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| Decide For Yourself | |
| By: Mentor Date: December 1, 2012, 1:49 pm | |
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| [I]Pharaoh's Birthday[/I] | |
| [B]Genesis 40:20-22[/B] | |
| 20 Thus it came about on the third day, which was Pharaoh�s | |
| birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants; and he | |
| lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the | |
| chief baker among his servants. 21 He restored the chief | |
| cupbearer to his office, and he put the cup into Pharaoh�s hand; | |
| 22 but he hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had interpreted | |
| to them. | |
| [I]Herod's Birthday[/I] | |
| [B]Matthew 14:6-11[/B] | |
| 6 But when Herod�s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias | |
| danced [d] before them and pleased Herod, 7 so much that he | |
| promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked. 8 Having | |
| been prompted by her mother, she *said, �Give me here on a | |
| platter the head of John the Baptist.� 9 Although he was | |
| grieved, the king commanded it to be given because of his oaths, | |
| and because of his dinner guests. 10 He sent and had John | |
| beheaded in the prison. 11 And his head was brought on a platter | |
| and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother. | |
| [I]Everything in the Bible serves a purpose[/I] | |
| [B]2Timothy 3:16,17[/B] | |
| 16 All Scripture is [h] inspired by God and profitable for | |
| teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in | |
| righteousness; 17 so that the man of God may be adequate, | |
| equipped for every good work. | |
| [B]Blowing Out Candles[/B] | |
| We place candles on a birthday cake and blow them out with a | |
| wish. The very concept of the birthday celebration is as ancient | |
| a superstition as any. The blowing out of the candles began with | |
| the Greek tradition in honor of the birthday of Artemis, goddess | |
| of the moon, marriage and childbirth. For this occasion special | |
| cakes were baked in the shape of the moon and candles were | |
| placed on altars within the temple. During the celebration the | |
| candles were to be blown out with one breath, and Artemis would | |
| then gaze favorably upon her worshippers. (Encyclopedia Of | |
| American Folklore - Infobase Publishing, 2007 -Pg.40) | |
| [B]Deuteronomy 18:10-12[/B] | |
| 10 There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son | |
| or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, | |
| one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a | |
| sorcerer, 11 or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a | |
| spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. 12 For whoever does | |
| these things is detestable to the LORD; and because of these | |
| detestable things the LORD your God will drive them out before | |
| you. | |
| [B]Leviticus 19:26-31[/B] | |
| 26 �You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor practice | |
| divination or soothsaying. 27 You shall not round off the | |
| side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard. 28 | |
| You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make | |
| any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD. 29 �Do not | |
| profane your daughter by making her a harlot, so that the land | |
| will not fall to harlotry and the land become full of lewdness. | |
| 30 You shall keep My sabbaths and revere My sanctuary; I am the | |
| LORD. 31 �Do not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them | |
| out to be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God. | |
| [B]Leviticus 20:6-8[/B] | |
| 6 ��I will set my face against anyone who turns to mediums and | |
| spiritists to prostitute themselves by following them, and I | |
| will cut them off from their people. 7 ��Consecrate yourselves | |
| and be holy, because I am the LORD your God. 8 Keep my decrees | |
| and follow them. I am the LORD, who makes you holy. | |
| [B]Acts 19:18,19[/B] | |
| 18 Many also of those who had believed kept coming, confessing | |
| and disclosing their practices. 19 And many of those who | |
| practiced magic brought their books together and began burning | |
| them in the sight of everyone; and they counted up the price of | |
| them and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. | |
| [B]2Kings 21:6[/B] | |
| 6 He made his son pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft | |
| and used divination, and dealt with mediums and spiritists. He | |
| did much evil in the sight of the LORD provoking Him to anger. | |
| [I]Do only what is acceptable to the LORD[/I] | |
| [B]1Corinthians 10:31[/B] | |
| 31 Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to | |
| the glory of God. | |
| [B]John 8:31:32[/B] | |
| 31 So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, �If | |
| you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; | |
| 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you | |
| free.� | |
| [I]God draws in believers[/I] | |
| [B]John 6:44[/B] | |
| 44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws | |
| him; and I will raise him up on the last day | |
| [B]1Corinthians 3:6,7[/B] | |
| 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth. 7 | |
| So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is | |
| anything, but God who causes the growth. | |
| [I]Giving gifts under compulsion and not out of love[/I] | |
| [B]Acts 20:35[/B] | |
| 35 In everything I showed you that by working hard in this | |
| manner you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord | |
| Jesus, that He Himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to | |
| receive." | |
| [B]Luke 6:38[/B] | |
| 38 Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your | |
| lap a good measure�pressed down, shaken together, and running | |
| over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you | |
| in return.� | |
| [B]2Corinthians 9:7[/B] | |
| 7 Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not | |
| grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. | |
| [I]Stop following men and start following Christ[/I] | |
| [B]Mark 7:7-9[/B] | |
| 7 �THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR | |
| AWAY FROM ME. �BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS | |
| DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.� 8 Neglecting the commandment of | |
| God, you hold to the tradition of men.� 9 He was also saying to | |
| them, �You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God | |
| in order to keep your tradition. | |
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