Bragging On Jesus

Proverbs in 365 Devotions For more go to braggingonjesus.com Proverbs 20:8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes. 9 Who can say, “I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin”? 10 Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD. The Day Of Winnowing R Aylor Today… let’s start with the last verse and work our way backwards. God hates all kinds of false weights and measurements. What does unequal weights and unequal measures mean? Well in biblical times, merchants weighed out herbs and grain to sell to their customers… or, like today they cut measured yards of material to sell for making clothes... But some used weights or a measuring stick that were less than the standard in order to cheat others... this kind of action is detestable to the Lord. But if you think about it… false weights and measures extend further than things related to merchants greedy for money. Too many times people like you and I proclaim ourselves to others as mea