Dipping your toes in the pond of adversity…
“And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them. And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.”
– Acts 16:22-24 (KJV)
Why would anyone paint half a picture? “He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.” – Proverbs 28:13 (NKJV)
They thought it was worth $30. “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” – Isaiah 53:6 KJV
That’s who God is! “He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.” – 1 John 4:8
He’s checking to see… “The Sabbath was made for man.” – Mark 2:27 NKJV
Forced worship? “If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king.” – Daniel 3:17 NKJV
They make a mess, but…