happy TT day.
    Julie

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  2. I absolutely love Hebrews 13:2. It gives me goosebumps every time I read it.

    I'm worn out on politics as well.

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  3. Thanks for sharing these wonderful verses with us. They give us a lot to think about this Thankful Thursday.

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  4. How I LOVE this verse:

    Micah 6:8
    He has showed you, O man, what is good.
    And what does the LORD require of you?
    To act justly and to love mercy
    and to walk humbly with your God.

    So simple, and yet profound. This verse was put to song years ago and I loved it soo much. It is running over and over in my head now..how wonderful it that? Have an awesome day. HUGS, Debbie

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  5. Mark 13:10
    And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all nations.

    Amen and so be it my Lord. So be it.

    Happy TT.

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  6. we as humans gotta learn how to act justly amd love mercy! may God have mercy on us all!!

    Sociopersonal Snapshots

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