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Nation's Decline in Moral Conduct XI
Nation’s Decline in Moral Conduct XI
Psalm 15: “Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?”
The fourth characteristic of one who will “sojourn in the tabernacle” and “dwell in the holy hill” is he “who honoreth them that fear Jehovah.”
Any who will sojourn in the tabernacle of Jehovah, or dwell in Jehovah’s holy hill, will have a definite attitude toward God and His people. When the Apostle Peter was sent to Cornelius, he deduced from the events that followed, “and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is acceptable to him” (Acts
Jesus also taught on the subject, when he said to the apostles, “If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me” (John
The apostle Paul reminds the godly to “Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another” (Romans
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