Tag: labor
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Daily Devotional: Exodus 5:1-23
God never said that He would punish Israel for not going into the wilderness to worship Him. Further, God predicted that Pharaoh would not let the Israelites go (cf. Exodus 3-4). Thus, the nation of Israel begins her history of not fully listening to God, but only hearing some of what God says, and complaining…
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The Christian’s Labor
Last week, we saw the Christian’s reward. God promises to return many times what the Christian gives up for Christ’s name’s sake and give the Christian eternal life. Jesus follows His teaching about rewards with a parable—not about people giving anything up, but about laborers in a vineyard seeking to earn wages. Matthew 20:1-16 For…