Excuse
Excuse Topic Tag (614) Bible usage: ; Dictionary Definition: 1. to regard or judge with forgiveness or indulgence; pardon or forgive; overlook (a fault, error, etc.): Excuse his bad manners. 2. to offer an apology for; seek to remove the blame of: He excused his absence by saying that he was ill. 3. to serve as an apology or justification for; justify: Ignorance of the law excuses no one. 4. to release from an obligation or duty: to be excused from jury duty. 5. to seek or obtain exemption or release for (oneself): to excuse oneself from a meeting. 6. to refrain from exacting; remit; dispense with: to excuse a debt. 7. to allow (someone) to leave: If you'll excuse me, I have to make a telephone call.
–noun 8. an explanation offered as a reason for being excused; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or for release from an obligation, promise, etc.: His excuse for being late was unacceptable. 9. a ground or reason for excusing or being excused: Ignorance is no excuse. 10. the act of excusing someone or something. 11. a pretext or subterfuge: He uses his poor health as an excuse for evading all responsibility.12. an inferior or inadequate specimen of something specified: That coward is barely an excuse for a man. Her latest effort is a poor excuse for a novel.
Devotional: The Inexcusable Act of Judging Others
Submitted by Randy on Tue, 2012-09-25 01:06Devotional: The Futility and Foolishness of Denying God
Submitted by Randy on Sun, 2012-04-22 15:01THE FUTILITY AND FOOLISHNESS OF DENYING GOD
Devotional: Adam's Excuse
Submitted by Randy on Tue, 2011-05-24 22:52ADAM'S EXCUSE
What is Stewardship: Being Accountable For God’s Property
Luke 16:2. Within Christianity the word “stewardship” can have a broad meaning pertaining to a full range of topics from financial management to the giving of tithes and offerings. The question is what is stewardship.
The Five Excuses Moses Used to Deny His Calling
Bible Summary. As many us do, Moses had many excuses before God on why he could not fulfill his calling. First, Moses' response to his calling was to say, “Who am I”. Second, Moses pleaded lack of knowledge in that he did not even know God’s name and what to tell the Israelites.
Moses’ Excuse #5: I Do Not Want to Fulfill My Calling
Exodus 4;13. When Moses encounter God at the burning bush, Moses had many excuses on why he could not fulfill his calling. Moses’ fifth and final excuse was probably closer to the truth than all his other excuses. Moses excuse this time was that he did not desire to fulfill his calling and lead the Israelites out of Egypt.
Moses’ Excuse #4: This is Not My Calling
Exodus 4:10. During Moses’ encounter with God at the burning bush, Moses came up with many excuses for why he could not fulfill his calling. His fourth excuse to God was that his speaking and leadership abilities were lacking.
Moses’ Excuse #3: I Do Not Believe I Can Fulfill My Calling
Exodus 4:1. When Moses was called by God at the burning bush, Moses came up with many excuses as to why he could not fulfill his calling. His third excuse to God was that he did not believe he had the power to fulfill the calling that God had told him to do.
Our Good Excuses For Denying God
Bible Summary. Instead of giving good excuses, we need to look inside ourselves. For us that our ambitious or prosperous the best excuse is that doing God's purpose in our lives is not convenient. Many of us know that we should go to church on a regular basis, but we always come up with good excuses on not going to church.
We Have No Excuse For Defying God
Bible Summary. Though God and His supernatural power is invisible to us, all of us in our heart of heart know there is a God and what is right and wrong. From God's perspective there is no excuse for sin. Sin is simply being disobedient to God. God is the our judge. We can not be God where we decide what is right and what is wrong.
Bible Advice on Giving Excuses
No Excuses for Denying Your Calling | Our Good Excuses For Denying God | We Have No Excuse For Defying God | No Excuses for Justifying Sin | Moses' Five Excuses
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Genesis 3:12, “And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.” (Adam's Excuses for His Sins)
