Seek FIRST God's Kingdom - what other firsts are there?
Plate 16 of 22 for the Macklin Bible after Loutherbourg. Bowyer Bible. Christ Stills the Storm (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) “But seek ye first the kingdom of God , and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” ( Matthew 6:33 ) There are innumerable things to do and things to buy and things to read. How does one choose between them? An important guideline is the use of the word “first” in the New Testament . For example, consider the following priority items. Priority in awareness: “Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers . . . saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for . . . all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation” ( 2 Peter 3:3-4 ). The primary intellectual heresy of these latter times is the anti-God philosophy of naturalistic evolutionism, as succinctly outlined in this passage. Priority in behavior: “Cleanse first that which is within the cup and the platter, that the outside of them may be c...