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2 Timothy 2 20-2 Timothy 2 21
In a wealthy home some utensils are made of gold and silver, and some are made of wood and clay. The expensive utensils are used for special occasions, and the cheap ones are for everyday use.If you keep yourself pure, you will be a special utensil for honorable use. Your life will be clean, and you will be ready for the Master to use you for every good work.
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Daniel 6:1-3
Darius the Mede decided to divide the kingdom into 120 provinces, and he appointed a high officer to rule over each province.The king also chose Daniel and two others as administrators to supervise the high officers and protect the king’s interests.Daniel soon proved himself more capable than all the other administrators and high officers. Because of Daniel’s great ability, the king made plans to place him over the entire empire.
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John 20:21-23
Again he said,“ Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.”Then he breathed on them and said,“ Receive the Holy Spirit.If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”
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Matthew 28:18
Jesus came and told his disciples,“ I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth.
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John 5:22-27
In addition, the Father judges no one. Instead, he has given the Son absolute authority to judge,so that everyone will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son is certainly not honoring the Father who sent him.“ I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.“ And I assure you that the time is coming, indeed it’s here now, when the dead will hear my voice— the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen will live.The Father has life in himself, and he has granted that same life giving power to his Son.And he has given him authority to judge everyone because he is the Son of Man.
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Genesis 41:44-45
And Pharaoh said to him,“ I am Pharaoh, but no one will lift a hand or foot in the entire land of Egypt without your approval.”Then Pharaoh gave Joseph a new Egyptian name, Zaphenath paneah. He also gave him a wife, whose name was Asenath. She was the daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On. So Joseph took charge of the entire land of Egypt.
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Genesis 47:11-25
So Joseph assigned the best land of Egypt— the region of Rameses— to his father and his brothers, and he settled them there, just as Pharaoh had commanded.And Joseph provided food for his father and his brothers in amounts appropriate to the number of their dependents, including the smallest children.Meanwhile, the famine became so severe that all the food was used up, and people were starving throughout the lands of Egypt and Canaan.By selling grain to the people, Joseph eventually collected all the money in Egypt and Canaan, and he put the money in Pharaoh’s treasury.When the people of Egypt and Canaan ran out of money, all the Egyptians came to Joseph.“ Our money is gone!” they cried.“ But please give us food, or we will die before your very eyes!”Joseph replied,“ Since your money is gone, bring me your livestock. I will give you food in exchange for your livestock.”So they brought their livestock to Joseph in exchange for food. In exchange for their horses, flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and donkeys, Joseph provided them with food for another year.But that year ended, and the next year they came again and said,“ We cannot hide the truth from you, my lord. Our money is gone, and all our livestock and cattle are yours. We have nothing left to give but our bodies and our land.Why should we die before your very eyes? Buy us and our land in exchange for food; we offer our land and ourselves as slaves for Pharaoh. Just give us grain so we may live and not die, and so the land does not become empty and desolate.”So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. All the Egyptians sold him their fields because the famine was so severe, and soon all the land belonged to Pharaoh.As for the people, he made them all slaves, from one end of Egypt to the other.The only land he did not buy was the land belonging to the priests. They received an allotment of food directly from Pharaoh, so they didn’t need to sell their land.Then Joseph said to the people,“ Look, today I have bought you and your land for Pharaoh. I will provide you with seed so you can plant the fields.Then when you harvest it, one fifth of your crop will belong to Pharaoh. You may keep the remaining four fifths as seed for your fields and as food for you, your households, and your little ones.”“ You have saved our lives!” they exclaimed.“ May it please you, my lord, to let us be Pharaoh’s servants.”
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Romans 9:22-23
In the same way, even though God has the right to show his anger and his power, he is very patient with those on whom his anger falls, who are destined for destruction.He does this to make the riches of his glory shine even brighter on those to whom he shows mercy, who were prepared in advance for glory.
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Ezekiel 15:3
Can its wood be used for making things, like pegs to hang up pots and pans?