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Nor for brightness shall the moon give Proverbs 26:23
light to you; 23 Fervent lips with a wicked heart
But the LORD will be to you an Are like earthenware covered with
everlasting light, silver dross.
And your God your glory.

26:23 earthenware covered. A cheap veneer
60:19 sun shall no longer…everlasting of silver over a common clay pot hiding its
light. Isaiah, looking beyond the millennial commonness and fragility is like the decep-
kingdom, sees a view of the New Jerusalem tion spoken by evil people. This thought is
following the Millennium (Rev.21:23;22:5).His expanded in vv. 24–28.
prophetic perspective did not allow him to
distinguish the eternal phase of the future
kingdom from the temporal one, just as the Ephesians 5:17–33
Old Testament prophets could not distinguish
between the First and Second Advent of 17 Therefore do not be unwise, but under-
Christ (1 Pet. 1:10,11). stand what the will of the Lord is. And do not
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be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation;
but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one
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20 Your sun shall no longer go down,
Nor shall your moon withdraw itself;
For the LORD will be your everlasting
light,
And the days of your mourning shall be 5:18 but be filled with the Spirit. True com-
ended. munion with God is not induced by drunken-
Also your people shall all be righteous; ness but by the Holy Spirit.Paul is not speaking
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They shall inherit the land forever, of the Holy Spirit’s indwelling (Rom. 8:9) or the
The branch of My planting, baptism by Christ with the Holy Spirit (1 Cor.
The work of My hands, 12:13), because every Christian is indwelt and
That I may be glorified. baptized by the Spirit at the time of salvation.
22 A little one shall become a thousand, He is rather giving a command for believers to
And a small one a strong nation. live continually under the influence of the
I, the LORD, will hasten it in its time.” Spirit by letting the Word control them, pursu-
ing pure lives, confessing all known sin, dying
Psalm 115:1–8 to self,surrendering to God’s will,and depend-
ot unto us, O LORD, not unto us, ing on His power in all things.Being filled with
N But to Your name give glory, the Spirit is living in the conscious presence of
the Lord Jesus Christ,letting His mind,through
Because of Your mercy, the Word,dominate everything that is thought
Because of Your truth.
2 Why should the Gentiles say, and done. Being filled with the Spirit is the
same as walking in the Spirit.
“So where is their God?”
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But our God is in heaven;
He does whatever He pleases. another in psalms and hymns and spiritual
4 songs, singing and making melody in your
Their idols are silver and gold,
The work of men’s hands. heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all
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5 things to God the Father in the name of our
They have mouths, but they do not
speak; Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another
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Eyes they have, but they do not see; in the fear of God.
They have ears, but they do not hear;
6 22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to
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Noses they have, but they do not smell; the Lord. For the husband is head of the
7 wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and
They have hands, but they do not
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handle; He is the Savior of the body. Therefore, just
Feet they have, but they do not walk; as the church is subject to Christ, so let the
Nor do they mutter through their wives be to their own husbands in everything.
throat. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ
Those who make them are like them;
8 also loved the church and gave Himself for
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So is everyone who trusts in them. her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her
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