"These [in Berea] were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so." - Acts 17:11
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(18) Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint;
But happy is he who keeps the law.

New King James Version copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.

Proverbs 29:18 in the New Living Bible says, "When people do not accept divine guidance, they run wild." It does not mean that those without vision were "screaming Mimi's" running around tearing their hair out or something of that nature. It simply means that those without the revelation of God, those without godly vision, live purposeless lives. Their lives are lived lawlessly and in vanity - without direction. Therefore, for a group to be unified, all must have the same vision of where to go in life. We cannot do that until we all believe the same things.

— John W. Ritenbaugh

To learn more, see:
Unity (Part 5): Ephesians 4 (B)



 

Topics:

Direction

Divine Guidance

Guidance from God

Guidance, Divine

Lawlessness

Restraint, Casting off

Revelation

Unity

Vanity

Vision

Vision of God




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