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NASB | Exodus 30:13 "This is what everyone who is numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as a contribution to the LORD. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 30:13 "This is what everyone who is counted shall give [as he joins those already counted]: a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel (the shekel is twenty gerahs); a half shekel as a contribution to the LORD. |
Bible Question: I have been having a battle.A spiritual battle about the verse in hebrews.I am so afraid that I have really messed with jesus/So many times i have tried to walk with the Lord and I have failed.This verse is Hebrews 10:26.Can someone please help me? |
Bible Answer: Dear seakerofchrist, As I was reading today, I was mindful of you again. See the following excerpt. Note, particularly, the final paragraph. We continue to pray for you. In Him, Doc "As this fourth Beatitude [Matthew 5:6] has been such a storehouse of comfort to many a tried and troubled believer, let us point out the use which may be made of it by Satan-harassed believers. First, by those whose faith is little and weak. There are not a few in God's family who sincerely long to please Him in all things and to live in no sin against their conscience, and yet they find in themselves so much distrust and despair of God's mercy that they are conscious of much more doubting than faith, so that they are brought seriously to question their election and state before God. Here, then, is Divine consolation for them: if they genuinely hunger and thirst after righteousness, Christ Himself pronounces them blessed. Those who are displeased with their unbelief, who truly desire to be purged from distrust, who long and pray for increased faith and assurance -- evidencing their sincerity by diligently using all proper means -- are the subjects of God's approbation. "Second, by those whose sanctification is so imperfect. Many there be who are most anxious to please God and make conscience of all known sins, yet find in themselves so much darkness of mind, activity of rebellious corruption, forwardness in their affections. perverseness in their wills, yea, a constant proneness to all manner of sins; and, on the contrary, they can perceive so little of the fruits of sanctification, so little evidence of spiritual life, so few signs of Divine grace at work within, that they often seriously doubt if they have received any grace at all. This is a fearfully heavy burden, and greatly casts down the soul. But here is Divine consolation. Christ pronounces 'blessed' not those who are full of righteousness, but those who 'hunger and thirst' after it. Those who mourn over their depravity, who grieve over the plague of their hearts, who yearn for conformity to Christ -- using the means constantly -- are accepted of God in Christ. "Third, by the more extreme case of one who has grievously departed from God and long been a backslider, and now, conscious of his wickedness, is in despair. Satan will tell him that his case is hopeless, that he is an apostate, that hell is prepared for him and he must surely be damned; and the poor soul is ready to believe that such must really be the case. He is destitute of peace, all his evidences are eclipsed, he cannot perceive a ray of hope. Nevertheless, here is Divine comfort. If he truly mourns over his departure from God, hates himself for his backsliding, sorrows over his sins, truly desires to repent of them and longs to be reconciled to God and restored to communion with Him, then he too is among the blessed: 'Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.'" From "The Sermon on the Mount" by A. W. Pink, Chapter 2, pp27-28 |