Genesis 14:18-20 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.… Thus exclaimed a member of the parish the other day, "How often they come! It is give, give, all the time!" The same person might have added, "Another bill! It is pay, pay the grocer and the baker, and the coalman, all the time!" Isn't it curious that people recognize the duty of paying a debt to their fellow men so much more readily than they do paying a debt to God! These collections in church — what are they if they are not, in a most important sense, the payment of debts? We are only stewards of the Lord's bounty. Nothing we have is really our own. We are just using it for a time for Him. We have consecrated everything to Him, and we should regard these appeals in church for money as opportunities to pay back something we owe. Parallel Verses KJV: And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.WEB: Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High. |
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