The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 105
Asher 3
Children are warned against wearing two faces of goodness and wickedness and told to cleave unto goodness only.
1o not ye therefore, my children, wear two faces like unto them, of goodness and of wickedness; but cleave unto goodness only, for in goodness doth God rest, and men desire it.
2 From wickedness flee away, destroying the devil by your good works; for they that are double-faced serve not God, but their own lusts, so that they may please Beliar and men like unto themselves.
Did You Know?
Children are warned against wearing two faces of goodness and wickedness and told to cleave unto goodness only.
God rests in goodness and men desire it, so hearers must cleave unto goodness alone.
The devil can be destroyed by good works when one flees away from wickedness entirely.
Double-faced persons serve not God but their own lusts so that they may please Beliar.
Those with two faces seek to please Beliar and men like unto themselves rather than serving God.
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