1 Peter 2:9   But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 

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THE BAD IS WEAKER

Mak 12:13-17; Mark 12:28-34

Satan is no match for God. Bad can’t hold its own against good in an even contest. No opposition can stand up against Jesus. It is only God’s patience with men that makes evil seem so powerful in the present contest. God is determined that men shall have fullest opportunity. His patience is beyond words. Ours should be. Jesus, in control in our lives, will hold his own and more against all ridicule and opposition that we meet.

Romans 13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.  

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SELFISHNESS IS SUICIDAL

Mark 12:1-12

The Jews rejected Jesus, the Son of God and their own and the world’s rightful King. And so they rejected their opportunity to be the world’s first nation. “They left him”; utterly, severely, they left him. And so he was forced to leave them. That’s always the order. If ever God leaves a man it is only long after the man has left God. Sin is suicidal. Selfishness nails its own coffin. Rejection of Jesus is self-rejection.

2 Corinthians 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

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KINGLY KINDNESS

Psalms 45:1-11

Graciousness is the characteristic kingly trait. Yet true graciousness never compromises on the right. Jesus was “full of grace and truth.” Not grace without truth; that is a weak sentimentality. Not truth without grace; that is hard and repellant. Truth is grace holding up the highest standard and insisting on its being reached. Grace is truth reaching down a strong arm and helping you attain the standard. Jesus was full of both. This is his kingliness.

Romans 13:6  For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

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STICK ’EM WITH IT!

John 2:13-22

When people doubt the sharpness of the edge of the Sword of the Spirit, don’t argue, just stick ’em with it, gently but firmly; they’ll find how sharp it is! When they question the power and love of Jesus, get them in contact with him.That’ll fix their questions. He revealed his power to these critical Jews by his actions. And he will today as we let him speak and act through our lips and lives.

Ephesians 1:10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: 

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KEEN YET GRACIOUS

Mark 11:27-33

Jesus was never more alert mentally than when opposed. Enmity brought out some of the keenest things that he said. Yet he was never bitter, and never cut with mere sarcasm. There was ever a wooing note of graciousness, even when he denounced so terribly the hypocrisy of the Jerusalem leaders as he wept over the city. It’s a great thing for us to note. His blended wisdom and love may be ours in the opposition we must meet.