Good Teacher, Part 1

“Now as He was going out on the road, one came running, knelt before Him, and asked Him, ‘Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?’ So Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is God.’” Mark 10:17-18.

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Deadly Cataclysm, Genesis 8-9:19

“Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. The waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters. And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered. The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered. And all flesh died that moved on the earth: birds and cattle and beasts and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man. All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, all that was on the dry land, died. So He destroyed all living things which were on the face of the ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive. And the waters prevailed on the earth one hundred and fifty days.” Genesis 7:17-24.

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Chaste Conduct Part 3

“Do not let your beauty be that outward adorning of arranging the hair, of wearing gold, or of putting on fine apparel…” 1 Peter 3:3.

“But let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.” 1 Peter 3:4.

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Chaste Conduct Part 1

The next portion in the study of the book of Colossians is chapter 3:18-21 and concerns the relationship between wives and husbands.

However, before we take those passages up it would help to cover the references to wives and husbands in 1 Peter 3:1-7 as sort of a preamble.

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