Author Pastor Randy Moll
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Fathers held responsible to bring up their children 'in the training and admonition of the Lord'
With fatherhood comes great responsibility to God, who creates and gives life to children in their mothers’ wombs (cf. Psalm 139:13-16). Fathers are not to provoke their children to anger by being overly harsh and cruel, but they are to lead and teach their children to know the Lord and to hear and believe His Word. And fathers will be held accountable to God for the upbringing of their children.
Posted · Author Pastor Randy Moll
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God’s Curse and God’s Promise
Though, perhaps hard for us to fully understand, the serpent was cursed with a greater curse than that of the rest of God’s creatures for its role in the temptation and fall of mankind. Not only would it have to die, but it would spend its life on its belly, eating the dust of the ground. There would be enmity between the serpent and the woman, and between the serpent’s seed and the woman’s seed. This enmity is much more than a normal distaste for snakes and even destroying them when the opportunity arises. It speaks of the offspring of the devil’s lie and the Seed or offspring of the woman who would crush the serpent’s head and undo the damage done by the temptation of the devil in the garden.
Posted · Author Pastor Randy Moll
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Sad truths which few accept
This passage of the Bible is one which few accept. Why? Because it speaks of the curse brought upon all mankind by the sin of Adam and Eve in the Garden; and who wants to acquiesce to a life filled with pain, sorrow, hard work, trouble, hardship and, finally, death and decay?
Posted · Author Pastor Randy Moll
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Did God really say...?
Of course, this still happens every day. The devil comes to us through friends and coworkers, through the media and entertainment industries, and in our own thoughts and minds, and says, “Does God really expect you to keep all those commandments in the Bible?” And he works hard to convince us that God is trying to keep us from having fun and enjoying life, or that He is placing an impossible burden upon us, that He really doesn’t expect us to keep all of His commandments, or that breaking just a few of the commandments now and then won’t really alienate and separate us from God – after all, everybody does it.
Posted · Author Pastor Randy Moll
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'Create in me a clean heart, O God'
We confess our sins to the Lord and ask for His mercy and forgiveness for the sake of Christ Jesus and His atoning sacrifice upon the cross (cf. 1 John 1:7 – 2:2), but do we pray that God would purify our hearts and desires? Do we ask that God not cast us away but change our hearts and minds by His Holy Spirit that we might desire and walk in the ways of the Lord?
Posted · Author Pastor Randy Moll