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Old Paths Musings (Page 35)

Old Paths Musings is a daily devotional that includes Bible verse, quotes from Christian authors and up to date commentary on the scripture. The primary focus is to help Christians with their walk with God.

The Bruised Reed

Isaiah 42:3 – A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. Matthew 12:20 – A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. Richard Sibbes whom I have quoted…

Believing in Vain

1 Corinthians 15:2 – By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. We are saved by believing on the Lord Jesus Christ. According to this verse, it is possible to believe in vain. According to the Webster’s 1828 vain means. Empty;…

God Needs Us

Psalms 144:3 – Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him! Luke 15:4 – What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which…

Sticking Up For God’s People

Psalms 139:20-24 – For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. Search me, O God, and…

Eternity is a Long Time

Isaiah 57:15 – For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. Revelation 14:11…

People Are Different

1 Corinthians 12:4-7 – Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.…

The Three Classes of People

1 Corinthians 10:32 – Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: There are three classes of people in the New Testament and they are not the poor, the middle class and the rich. The world wants to divide us into classes based on wealth. God’s…

Making Consecration

1 Thessalonians 5:23 – And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. I was listening to Pastor Don Green preach the other day and he mentioned that he made a consecration of…

Dealing With the Unreasonable

2 Thessalonians 3:2 – And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. Romans 12:18 – If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. John 16:33 – These things I have spoken unto you that in me ye might have peace.…

The Interruptions of Life

Deut. 15:10 – The Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. Luke 10:41-42 – And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which…

Learning Things The Hard Way

Psalms 119:71 – It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. Galatians 6:7 – Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. There is a saying “some people only learn things the hard way.” If we are honest…

Where You Are At

1 Corinthians 4:6-7 – And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another. For who maketh thee to…

The Pride of Life

1 John 2:16 – For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. The pride of life is not a good thing for the saved or the lost. I have noticed…

The Blessings of Being Poor

Psalms 107:40-41 – He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock. Being poor in the eyes of the world is a bad thing. There is the war on poverty…