Samuel’s rule as judge was not without its problems. His sons fell short of Samuel’s example and the people demanded a king.
A verse by verse outline on Romans 3:1-31. Romans 3 sums up what the first two chapters have declared. Chapter one said the gentiles were sinners, then chapter two adds the Jews to the list of sinners. Chapter three then declares that "All have sinned".
Many today love to have the preeminence (3 John 1:9) like Diotrephes of old. Man desires a position. God takes a servant and gives him a job to do.
Our life is tied up with thousands of thin cords. Some of them tie us to the world and its pleasures; some of them tie us to God and His service.
The tongue is an unruly evil. To bridle the tongue is to accomplish a great thing. If only we could only surrender our tongue to glorify God.
