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"You are . . . a people for God's own possession" (1 Pet. 2:9). Since God paid the price to redeem you, you belong to Him. When Jesus said, "I am the good shepherd; and I know My own, and My own know Me" (John 10:14), He stated a truth that has been especially dear to me since the early years of my theological education. One of the pleasant memories from my seminary days is sitting in chapel and singing the hymn by the nineteenth-century lyricist Wade Robinson "I Am His and He Is Mine." I may never fully comprehend...

Puhlouzee, Scuba Teddy, et al & Christian Discipline . . . [Quix Commentary] When in the course of human events, the salt has lost it's savour . . . what good is it but to be thrown out on the ash heap? Matthew 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Matthew 5:12-14 (in Context) Matthew 5 (Whole Chapter) Mark 9:50Salt is good: but if the salt...