Bible Discussions - Episode 16 - Silence Our Accuser

[@lancecooper1414]

Work and pray, and pray and work and work and pray and pray and work and do good. Yep that's what mom taught! Thanks Timothy ror the plug for mom.😊

[@Biblocus]

Lance, as you know, we are trying to model and encourage the Shema on our podcast. The way you always talk about the influence of your mom on your life is evidence that she did the same. - Timothy

[@lancecooper1414]

Hey, guys, please check out Proverbs. 25:28. Has application for cities and for people?

[@Biblocus]

Yes. I love it. Like a city without walls is a man with no self-control. That is one of my favorite proverbs, and it is very applicable to the story of Nehemiah. It's amazing how the same principle plays out at the community and individual level. It reminds me of our episode on the book of Numbers (God With Us, kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKvRq5l6gNx0la8). Bringing the tabernacle of God, the most holy thing, into the center of the camp caused the death of people who were unwilling to be in proper communion with God. Similarly, in the Christian experience, when we bring the Holy Spirit into our hearts, we have to discard the things in our personal life that are incompatible with proper communion with God. And that's something you can't do without a lot of self-control, which coincidentally is one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit listed in Galatians 5. - Timothy