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Do No Harm

3/25/2012

 
“Do no harm” is what doctors are taught in medical school and most physicians live by that standard. However, by what is seen in communities around the globe, many humans do not. There are burglaries, robberies, unsafe driving, assaults, murders, rapes, slander, pranksters slashing tires or throwing a shopping cart off a fifth-floor Target store, and it landing on a poor woman walking below. Yes, just name it and someone has done it, in order to afflict pain.

But the message of God’s word remains true and unchanging (Matthew 24:35; 1 Peter 1:22-25). God gave the best advice for man to share with others, and that is to love thy neighbor and do to him as one would want done in return (Matt. 7:12; Romans 13:9-10). If this were done in every city on earth, the police department would cease to exist. But such is not the case, so we will continue to teach what God said and that is for none to do harm, but instead do good (Galatian 6:10).
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Don't Retaliate Against Your Cheating Spouse

3/18/2012

 
One spouse cheats on the other, and the spouse who didn’t cheat takes a lover in retaliation. “If he can do it, I can too.” “She don’t understand that two can play that game.” So in reality, what do you really have when this kind of conduct occurs in a marriage? Do you have good judgement? No! What you have is two black pots, attempting to call the other black. In this kind of situation, no one is right, and there sure are no winners (Romans 2:21-22).

Violating the marriage vow is a sin, and God will hold the offender guilty (Rom. 7:1-4; Proverbs 6:24-35). Rather then compounding the problem and making it worse, a innocent spouse shouldn’t take a lover but should use the liberty God authorized to put the offender away on grounds of adultery (Matt 5:32, 19:9). Yes, that is what should be done, and it should be done quickly. However, an innocent person may wish to save the marriage and give the offender a second chance. If so, that is the innocent spouse’s decision because that person holds all the cards.
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Don't Be Jealous of Your Spouse

3/11/2012

 
It’s too bad that some spouses get mad because the other makes more money, and this is especially true when it concerns some men. There have been wives complaining about husbands who detest their ability to earn more. But as long as the wife is doing her duty as a wife and not neglecting the husband or the home, and the money goes to help everyone, what is the big deal? (Proverbs 31:10-31).

I’ll tell you what the big deal is! Some people just have to be the main event. Some people are jealous of anyone who is more successful and that is just plain wrong (Genesis 4:3-7, 37:1-11; 1 Samuel 18:5-15; Matthew 2:1-18, 27:18. Mark 15:10; Romans 13:13, 1:29; 1 Corinthians 13:4; Galatians 5:26; 1 Peter 2:1; Titus 3:3; James 3:16; Philippians 1:15; 1 Timothy 6:4).

Two working people in a marriage will not make the same wage. Someone will earn more and the other less. Everyone should accept that, and be thankful at the success of the combined incomes which help both live a more comfortable life. Stop being jealous, it’s wrong!
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From the Frying Pan into the Fire

3/4/2012

 
Suicide is the killing of oneself (1 Samuel 31:4; Matthew 27:5). It is self murder, and the Bible teaches for man not to sin by murdering (Matt. 5:21; Romans 13:9). With the act of suicide, one will have no chance in this life to make amends because he will be dead. Once dead, all hope is lost, and there is nothing that can be done to change that person’s fate (Ecclesiastes 9:5; John 8:21).

Suicide is going from the frying pan into the fire. The Devil deceives men into thinking that they can escape their earthly problems by killing themselves. But this great deception tosses men into eternity with a bigger problem than the one they fled from on earth. They will be judged by God for the act of self murder and will stand condemned (Hebrews 9:27). Don’t kill yourself—stand and face the problems—don’t take the cowardly way out because the horror of eternity will be waiting, and it won’t be good (Isaiah 48:22; Amos 5:19-20; Luke 16:25-28).
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