“In this case, what they don’t know…wont hurt them.” The Holy Spirit whispered those words to me as I contemplated writing this blog. The mere thought of revealing this unabashed secret to the visitors of this blog site gave me joy unspeakable.

Did you know that in your daily dialect and communications with friends, relatives and other folks, you are often quoting scripture? Who would have guessed that the expressions below all derive from the Bible’s Old Testament Books of Job and Proverbs. (Two of the so-defined poetry books in the Bible,)

“Jesus paid it all…all to Him I owe.” (*)Colossians 2:13-14)

NOW, LET’S BREAK IT DOWN…

Have you ever advised or counseled a friend, relative, spouse or total stranger that if things do not change for the better in their household, a house divided will not stand. Proverbs 11:29 says it a bit firmer…”He who brings trouble on his family will inherit only the wind.”

The writer of the Book of Matthew relates what Jesus had to say on this same subject: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.” When witnessing to others about the power of God, a person can gingerly introduce this bit of wisdom and perhaps help to rekindle a broken relationship.

Let’s now talk about escaping an inherent danger “by the skin of one’s teeth.” Did you know that the Old Testament Book of Job has a number of colorful expressions that recite the miseries Job encountered at the hands of God. Much of the descriptions used by Job to relate his sufferings are hard to decipher. Let’s look at Proverbs 19:20 for example. Job says he has become so emaciated that ‘my bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.” (In other words, Job believes he has barely escaped death.)

How many times have you, too, used this proverb to dramatize a scary event that has happened to you…”escaped by the skin of your teeth.” I’ve used that expression hundreds of times, especially if a crazy motorist cuts me off in traffic. I only wish I had thought to use the above intro when witnessing to a young convert. I could have referenced Job and what he went through at the hand of God. God will use many different people to show others how to keep the faith during sun shinny and rainy days.

The last expression I want to tell you about is why almost every generation has an opinion as to when “the ends of the earth” will happen. In ancient cultures and especially in the Israelites culture, they thought it was obvious that since the world was believed to be flat, it must have limits. The Old Testament scriptures are full of references concerning the ‘ends of the earth”. The Israelites found credence in the Book of Job 37:3 where God is said to “directeth his lightning unto the ends of the earth.”

So, now in today’s society, in order to sound biblical and because God used verbiage directing his lightning to extend as far as the ends of the earth, we, dramatize our emphatic statements by adding…until the ends of the earth. (Actual meaning: for ever and ever!)

My Personal prayer of thanksgiving to God…

Dear Heavenly Father, Mighty God, Rose of Sharon, and King of Glory: Your humble servant and daughter of Abraham enters your presence in all humility. For I see and surely am a witness to the unadulterated truth that Christ Jesus is now and always will be the Son of God. You, my God, sanctioned Jesus to be nailed to the cross along with all of mankind’s sins and misdeeds. Only believe is the edit you placed on humankind. Jesus’ life was shed for all who were born in sin. His unselfish sacrifice afforded everyone to a right to the Tree of Life. All we have to do is believe in Him and confess with our mouth that Jesus Christ is the Son of God! Hear and receive my prayer is my plea, Amen and Amen.

(*) NOTE: Colossians 2:13-14: “When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross.”

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