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Mark 7:22

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adultery, {\cf2\super [88]} greed, doing bad things to people, lying, doing things that are morally wrong, jealousy, saying bad things about people, proud boasting, and foolish living.

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I can do what I want with my own money. Are you jealous because I am good \{to those people\}?’


Young men, I have something to say to you, too. You should accept the authority of the elders. {\cf2\super [32]} All of you should be very humble with each other.


So when you do good, you stop foolish people from saying stupid things about you. This is what God wants.


And we destroy every proud thing that raises itself against the knowledge of God. And we capture (catch) every thought and make it give up and obey Christ.


If you look at people and want to help them, you will be full of light (goodness). But if you look at people in a selfish way, you will be full of darkness (evil). And if the only light you have is really darkness, then you have the worst kind of darkness. {\cf2\super [80]}


I studied and I tried very hard to find true wisdom. I tried to find a reason for everything. \{What did I learn?\} I learned that it is foolish to be evil, and it is crazy to act like a foolish person.


A selfish person only wants to get rich. That person does not realize that he is very close to being poor.


You can grind a fool to powder, and still you will not force the foolishness out of him.


The things that a foolish person plans to do are sin. People hate a person who thinks he is better than other people.


Don’t eat with a selfish person. And stay away from the special foods he likes.


Children do foolish things. But if you punish them, they will learn not to do those things.


A smart {\cf2\super [17]} person doesn’t tell everything he knows. But a foolish person tells everything and shows he is a fool.


Bad people are too proud to follow God.\par They make all their evil plans.\par And they act like there is no God.\par


One time the leaders of Babylon sent messengers to Hezekiah. Those messengers asked about a strange sign that had happened in the nations. {\cf2\super [396]} When they came, God left Hezekiah alone to test him and to know everything that was in Hezekiah’s heart. {\cf2\super [397]}


“Even the most gentle and kind woman among you will become cruel. She might be a lady so gentle and delicate that she never put her feet on the ground to walk anywhere. But she will become cruel to her husband that she loves so much. And she will be cruel to her own son and daughter.


“Even the most gentle and kind man among you will become cruel. He will be cruel to other people. He will be cruel to his wife that he loves so much. And he will be cruel to his children that are still alive.


“Don’t ever refuse to help someone simply because the seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is near. Don’t let an evil thought like that enter your mind. You must never have bad thoughts about a person that needs help. You must not refuse to help him. If you don’t help that poor person, then he will complain to the Lord against you. And the Lord will find you guilty of sin.


Help me think about your Agreement {\cf2\super [590]} \par instead of how to get rich.\par


Those people use their feet to run to evil. They hurry to kill people that have done nothing wrong. They think evil thoughts. Rioting and stealing is their way of living.


We sinned and turned against the Lord.\par We turned away from him and left him.\par We planned evil things.\par We planned things that are against God.\par We have thought of these things\par and planned them in our hearts.\par


“A person’s mind is very tricky!\par The mind can be very sick,\par and no person truly understands it.\par


All these bad things begin inside a person, in the mind: bad thoughts, sexual sins, stealing, murder,


All these evil things come from inside a person. These things make a person wrong. {\cf2\super [89]} ”





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