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Luke 14:33 says "So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple."Watch these videos - short excerpts of a few different sermons. It's important.
Consider 2 Corinthians 4:10-11
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Its flowers symbolize the cups that crown the seven branches of the Jewish candelabra (Ex. 25:33-36; 37:19-20).
The prophet, Jeremiah, mentions it in a vision in Jeremiah 1:11-12: Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
(in NIV) The word of the Lord came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?” “I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied. The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.”
In this text there is a play on words between the Hebrew words shaqed, almond tree, and shaqad, I watch. Also, the image of the almond tree, the first tree to bloom, reminds us of the watchful eye of God, that watches over His word to set it to practice. God is the almond tree of
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