Playlist: Balances and Scales (topic)

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The Eighth Commandment

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)

Though God indicts Gentile nations for violent crimes, He indicts Israelitish nations for untrustworthiness and their tendency to defraud or misrepresent.


Lacking Nothing (Part Two)

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

Disobedience to God paves the road to scarcity and economic slavery. Moral debasement leads to debasement of currency, which leads to economic enslavement.


The Commandments (Part Seventeen)

Sermon/Bible Study by John W. Ritenbaugh

Wealth accumulated by honest work and diligence will be blessed, but hastily acquired by any kind of theft or dishonesty will be cursed.


Lacking Nothing (Part Three)

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

We should reduce expenses today in order to be free tomorrow. Debt is designed to bring people under subjection; the debtor is always the servant.


The Same Plumb Line

Commentary by David C. Grabbe

A former president was sexually immoral, lied with impunity, and misused his position. The same is true of the current one. Will we apply God's standard equally?


Micah (Part Three): Who Is a God Like You?

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

Micah 5 describes legal proceedings against the people who have rejected God, promising a harsh retribution but future restoration for a physical remnant.


Keeping God's Standards

Sermon by John O. Reid

God's law will be the spiritual weights and measures in the Kingdom, but until then, we must glorify God by keeping these standards as a bright light.


Urgency to Get Closer to God

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Kim Myers

The time when the offspring of Jacob are going to pay the piper is rapidly closing in. We must cultivate a sense of urgency in our relationship with God.


Walking the Tightrope

Sermonette by Bill Onisick

Our calling could be compared to tightrope walking, in which balance and proportion must be assiduously maintained and elements are in correct proportion.


Color In Scripture

Sermon/Bible Study by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

The Hebrews perceived color differently than we do, assigning symbolic significance to a number of different colors as they associate with concrete objects.